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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
T&D is by far the best. They have the crews, don't over promise, and meet their schedules. Take a drive around and you will see a handful of pools under construction by other companies, some are taking 3, 4, 5 or more months to build with lots of excuses mixed in for the reason for the delays.
I got quotes from 8 different pool builders when I had mine installed. Some were like dealing with a used car dealer, when I had a question about price one builder told me "Don't worry about it, you're a villager, you can afford it" (they didn't get my business). Only one was complete, 100% turnkey, T&D, they took care of everything.
I was a construction project manager working in Gainsville at Shands hospital when we decided to put a pool in, and the last thing I wanted to do was be a project manager when I got home and have to chase down and coordinate subcontractors. Didn't have to, T&D took care of it all.
I signed the final check for the pool 2 days before hurricane Irma hit and got to enjoy it for 2 days before the world turned upside down. Fortunately, nothing happened to the pool, or birdcage, or solar panels during the storm. They called the day after the storm and asked if we were OK and if there was any damage to the pool that needed to be taken care of.
Great people to work with!
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Agree, T&D started staging to build ours a couple days before Irma hit. After the storm they started digging and hit the high water table quickly. I thought they would never get a pool in that mud hole but they installed a network of drainage pipes and brought in sump pumps and pumped the water into the preserve behind our house day one, dug the hole day two, put in the pool wall frame and rebar, plumbing, and had the inspection all done on the morning of day two. That same afternoon they brought in the concrete trucks and shot the pool shell during the afternoon. They brought in large crews like clockwork for each specific segment of the job and had the inspector waiting between jobs. I watched the whole process in amazement. I don’t think there is another company with the resources to pull that off so quickly. There is a reason they can charge top dollar and have long wait times, they are the best. Our final product was turnkey and we are very happy with everything. When the project was seemingly completed a woman came in and did a meticulously comprehensive inspection and created a detailed punch list. Several crews came back and fixed small imperfections that I never noticed, it was very impressive indeed.
T&D construction is top notch. The downside with T&D is that they sold their pool services operation to Patriot Pools. Patriot Pools sucks out loud. So if you have T&D build your pool, be prepared to hire an independent service company or do it yourself.