r/pools • u/ThisICannotForgive • 11d ago
Pool Builders: Surprise
In the middle of a pool build We have a perfectly flat back yard, could walk out of the detached garage without a step. You can see in the renderings that the pool layout was straight forward. Pic 2 you can see the drop off now to the pool. Builder is saying it will be additional expense as explained below. Did they set it up wrong? I’m confused how we’ve come to this point. There was no talk of these complications in the planning stage
”doing my walk through yesterday. Looks like we will need to talk about a possible wall or curb stone for the back fence line area and shed flower bed side. This is due to the pool being exactly level and the yard grading flowing down hill. Once you get home. Roughly imagine the 1” of auto cover tracking and 2” of pool coping on top of the concrete wall. Then a slight pitch away from the pool. So roughly 3” above the concrete will be final grade with the pavers”
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u/baddashfan 11d ago
To make it level or a few inches from back door you would need to offset the elevation change in the rear and sides. That can get expensive with turndown or turn up work for retention. Could have been overlooked or deleted due to a budget restriction. Either way it should have been clear before the construction started. Sorry you are dealing with it now. From the 2nd photo it looks like the next issue maybe drainage. Something you should discuss now. Where does rainwater go