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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
U can save a lot $$ if you do it after the build, T&D is not the only show in town.
They are good but most of their installs are very much the same old same old....Solar is the only way to go here IMO, about 3-4K, Jacks Solar does most of them.
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T&D is absolutely the best general contractor for any type construction that we have ever used, here or up north. Their attention to detail and commitment to customer satisfaction is legendary. In our case, because of a change in the building code after our original birdcage was built, we wound up with the portion added on looking slightly different from the original. With not a whole lot of resistance, T&D simply sent the entire crew out, tore down the entire birdcage and re-built the whole thing to the newer code. I don't know how much that cost, but I'm sure it wasn't cheap. I want to emphasize that they didn't have to do that, but did it to make me happy.
When they finished the project (construction of a spillover spa and outdoor summer kitchen to our pool and the necessary expansion of the birdcage), they send a landscaping crew out to both clean up and install all new sod to any lawn area even slightly damaged during the construction process.
You can't go wrong with either T&D or Jack's solar. Both are busy for a reason and definitely worth waiting for if they can't begin construction immediately. Design-wise, T&D has forgotten more about creating great-looking pool and deck designs than many other pool contractors ever knew.
Also, the use of rooftop solar panels and the use of the roll-up solar blanket during the coldest three months or so of the year will keep your pool at about 75 degrees with virtually no increase in the utility bill (in our case, natural gas).