Concord Pools

Concord pools are ridiculously over priced. I owned a house that I used to live in then started to lease out because I travel for work. I am now putting that house on the market so I needed to open the pool n make sure it was clean for potential buyers. Concord charged me $ 210 for a partial opening (where u take the cover off yourself) and an extra $ 120 for my flow over spa which has an extra 6 plugs they have to change. The $ 50 in new parts that I «needed», which btw when I looked found some of the old ones that they «couldn’t find». I could of got it done a lot cheaper if I had another local company do it but I was on a time crunch for the house to be showed and concord was the only one with an opening.
Secondly, my old tenants never took care of the pool when they closed it so it was disgusting. So I called concord back to see if they could do a one time cleaning to get it ready. Again they were the only one with any opening so quick so I had no choice but to use them. I specifically said I need the pool swim ready by Friday, this was on sun, meaning all leaves out clear blue water n whatever chemicals needed in it. They told me it was $ 120 an hr n it would take two hrs. Again over priced. But I had no choice n said ok. It took two weeks and 4 hrs n I «needed» more parts. It came to almost $ 500. And on top of that the pool was blue but cloudy. Went to have the water tested at a local pool place n there wasn’t a drop of chlorine or anything in the pool. Basically not swim ready like I was told.
Long story short I will never go to concord pools ever again. If you want a company that will have availability quick n be way over charged then Concords your place. If u want a reasonably priced company that will work with u try clear choice pools spas, & saunas in Clifton park. They were really helpful n I’ve gone to them before. They’re great.

They are one of the only places that carries a high quality lump charcoal in Albany NY. Latham is the main store and actually keeps a stock on hand, so go there instead or call any other location before you go and make sure they have it. If they don’t they can get it from Latham.
Briquets are generally compressed contracting waste. I don’t use them ever.
Lump ranges from good to awful. Cowboy brand is awful crap.
Wicked Good Charcoal Weekend Warrior Blend is what Concord carries, it’s a pretty solid lump charcoal.
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