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    Business ProfileforF. F. Hitchcock Company, Inc

    Sewer Cleaning
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    3/5stars

    Average of 2 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    2 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 10/5/2023

    Years in Business: 75

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    F. F. Hitchcock Company, Inc. is a mechanical contracting company offering plumbing, heating and air conditioning. 

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    264 Sandbank Rd, Cheshire, CT 06410-1537
    BBB File Opened:
    2/10/2011
    Years in Business:
    75
    Business Started:
    7/26/1948
    Business Incorporated:
    7/26/1948
    Accredited Since:
    10/5/2023
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Business Management
    • Mr. George E Bowman, Manager
    • Mr. Michael P Bowman, Manager
    • Mr. John P Bowman, Owner
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. George E Bowman, Manager

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. John P Bowman, Owner
    Additional Contact Information

    Phone Numbers

    Customer Complaints

    2 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    11/28/2022

    Complaint Type:
    Order Issues
    Status:
    Resolved
    I asked for service for a plumbing leak with my bathtub. They sent a nice young man with 5 years experience, but who did not repair things properly. After he left, and charged me over 500 dollars, there were leaks at nearly all the PVC joints he connected - bathtub to vertical down, 90 degree curve connection to horizontal, horizontal to down, and with the rubber connection to galvanized piping. He said it was related to a downstream obstruction and to call Rotorooter. After he left, I tested his joints and noticed the leaks. As a DIY, regardless of whether there is a downstream obstruction, the connected pipes should not leak. There should simply be water backing up at the proximal appliance and or tub/shower/sink/etc. I called ********** and asked for an experienced plumber, not just a "snake guy", which was more expensive. He, with me watching and helping dissasembled the - frankly, ****** connections - and used materials I purchased myself. All PVC, nothing fancy, purchased at a local Home Depot. [He had noted that he couldn't go there himself but had to use a distant resource for his parts because that is where the company had an account and he didn't want to put it on his own credit card.] Essentially, then, I paid Hitchcock for doing nothing substantive. I called them FIRST, before contacting ********** to fix it and they offered to send the same guy back. I said "no" - why would I want that when he botched the first job? I would like refunded, with a deduction at market prices for the parts he used. Basically for his labor.
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    Customer Reviews

    2 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Sabrina B

    1 star

    03/13/2024

    Ok where do I start. Got Home energy assessment done by FF Hitchcock and I was told I need insulation in my attic and that I have none in my exterior walls. After rebates and me having to take a home energy loan there were charging me $2500. Fine. Day of the appointment workers an hour late after my hour and a half window was up. The best part is when I called after after them being late and still not there, I was told they were right up the street and would be there in five minutes. Fast forward 40 minutes later they still are not there. I had to call back a second time. So they do the attic and the guy who did the assessment wanted to charge me $350 for an attic cover that I already have! Then they moved to the exterior walls. Well to my surprise my walls were very well insulated according to the worker. He then proceeded to tell me that he could spray and maybe get a little bit more insulation in there and they would make an adjustment to my charge. I said absolutely not. So once again, I call and speak with Jane and she promises me she’ll make things right because I told her that I would do my hot water heater. So in the meantime, they reimburse me from the loan that I took out then they send someone to look at my hot water heater. Guy tries to upsell me to the heat pump hot water heater, about $5000. So from there he gives me a quote for 50 gal and a 40 gal. The quote I got was total cost without being broken down. I asked for a breakdown in the quote and specs brand years of Warranty etc. the response was we don’t typically do that. Never got it. To me that just seems like a company who from the start tried to rip me off telling me I had no exterior insulation and now they don’t even wanna give me a broken down quote that they are trying to hide something. I put a complaint in with Evers source because it was ever their website that I used to do they set me with FF Hitchcock. I tried to give them a second chance to make things right, and they failed!

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