Hi! I have lived in the Orlando Florida area for over 25 years and have never had a pool! The time is right so started down the scary path of getting quotes. I created a spreadsheet thinking that would make it easy but I made the mistake of not making all the quotes the exact same pool. I also have no idea if there is a difference in equipment brands. I have narrowed it down to these builders and hoping those with "master pool eyes" can let me know if they see anything I should inquire about or any suggestions. Due to having drainage easements on the back of our yard and the county not flexing we have to build on the side of our house so only have so much space. I don't plan to put a screen in but undecided on footers as that will take up space that we really don't want to loose. We have 12 feet on the side of our house where the drainage easement is that we can't build but I can put pavers on, however that also means if we put footers or screen it will be very close to the pool and not much room for lounge chairs. So we are leaning towards just not do a screen and screening our lanai area that would lead to the pool. What are your thoughts? Is Zodiac a good brand? The 3rd builder didn't want to break everything down but was able to get some of the details. Is there a quote that you like best? I included several pictures, most are from one pool builder and the other one from another. What I want is a pool with is saltwater, simple due to costs, pavers, LED lights (assume that is best), larger pump and filter as I think I read here it is less work if you get a bigger pump and filter, and pebble tech as lifetime warranty (if true). We are looking at a 12-13 X 30 although the one pool builder put 29X16 which I am not sure will actually fit. Thank you for any and all assistance!!
Builder #1
Pool Builder #2
Builder #3
Builder #1
| Pool dimensions | 15.6 X 29.5 | |
| Pool Sq Footage | pool 453 | |
| Deck Dimensions | ||
| Deck Sq Footage | 500 sq ft- 6/11 quote 543 includes Travertine coping | |
| Features: | ||
| depth | 3' to 5' | |
| lights | 2 LED nicheless lights 3yr warranty | |
| Skimmer | One wide mouth skimmer | |
| Main drains | Main drains (how many)? SVRS yes, and it allows you to add cleaning vaccume. We Provide 1 MDX main drain. We used to provide 2 standard ones, but the MDX works better than those alone…as well as looks better | |
| Returns | 4 returns | |
| tile | 6X6 tile of choice with 5.00 allowance 2 year warranty | |
| Filter/Cartridge | Zodiac 100SF Cartridge Filter 3 year warranty | |
| Sweep line | ||
| Chrlorinator | Inline chlorinator | |
| Pump | Zodiac Flo Pro Pump | |
| Electric hook up with pre-wire within 25 ft | ||
| Steps | shallow end steps and deep end bench | |
| Finish | Quartz Interrior Finish (10 yr warranty | |
| Pools school and training | Start up school | |
| Lifetime structural Shell and underground plumbing | ||
| Dewatering with 7 yard rock allowance | ||
| Removal of Sod from pool and deck site with normal grading. | ||
| Accent tiles on steps | Are accent tiles on steps another cost? If so how much? No extra cost | 0 |
| Underground plumbing | For extra 60 ft see 580 charge listed below | |
| Termite pre-treatment | ?? | |
| Permit | Permitting and engineering included, plans and drawings | |
| BASE Pool cost | 7/29 quote 453 Sq feet | 35500 |
Additional features extra | ||
| Salt water | Truclear 35K Salt Chlorinator | 1200 |
| Paver decking (50sq ft, pool only), area drains, brick coping, Turndown work (includes coping)We also use area drains compared to old school deco drains. Area drains work a lot better for drainage and look a lot better as well.es- We use Area Drains, unlike a lot of pool companies who use deco drains. Area drains work a lot better and are spread apart so they appear cleaner and don’t have weeds growing out of them. (raised it a little from 6150 to 6590) | 6590 | |
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Beach step / Sunshelf | Sunshelf (was 950)- bubbler is 425. Both included in quote now | 850 |
| Umbrella cup I believe 100 each | | |
| 2.7 HP Jandy epump upgrade 150 GPm/CS350 Filter Old quote:1.65 Variable Speed Pump/CS200 Cartridge Filter was 965 No the pump would not have a remote control… we really only add that if you have a spa. | 2280 | |
| Bubbler if separate cost? Was 425. But now bubbler and 18" sheer fall is 1200 | 1200 | |
Extra electric or piping since 60 ft away | The pipes would go 60 feet to where the pool is. Is the distance of the pipes included in the quote or is that an extra fee? That would be an extra fee… for both extra electric and plumbing length it would add $600 | 600 |
| screen enclosure of just pool | 7645 | |
| Deck footers for screen | 2670 | |
| 18' Sheer Fall included in June quote but in 7/29 quote extra and included with bubbler | | |
| Step risers/Tiled Raised beam included in June quote, now extra | 980 | |
| How are pavers around pool laid? | We use a 4-6 Inch bed of concrete fines as a base layer than add a layer of sand before we place the pavers. We also handwash the shell of the pavers to reduce the chance of sinking. | |
| Mini pebble? Pebble tech from 2019 quote was 1400 (called Wet Edge) - said included but need to check, confused. Not sure if included or not, but think so | ||
| Deck drain? Included in pavers cost? | ||
| Base plus all in green | 47020 | |
| With everything included, no pavers in lanai area | 51870 | |
| Notes- no pavers to lanai, deck is 500 other quotes are much bigger deck | ||
Pool Builder #2
| 406Sq pool | |
| 988 sq ft including pavers on lanai - Deck | |
| 3' to 5' | |
| 1 Standard Incandescent pool light LED not included if want 2 LED it is 1400 | |
| 1 skimmer | |
| 2 main drains, SVRS? | |
| 4 returns | |
| 6"x6" waterline tile around pool perimeter | |
| Hayward Swim clear Cartridge Filter C100s, 150s, C200s, which is it? | |
| 1 Erosion chlorinator | |
| 1 Hayward Super II Dual Speed pump | |
| Electric hook up within 30 ft | |
| 3 - Shallow end steps and 1 - deep end bench swim out (up to 5 lf) | |
| Quartz | |
| Pool maintenance kit and pool school | |
| Lifetime warranty on underground plumbing, asked and lifetime gunite shell too | |
| 7 - yard de-watering rock allowance (Additional rock at $70.00 per yard) | |
| Accent tile for steps and benches | |
| Pre-grade and final grade | |
| Underground Plumbing within 40 lf | |
| Termite pre-treatment | |
| Sidewalk replacement if broken | |
| Pool 457 Sq Ft | 30080 |
| Haayward Aquarite salt system 40K gallon capacity (do I need this big?) | 1650 |
| Flagstone pavers with no footers - standard color options new and existing lanai 988sf | 7410 |
| Flagstone paver coping 4x8 - standard colors 91lf (7410+2093 cost divided by 91+988 = 1079 equals 8.80sq ft) | 2093 |
| Sunshelf with one bubbler | 1,471.00 |
| Hayward Tristar dual speed 1.5hp and Hayward Cartridge filter 200 | 200 |
| Additional cost to have an extra long run for equipment would be an additional $1000 | 1000 |
| 8" bond beam (makes pool shell stronger) | 601 |
| Turn down wall 6" to 12" (Is this for lanai?) | 3562 |
| Additional depth to 6' | 800 |
| Mini pebble pool interior finish | 1218 |
| Deck drain $ 615.00 | 615 |
| Child pool guard alarm | 300 |
| Shuttle dig (said its to rent equipment to dig, pregrade, final grade and cost varies) | 600 |
| LED upgrade as 1 Incandescent included, 2 LED=1400 | 1400 |
| Base plus all in green including pavers to lanai | 51299 |
| With everything listed- including pavers to Lanai area | 53000 |
Builder #3
| 400 sq ft pool | |
| 940 Sq Ft Brick pavers on decking, until edge of Lanai, how much of quote is pavers? | |
| 3ft to 5ft | |
| (1) PENTAIR POOL LIGHT W/REMOTE, & HEAD (but in quote says std pool light?) | |
| (1) SKIMMER. | |
| TWO 10" ANTI-VORTEX MAIN DRAINS, SVRS? | |
| Return? | |
| STANDARD 6" WATERLINE TILE | |
| PENTAIR CLEAN & CLEAR RP200 CARTRIDGE FILTER | |
| INLINE EROSION CHLORINATOR | |
| PENTAIR VARIABLE SPEED 3050 POOL PUMP, but then says at bottom included is Pentair Intelliflo Variable 8 speed 3 HP Pump Is this too much for what I need? | |
| ELECTRICAL HOOKUP (BASED ON 40 FT ELECTRICAL RUN TO PANEL) | |
| 3 SHALLOW END STEPS & 1 DEEP-END SWIMOUT | |
| Quartz (5 year) | |
| CLEANING AND TESTING EQUIPMENT (POLE, BRUSH, VACUUM HEAD & TEST KIT) INITIAL CHEMICAL TREATMENT AND INSTRUCTIONS ON POOL OPERATION | |
| ACCENT TILES ON STEPS & SWIMOUT | |
| Cost for additional plumbing to pool equipment | 500 |
| Permit and Engineering included | 0 |
| STEEL REINFORCED GUNITE SHELL | |
| AUTOMATIC POOL CLEANER LINE PLUMBED AND VALVED | |
| RETURN FITTINGS & VAC LOCK FOR CLEANER LINE | |
| NEVER LUBE VALVES | |
| 24 HOUR MECHANICAL TIME Clock | |
| Dumptruck haul of the dirt | |
| VAC HOSE, TEST KIT& NET | |
| WARRANTIES: PENTAIR EQUIPMENT 3 YEARS, TILE 18 MONTHS, QUARTZ INTERIOR 5 YEAR, MINI PEBBLE UPGRADE LIMITED LIFETIME "NON-TRANSFERABLE", UNDERGROUND PLUMBING LIMITED LIFETIME "NON-TRANSFERABLE", GUNITE SHELL LIMITED LIFETIME "NON- TRANSFERABLE", SCREEN 1 YEAR, CONCRETE DECKING 18 MONTHS, PAVER DECK 18 MONTHS (LIMIT OF TWO VISITS AFTER PUNCH LIST IS COMPLETE). 3-D DRAWINGS ARE APPROXIMATE POSSIBLE RENDERINGS OF THE POOL AND ARE FOR PRESENTATION PURPOSES ONLY (NOT FOR CONTRACTS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POOL). | |
| TO REMOVE 250 SQ FT OF CONCRETE DECKING AND HAUL AWAY (driveway and back of house) | 733 |
| SCREEN ENCLOSRE BASED ON 9’ 6” WALL HEIGHT WITH DOME TOP, (2) 4 FT WIDE DOORS (SCREEN MEASURES 10’ X 40’ X 10’) | 4300 |
| FOOTERS/TURNDOWN WALL FOR SCREEN ENCLOSURE, included in quote, cost $3816 | 3816 |
| PENTAIR EASYTOUCH WIRELESS REMOTE USING YOUR OWN CELLPHONE / COMPUTER | 0 |
| If wanted to extend roof in lanai it is another $2000 | |
| Base 400 sq ft | 46894 |
| PENTAIR CHLORINE GENERATOR IC40 (SALT MACHINE) included in price | |
| 12” X 12” STRAIGHT EDGE TUMBLED TRAVERTINE COPING | 0 |
| Sunshelf and bubbler, sunshelf 1200, bubbler 540 | 1740 |
| STONESCAPES MINI PEBBLE POOL FINISH UPGRADE (SELECT COLORS) $ 1,974.00, why so much more? | 1974 |
| DECK-O-DRAIN FOR WATER RUN OFF | |
| Base not given, but everything seems included including screen patio | 46894 |
| everything on quote including removing driveway and adding screen to patio(need to upgrade lights)(didn’t add 1500 discount) | 59957 |
Discount if bought by certain date 1500 discount | |
| With everything I want excluding screen patio and footers and LED lights (including cost to remove drive way and back) | 51841 |
| If subtract 1500 discount = | 50341 |
| footer and screen enclosure of back yard with pavers | 8116 |
| Total with everything and footers and screen | |
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