My wife and I noticed a bit of water leaking on & off from the furnace back in Dec 08. Thinking it was just a loose tube/drainage connection we thought nothing of it.
In early Feb 09 on a Saturday morning my 5 yr old son came racing upstairs to tell me there's a pool around my furnace and sure enough there was. Now we moved into out new home in Aug of 03 & guess what... warranty for this furnace was 5 years from the date of closing and we were just over. Needless to say, THE HOME BUILDER could care less but that's a whole other story for another forum. Brand new high efficiency furnaces should not go in 5&1/2 years. I called Northwood (I'm an avid Holmes on Homes watcher) on that very Saturday morning and Gary was kind enough to come out right away to check things out.
He inspected everything to a tee including the carbon monoxide level around the furnace. He came to the conclusion that the secondary unit was the cause of the leak and it needed to be replaced.
Now, my wife and I were expecting to replace the entire unit ($$$$) but Gary went back to his shop and worked the phones (again and again) with the maker of the furnace (American Standard) and he delivered big time. Not only did Gary get the Secondary Unit under warranty from A.S. but the Primary as well (pretty much a whole new furnace). What could have turned into thousands of dollars ended up being covered under warranty.
The furnace was repaired yesterday, and my wife and I could not be happier with the quality service and care Northwood showed. John worked his butt off yesterday (10-5pm) replacing the units and many thanks to Jermaine as well who cleaned my filthy air ducts. The home builder says they cleaned them back in 2003 when we closed but I got the visual yesterday. Broken drywall, nails, brick debris, hardwood flooring chips, and other garbage.
My wife walked into the home yesterday and could smell the freshness throughout the home. It's like the house was allowed to breath with both lungs. God knows what we were inhaling for 5 years.
Again, many thanks to Gary, John, Jermaine & Jose. You guys are the best!!
See you in May. We've joined the Northwood Service Plan.