My husband and I were planning on giving our backyard a new facelift with a new patio. The idea of a pool came up in the planning. It seemed a bit far fetched for our budget and size of our backyard (it is quite small) until we found out about the Assisted Installation Program by Tallman Pools. Their warehouse is located in Jonesboro, just 20 minutes south of Atlanta, so we made it a family trip to pick out our new pool and find out what assisted installation entailed.
Tallman Pools provides you with their custom fiberglass shell. From there you can customize your pool with a salt or chlorine system, custom lights, heat pump, etc. They will give you a delivery date and you are in charge of organizing the contractors that are involved for excavation, electricity, and pouring the concrete around the border of the pool. Ed, the owner personally gave us a tour of his facility and kept telling us that once we have our contractors lined up to make sure to call him for detailed instructions.
We opted for a 10' x 17' pool that is the perfect size for our backyard, a salt system, and two custom lights. Installation date was set for Monday, May 20th. The weekend prior, the excavator came to dig. They had been in contact with Ed Tallman to get all the specs that they needed. Unfortunately, we were a bit delayed by heavy rain, so that come Monday morning we were still digging before the pool arrived. The crew at Tallman Pools was very relaxed about our delay and super helpful with the entire process to get the pool off the truck and in its final location as getting there I am sure was not the norm. The path to the backyard is rather small and required quite a few extra hands and expertise.
Shortly after the guys from Tallman Pools left, the electrician came to install the pump and salt water system. Up until this point, I had no idea how often Ed Tallman actually talked to every contractor that we had chosen. I have to be honest, when he first told us in our initial meeting, I was sure that he just says that to end a good sales pitch. I was completely wrong. He actually genuinely means it. I know this myself as he greatly helped us find a new contractor for the pouring of our concrete border as the one we had contracted with had a family emergency. I am sure that if it hadn't been for Ed we would still be waiting for the concrete to be poured.
I never had a pool before, so the use of the pump, the salt water system and cleaning the pool was foreign to me. Tallman Pools send one of his associates out immediately for a demonstration and again told us not to hesitate to call if we needed help. I have no hesitation at all to do so.
Overall, the installation of the pool was a breeze, Tallman Pools super helpful and it saved us a lot of money! Our daughter has already spent days in the pool and I find us finally using and spending time in our backyard!
I would highly recommend this company.
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