What is the difference between in-house work and subcontractors?
When a pool contractor uses subcontractors it is not the same as a home builder. More things can go wrong on a pool install due to the specialty nature of the work. Just because you own a backhoe does not mean you can install a pool, although many people with backhoes believe they can. Many concrete finishers cannot do canter-lever coping, and those that can do not do it well because it is something they do not do very often. If a subcontractors work is not up to standards or goes out of business than you could be left holding the bag. The less subcontractors are involved, the better off you are. We try doing most of our work in house. We do the dig, the installation of the pool, and the concrete all in-house. This means that the people doing the work are our employees. We use subcontractors to do the electrical, fence, walls, and pavers. The subcontractors we use are proven and have been doing our work for years. We do not jump around and use a lot of different subcontractors. If we h
When a pool contractor uses subcontractors it is not the same as a home builder. More things can go wrong on a pool install due to the specialty nature of the work. Just because you own a backhoe does not mean you can install a pool, although many people with backhoes believe they can. Many concrete finishers cannot do canter-lever coping, and those that can do not do it well because it is something they do not do very often. If a subcontractor’s work is not up to standards or goes out of business than you could be left holding the bag. The less subcontractors are involved, the better off you are. We try doing most of our work in house. We do the dig, the installation of the pool, and the concrete all in-house. This means that the people doing the work are our employees. We use subcontractors to do the electrical, fence, walls, and pavers. The subcontractors we use are proven and have been doing our work for years. We do not jump around and use a lot of different subcontractors. If we
