Top Gunn Pools, Inc.
About us
Pool Construction - Bobby Mull State Certified Pool/Spa Contractor Since 1985: CPC1457955 - 4 Employees - No Subcontractors - NICHE: In House Company-No Subs; Builder, Bob Mull, is Sales, Designer & Works the Field - Cost is determined by job.
Business highlights
Services we offer
New Pool/Spa Construction; Total Pool /Spa Remodeling, new decking and remodeling.
Amenities
Free Estimates
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Bobby was punctual, informative and blew us away with the book of references he gave us. He clearly has a passion and believes in his work. We had several providers come to give us estimates and he was the only one that we were tempted to call back immediately and sign up with. He also gave us the best pricing for Wet Edge, although not the best pricing for a plaster or quartz finish.
There were, however, two red flags when talking to him.
First - he was trying to figure out where he could dig a 4'x4' trench to bury the waste leftover from cleaning the pool after applying the new finish - cement, stones, etc. This troubled us on several levels as we are gardeners, no one else mentioned doing this, that's a large hole and it didn't sound environmentally friendly. We couldn't help but wonder if costs were being cut where they shouldn't be.
Second - He said that he didn't offer warranties as they meant nothing in this business and he'd never had to go back to a job. The first thing we'd been told when researching this was that a person should always get a warranty on the work. The reason we were interested in Wet Edge is that they advertise that only certified applicators can apply the product and that it has a lifetime warranty. When I went back and checked the Wet Edge site for local applicators his business wasn't listed there. I double checked our estimate and it had Wet Edge product written on it. So I called Wet Edge, thinking perhaps he just wasn't on their site yet. They told me that they had never heard of his service or him and that he definitely wasn't one of their certified applicators.
We had liked him enough that we decided to email him about our concerns, hoping to give him an opportunity to "save face", but never heard back. In fairness, we contacted some of his references and they had been very pleased with his work. To us, the warranty was a very important aspect, however.
"Yes I [Member Name Removed] was the one who brought wet edge into this area 15 years ago. I brought installers in from Ft Lauderdale, they went out of business in 2008. Also that's when construction hit a low in Tampa in general. In 2014 market came back and I encouraged my plasterer to start offering it again. We are using it regularly again and I did register as an authorized dealer on their site. I never had to register in the past. I have been Bldg and remodeling here in Tampa for 39 years. I am a state certified commercial & residential swimming pool contractor. Our problem was we had no chemistry. You had my list of wet edge customers leading back 15 years. Don't understand your complaint we did no business together. Bob Mull"
There are none better. Three other companies contacted prior to meeting with Bobby Mull, the owner of Top Gunn Pools based on the recommendation of a general contractor who told me and quot;don't use anyone else.and quot; Great advice. Price was competitive, fair and all aspects of the service were practically flawless. Bobby appears to be actively engaged on every job but when he's with you, you have his total attention. My wife and I felt like we always knew what to expect the next day and all of the workers were punctual, friendly, very knowledgeable, efficient and paid great attention to detail... to include doing an exceptional job cleaning up before they left each day. The result is that our 25 year old pool area looks absolutely new... and fabulous. My wife and I could not be more pleased.
I can't imagine anyone providing a better service than Top Gunn did.
"Existing coping that like yours that is worn requires labor intense effort . Most standard pools have 350/400 bricks it would take 2- men 2- days to restore and you just like many others could not find it in your budget to get this done ."
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