re: Pool contractor question

I'm just going by years of what I've seen.

That's why I never got one.

But good for you and your dumb take.

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I'm just going by years of what I've seen.
That's why I never got one.
But good for you and your dumb take

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You’re consistently a very stupid person with moronic points. The fact that you’re a scumbag liberal cannot be a coincidence.

We put off a pool for years, but pulled the trigger a few months ago and a fiberglass is currently being installed.
The low interest rates tipped the scale, so we did a refi and cash out and our monthly budget was not impacted.

We had 4 quotes done with varying types, liner, gunite, and fiberglass. Went with fiberglass due to low maintenance, 25 year warranty, we are not real picky about design, and we live on 10 acres of land, plenty of space.

Our contractor has 5 pools on his schedule behind ours and our install is currently 75% complete.
A few family and friends have requested he give them a quote, but he's saying he will not get to them until the fall.
We've had plenty of weather delays, and he's had crew and supply issues due to high demand for pools and associated labor. Fill material is running late, concrete finishers are booked, etc, etc... It's a trickle down affect...

Good luck on the build, but prepare yourself for delays.

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Our builder doesn’t have a new dig date till end of October

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Who are you using?

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We are about ready to pull the trigger on a pool, and have been getting quotes

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who did you get quotes from? I'm starting the same process so I'm curious how everyone is stacking up.

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Has anyone here done business with Poolmasters/Grassmasters out of Gonzales? Any relatable experiences would be helpful. Thanks.

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Roy did my landscaping. Real nice guy and easy to work with. I can't speak to his pool work at all, but I was satisfied with the landscaping & drainage work he did.

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Poolmasters/Grassmasters out of Gonzales

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My next door neighbor (who is foriegn and claims to not speak english very well) hired Grassmasters to build a 6 ft. privacy fence. I come home from work and noticed that they have set the posts 2 ft. over the property line. I confronted his contractor about this. Grassmasters told me that he set the posts where his customer told him to set them. I asked Grassmasters if they checked the survey stakes to verify where the property lines run (which I thought was standard practice)..they told me "No"

Based in that experience alone I doubt I would hire that company to do ANYTHING for me

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Dumb take. As a pool owner, they are not difficult to maintain.

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clark14 is the ultimate poster who thinks he's smart because he read what other people posted on a messageboard.

stealth is correct. pool maintenance can be done easily by the homeowner and most things are incredibly cheap to replace..even a new sand filter which lasts forever is only about $500 to replace.

buy a $15 chemical testing kit at the start of the season and test every couple days and your pool mostly takes care of itself.

even if you neglect it and have an algae bloom that can be corrected in a couple weeks with just a little extra chlorine and elbow grease.

private pools are like gold during this pandemic b/c nobody wants to get in a public pool with a bunch of strangers.

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I heard on the news on the radio that pool sales are at an all time high. They said basically people couldn't travel this spring/summer, so they said frick it, we'll just make our home more enjoyable.

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Anyone that has a pool and kids was probably using the hell out of it during quarantine.

Crystal Pools is a company i used to recommend when i was in residential landscape design. They are good people with very fair pricing. Kevin who owns it now is a great guy. His dad started the company and was one of the first pool builders in south LA. If they've stayed in business this long, they do it the right way.

I'm not a fiberglass or liner fan. I like the classic gunite and plaster. It just looks better imo.

s i always told my clients. Pools are always a good investment if you have the reason for usage. If you are in a house you don't plan on spending more than 5-7 years in, don't put one in. If you are spending 10 plus years in and you know you will use it, it's worth it.

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I'm not a fiberglass or liner fan.

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About four years ago I put in a liner pool, simply based on cost. When I started pricing out Gunite vs fiberglass vs liner swimming pools, I couldn't justify the cost. My wife on the other hand, wishes we put a gunite pool in. We put in a liner pool for about 50% of the cost of a gunite pool.