Tips For Making Sure Swimming Pool Contractor Measures Up
- Hire only licensed contractors. Check contractor's license number at www.cslb.ca.gov or (800) 321-CSLB. Get three references and review past work. Get at least three bids. Get a written contract and don't sign anything until you completely understand the terms. Pay 2 percent or $200 down, whichever is less, for swimming pool projects. Don't let payments get ahead of the work. Don't make final payment until completion of the final plastering phase of construction, and until the installation or construction of equipment, decking or fencding required by the contract has also been completed. Don't pay cash. Keep a job file of all papers relating to your project.
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