Nicole from Old Toronto

I was going nuts trying to find someone to install a heat pump hot water heater, getting very high quotes for the install and bs from various companies trying to sell less efficient products. McKinnon was recommended to me by someone and they had a completely reasonable quote to do the install PLUS they would remove the old gas on-demand heater and cap the gas line (the other companies would have made me hire a separate gas guy to do that). Communication was great and the crew that came to do the work were careful and pleasant, and they even followed up to make sure that everything was to my satisfaction. A+

My old 19th c. house has woefully undersized ducts for the second floor, and no return. Consequentially, central AC was just never possible. You could freeze the ground floor but it never would reach upstairs. And in the winter, although heat rises, the upstairs was always a few degrees colder than downstairs. We would close off one room upstairs to maximise the heat. Aeroseal has completely changed the situation. They spent most of the day working on my system, which it turned out was not only antiquated but insanely leaky -- probably one of the worst duct systems they'd seen. They had to make multiple repairs, in addition to the sealing, which required them to cut the drywall in the basement. One of the ducts was completely disconnected within the wall, and they reconnected it. When they finished the difference in air circulation upstairs was obvious. They did a before/after analysis, which measured how much better the system was now working -- but really just holding a hand by the upstairs vent proved that it was working really well. In fact, I recently got in touch with them because I needed to rebalance the heat so that LESS goes upstairs. It was about three degrees warmer upstairs! They'd advised me not to tinker with the set up without consulting, and Victor was very helpful in explaining which vents to open, which to close, to balance the heat better. Before they did my ducts, any kind of central AC was a non-starter. Now I can get a central heat pump/cooling unit and feel confident that it will be able to actually cool my upstairs. I really didn't think this would ever be possible, so I'm very happy. The crew was very professional and did a good job cleaning up. Highly recommend!

I had been quoted much more by another, more local, company. Although NSC gave me a prompt quote, had a very reasonable charge per sq ft for honing (which I wanted), I was hesitant to go with them because they were in Kitchner and I didn't have a car, so there was no real way for me to see the marble before buying it. They sent me photographs and I decided that it was worth the risk. It was definitely a good choice! Not only am I very happy with the marble, the installation team was super-nice, efficient and tidy! And they made a lovely cutting board (really a pastry board, because who cuts on marble?) from the cut-out for the sink at no extra charge. I would definitely recommend them.

I'm renovating my porch and the old decrepit asphalt shingles had to go... It wasn't a big job but Maceij at M&R was extremely prompt and clear in providing an estimate, discussing options, and scheduling the work. I was going out of town and had to have everything done before I went. The crew was in and out in less than a day. They were cheerful, courteous and did a great job cleaning up the site.