SK Heating and Air Conditioning

Saki of SK Heating and Air Conditioning has been servicing my HVAC system for the past 4-5 years. He is always prompt, neat, polite, and professional and I really like the convenience of communicating by text.
One thing that sets SK apart from other service companies is that he has never attempted to sell me anything I didn’t need. I can’t recommend Saki enough.

Antonio was terrific. My AC issue involved a lot of trouble shooting, including climbing over the neighbor’s roof to get to the unit on my roof. I was very impressed with his diagnostic skills and determination to figure out the problem, which he did! He was also pleasant and professional, and our puppy loved him. Kudos to Antonio and SK

I can't speak to his level of knowledge or experience, but I can tell you that Saki is a liar and a crook. When I first bought my house and didn't know diddly about hvac, he told me that my system needed 6 lbs of refrigerant, and quoted me $95/lb. He said "That's the market rate, I don't make any money of that." Like a doofus I went and got my luggage scale to be ready to weigh the tank when he brought it out, and he said he had already put the gas in and had taken the tank back to the van. I said, "how did you know it was 6 lbs?" and he said he had a scale in the van and he weighed the tank when he left the van and when he got back. He also said that a valve near the condenser was faulty and leaking and he charged me to replace it. And he encouraged me to pay my bill in cash to avoid the credit card fees because 'that was better for me'. The next day I noticed that he had left the unit running without an air filter. When I reached out to him to ask why, he said "it can work without a filter". Luckily I didn't believe that and put a filter in myself.

Couple weeks later the system was still not working and I called someone else who was recommended by a friend. After finding a pinhole leak in one of the pipes and fixing it, the new person showed me how to read the label on the condenser, which clearly stated that the max capacity of the entire system was less than 4 lbs. Saki lie #1 revealed. The new tech also told me that the market rate was (at the time) $55/lb and that techs usually charged $65 to make a little profit. Sake lie #2 exposed. Then when I told him about the new valve, the new tech said that the valve was the original and had maybe been cleaned a little, but had not been replaced. Lie #3. Then I asked him about running the system without an air filter, and... you already know the rest... it can be very destructive to the internal parts. Saki lie #4. I can only hope that he did something good with the money he stole from me.

The guy cannot be trusted. Stay away. And educate yourself on how your appliances work. I'm sure he is not the only con artist out there.