Do NOT hire Chris Crawford. We hired him to install a pool heater. He put one in that has never worked a single day and that, according to another company, literally can never work because it is installed so badly.
We will be taking him to court to recover the money we paid to him and all damages (the extra costs we have to pay to clean up the bad situation he left behind); as an attorney, I'd be happy to give tips to anyone else who wants to sue Chris Crawford for his shoddy work: konczal.law at gmail.com.
Some of the issues include: 1) the pipe he used is narrower than the manufacturer requires, so not enough gas can get to the heater; 2) he connected the heater to the indoor gas line instead of the outdoor--we've now been told an experienced installer would know this would not bring enough gas to the unit and would take all the gas away from all the other appliances every time it ran; 3) he installed a unit that was so small it would have to be run 24/7 to actually heat the pool (which clearly we can't do, since we could then never use any other gas appliance in the home); 4) instead of making sure everything fit onto the concrete pad for the equipment (or expanding it), he propped our pool filter on a stepping stone he'd found in our garden. He also blatantly lied to me to get money from me. I was supposed to pay 3 installments. He told me the second installment was refunded by Square due to them thinking it was a double payment (first installment and second were on the same day for the same amount), but that Square wasn't working right then, so he asked me for a check instead of my credit card. He promised I'd have the second credit card payment refunded in a few days. That refund never came through and, when Chris did not satisfactorily complete the job, it didn't matter to him because he had already tricked me into paying the final installment. As soon as he "finished" the job, he stopped responding to phone calls, texts, and emails completely and left us no choice but to sue him, since he was clearly unwilling to try to fix this project. Also, despite the tag line on the main page, he stopped wearing a mask while he was here--even after I gave him one to protect myself and my small children.
Chris Crawford does business under the following names: Valley Pools (where we found his number); Swimming Pool Discounters (the company he asked me to write the check to; his "parent corporation"); and Sunnyside Pools (the name on our credit card statement for the Square transactions). read more