Mike Merit of The Homedics, Inc.installed a randon mitigiation system at my home in Denver, CO on April 23. I paid Mr. Merit the $750 that he quoted me for the job, even though he still had to come back to repaint our downspout.in his quote, he promised that the downspout would match the existing one that it was mounted next to, but he did not have the correct paint on the day he was here. I trusted that he would return in a couple of days to complete the job. After 4 or 5 days, I called to find out when he would be by. He told me in a day or 2. When that didnt happen, I called again, only to get voicemail. I left a couple more messages and have not heard a word from Mr. Merit since. A mis-matched downspout wasnt such a big deal. I was just going to go ahead and hire someone to paint it for us. However, when I did a simple Google search for Mike Merit, I discovered that he is known for his shady work, even earning an F rating by the Better Business Bureau. Below are just a couple of examples:
http://denver. BBB.org/WWWRoot/Report. Aspx? Site=33&bbb=0885&firm=55000693 This got me worried that the work he did in my home was not up to code I knew nothing about radon systems or what they should look like or how they should work. I made some calls and finally spoke to Chrystine Kelley from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). She said that she knew about Mr. Merit and was aware of the unsatisfactory work that he performs. She mentioned some cases where he didnt drill the pipe down into the basement slab as he shouldve, but instead GLUED it to the floor to make it look like it was drilled down! I also spoke to Angel Price at NEHA, the National Environmental Health Association, who informed me that Mr. Merit was actually not certified as he claimed to be, but was in fact de-certified due to the number of complaints he had. At this point, I knew I was dealing with someone who had no intention of finishing the job he started, and I also knew that what he did do in my home was probably done wrong. I contacted another radon company (Ace Radon of Littleton, CO) — this time one th
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