Our rules: every factual claim links to a public source. We don't invent ratings, prices or reviews. Anything we couldn't verify is labeled as unverified.
Builder list
We started from contractor names on residential pool permits in two public datasets, then added builders named in public news reports, Reddit threads and directory listings. Name variants (for example "CEI OPCO DBA CLAFFEY") were matched to one company by pattern, and the patterns are published with the data. 79 builders are listed so far.
Permit counts
- City of Dallas: the Building Permits dataset on Dallas OpenData, filtered to pool and spa permits of type "Single Family". It covers Jan 2018 to Aug 2020 (1,716 permits). The city stopped updating it in 2020. Declared values are permit valuations, not contract prices. Values under $5,000 are excluded from value statistics as likely placeholders.
- City of Frisco: the monthly "Residential New Permits Issued" pool reports in the Frisco Archive Center, Jul 2025 to Sep 2026 (231 residential pool permits, 91 distinct contractor names). We do not publish homeowner names or addresses from these reports.
- Permit counts measure activity, not quality. A builder that works mainly in other cities will look under-counted.
BBB, ratings and years in business
Taken from the BBB profile, the company's own site, or the rating site named. When we only saw a search-engine summary of a BBB page, we mark it "unverified" until we check the live page. Founding dates claimed by companies are attributed to the company.
Complaints and lawsuits
We include court filings found in public or third-party court indexes, news reports, and public posts. We quote posts verbatim and attribute them. All are presented as allegations unless a court or agency ruled. We also note when a builder is the plaintiff.
Resurfacing companies
The resurfacing directory is compiled from company websites, BBB profiles, review listings (Birdeye, Houzz, HomeAdvisor, Angi) and public Reddit threads. Finishes, prices, warranties and years in business that come from a company's own site are labeled as company claims. Dallas permit data has no replaster-specific permits and Frisco reports cover new pools only, so the resurfacing section has no permit counts yet. If we can't confirm a BBB profile belongs to a company, we don't publish it.
Prices
We publish price figures only from a named source, labeled by type: permit data, statistical model, a builder's own guide, or a homeowner anecdote.
Updates and corrections
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