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Southlake Ag
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Anyone know of a good custom home builder in DFW?
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Pool Quest did mine. Couldn't have been happier. Aggie owned, to boot, if that matters to you.

Pool-Quest.com
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Pool Environments and Bonick Landscaping are the two custom pool builders my firm uses on our residential projects.
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We used Gold Medal out of Frisco. We built the pool at the same time we built our home so I can't say much unfortunately about the process.

Chose them from the 3 our home builder would allow to build simultaneously with the home. The others were Mirage and Riverbend Sandler.

It was a toss up between RB and GM. We chose GM due to a close friends recommendation and they carried the in-floor cleaning system we preferred. IFCs get a bad rap online but so far ours has been great once the initial pebble drop from the plaster was vacuumed out from the 2places the IFC doesn't clean well.

We haven't made it through a season yet (moved into home in October)and we are first time pool owners (read idiots and pay for weekly service until I make the time to learn the equipment and care).

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Which cleaning system did you go with?
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Paramount PCC2000
Southlake Ag
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Thanks for responses. Anyone else use IFC,s to clean your pool?

Thanks
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if username checks out, then I'd steer clear of Claffey Pools (they are over off Kimball or somewhere around there, I think). Have had a few bad experiences with them
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Pool Quest
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My dad owned a leak detection biz in the metroplex for many years (now my brother owns it). My dad used to speak about a guy that he said built the best, most sound pools (as it relates to potential to leak), he'd ever seen. The guy built one pool at a time, was on the job site daily, and had meticulous attention to detail. I'll ask my dad if he remembers the guys name/company name.

Sorry, that was a lot of build up for nothing.
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K05 said:

My dad owned a leak detection biz in the metroplex for many years (now my brother owns it). My dad used to speak about a guy that he said built the best, most sound pools (as it relates to potential to leak), he'd ever seen. The guy built one pool at a time, was on the job site daily, and had meticulous attention to detail. I'll ask my dad if he remembers the guys name/company name.

Sorry, that was a lot of build up for nothing.
Does your brother know his name!
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We have an issue with our overflow drain not draining.

Is that something your brother would handle? If so, care to share his info?
K05
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My Dad (not surprisingly) couldn't recall his name. He did point out that this guy was running his business in the 90's and at that time was ~60 years old. So likely not still in business.

Nonetheless I'll ask my brother if he has recs. I'm sure he does.
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His company's name is American Leak Detection. They can certainly help out.
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K05 said:

My Dad (not surprisingly) couldn't recall his name. He did point out that this guy was running his business in the 90's and at that time was ~60 years old. So likely not still in business.

Nonetheless I'll ask my brother if he has recs. I'm sure he does.
Thanks!
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I'm singing the "Leak Detection Without Destruction" jingle in my head now.
Southlake Ag
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American Leak Detection fixed a leak in my slab at my house about 3 years ago. Does brother recommend any pool builders?
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752bro4 said:

Pool Quest did mine. Couldn't have been happier. Aggie owned, to boot, if that matters to you.

Pool-Quest.com


Walter is a great guy, build great pools!
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Thanks. We will contact him
K05
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Hey Southlake, sorry for the delay.

Shoot me an email. My brother doesn't really want to name someone publicly given he gets a lot of referrals from various companies.

Gregory dot Knell at uth dot tmc dot edu
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I've also had that song in my head for many years courtesy of the ticket. Very cool. Just curious, where is your Dad from?
K05
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South Africa. We immigrated in 1984, my Dad bought ALD in 1988. He owned the DFW franchise until around 2015, then sold it to my oldest brother. My Dad now consults for the corporate office, advising new franchises, troubleshooting, etc. His story is a real "American dream."

3 sons, 1 MD, 1 PhD, 1 business owner. Pretty cool deal.
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That is the real American dream. Your Dad sounds like a smart, hard working, driven person. If my house or one of my customers have a leak on their property I will definitely keep ALD in mind.
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Bump

Talking to a few companies about putting in a pool instead of moving to have a pool

Any other suggestions or people to stay away from?
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I've never heard anything good about Hauk experiences. I've personally had a good experience with Riverbend and know several more that share my opinion.
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Ive got Riverbend coming out on Thurs. Ive already met with Joy Pools and liked them. A co-worker is currently using them.
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Southlake Ag said:

K05 said:

My dad owned a leak detection biz in the metroplex for many years (now my brother owns it). My dad used to speak about a guy that he said built the best, most sound pools (as it relates to potential to leak), he'd ever seen. The guy built one pool at a time, was on the job site daily, and had meticulous attention to detail. I'll ask my dad if he remembers the guys name/company name.

Sorry, that was a lot of build up for nothing.
Does your brother know his name!
It's clearly Trump. He builds pools!? Holy crap!
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cadetjay02 said:

I've never heard anything good about Hauk experiences. I've personally had a good experience with Riverbend and know several more that share my opinion.
We're in process of getting quotes. Our Hauk experience was a design with construction proposed over easements and missing some of the basic features we requested, then ghosting us.
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Who else are you talking to?
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Not sure where you're at, but Prestige has a good reputation in and around Collin County. I haven't heard of any bad experiences with them and they have done a lot of pools where I live in Prosper.
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We are in Plano
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A buddy is using Integrity pools in Richardson and has been really happy...I just had them come out for a quote on a pergola and total refurb on our existing pool. I really enjoyed my conversation with them vs. the 2 others that had already come by. I think we're holding off until next season to get everything done at once but I'm 99% sure they're the group for us.
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Avoid Paul Miller in Keller, at all cost
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Take a look at Extreme Exteriors out of Aledo. They do very nice work.
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LHIOB said:

Who else are you talking to?
Custom Outdoor Trends, Riverbend, and Gold Medal. All based on recommendations from the metroplex forum.

So far we've like the design and discussion from the first two. Our initial design consult with Gold Medal is scheduled for Tuesday so we'll see how that one goes.
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