If the first two years in the pool installation industry are the most difficult, Taylor’d Pools and Construction have weathered the storm. Partners Zeik Rafferty and Rodd Taylor knew each other for years before teaming up and starting their own company in Brisbane in 2022. “I was in sales for a scaffolding company and Rodd was supervising a townhouse project in the Bayside,” says Zeik. “We had built a relationship, but I went a different way with another company. When I came back, Rodd was still in townhouses.” The two stayed in touch over the next few years, says Zeik, who eventually wanted to get into construction. “I got my education for my supervisor’s license in the middle of Covid. The construction industry was booming. Rodd’s background was in pools. He’d always been a contractor. I never had. Now we work well together. He makes our end product look great and I do the sales.” “The pool game has been an untrusted industry,” says Zeik. There are a lot of people who don’t do quality work, and there’s no real standard,” he says. That’s been first and foremost for Taylor’d Pools and Construction. “We’ve learned that the first two years are hardest,” says Zeik. “Pricing in pools and trades have been high due to shortages, so costs are higher than construction rates.” The company does a lot of new construction pools along with existing homeowner pools with a short turnover of 8-10 weeks. In 2023 the company completed just over 70 pools, and 60 in 2024. “We’ve scaled back on the volume of pools but THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AUSTRALIA
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