Expert Pool Installation

John's company began pool services for us in 2002. Since then he and his service crew have provided excellent maintenance and repair work for the pool and all of its equipment. This has been of great value to us because for the past six years we have been renting our home out to weekend and summer tenants while we live in our second home in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. My tanants have been very pleased with the pool maintenance and timely attention to their emergency needs, from heater repairs to finding and repairing sudden massive leaks in the underground plumbing.

John wanted me to mention the fact that his key employee Tom Hidaka built my swimming pool man years ago when he was a partner in another local pool company.

We were encouraged, during what turned out to be difficult site conditions, by Tom's mastery of the situation and was able to handle challenges in a way that had a lot less financial impact to us than feared they might. We found Tom to be a very personable and caring individual who inspired confidence with us and his crew as well.

Sincerely,

I am writing this testimonial in support of John Shively, who is nearly complete the work on a gunite pool project at my home in Woodstock, NY.

I have been working with John for over a year on this project and on John's behalf, I am pleased to note the following about his performance on our pool project:

• Despite the pandemic, massive supply chain disruptions, and a labor shortage, John planned and secured supplies, obtained permits, and scheduled the work in record time.

• John has excellent crews that are skilled, knowledgeable, efficient, and mindful in their work practices.

• John and his team began construction in the fall and were able to complete the concrete shell and plumbing, making the pool ready for a quick finish in the spring.

• Completion of the main portion of the project (to gunite shell) was completed well within proposed and promised timelines, despite the fact that the site on my land contained worse than feared solid rock from depths starting at just two feet below the surface and also contained severe ground water conditions; John's team approached these conditions with impressive skill and control.

• On a personal level, I'd also like to note that John is a respectable yet affable person who is a true professional (as are the members of his crew). He clearly takes pride in his work and throughout the project, I've always found John to be straightforward, easy to plan and problem solve with, and immensely reasonable and fair.

Given the above, I recommend John highly and without the slightest reservation.

I had tried to find a pool company to repair and paint my in-ground concrete pool (built in 1965) for many years. My regular pool maintenance company said they don’t do that. I found someone who had the pool sandblasted and painted but within a few months the paint peeled. They did it all over again, said they used the best quality pool paint but it peeled within months.

I was ready to give up when I called John Shively of JHS Services Inc.. He came right over, told me what could be done. He found severely damaged concrete beneath the patchwork done by the prior pool maintenance folks, found the inlet and outlet pipes in poor condition. He provided an estimate. Gave me choices. Did the repairs, replaced the pipes and, instead of paint, used plaster, colored to our specification to resurface the whole pool and put natural appearing tiles for the top foot of the pool. He said this combination would last many years and he guarantees his work. He also serviced and repaired the pool heater and saline chlorinator. All done on time and on budget.

I have been using the pool since his restoration and it is fantastic. Aside from looking like a new pool, I could feel the difference I the smooth, even pool walls. His work was of the highest quality I am a surgeon and Mr. Shively’s attention to detail and perfectionism reminds me of what I strive for in the operating room.

I give him and his company my highest recommendation.

Sincerely,