We ended up adding a bit more deck on the shallow side to make it easier to tie in a wood deck, and that was taken care of very quickly.
Then, we had a small hiccup. Our city switched over to a new inspection scheduling system, and they lost a request from the pool builder. No big deal, except once we realized it, PB called to reschedule, and they promised they would be here first thing the following morning as decking was scheduled, followed by fence, followed by grading and clean up. Well, the city did not show up in time, even though the deck crew was not even on site until 10 am. They waited 45 minutes, then pulled off the job for the day. Several phone calls to the city later, the inspection was done, but we'd already lost our concrete for that day. I will say the city was very apologetic, but it was still frustrating. One inspector even gave me his cell number and offered to meet the crew if we could get them back quickly. That was very kind, but we could not make it work. PB was irritated, and our scheduler did a great job trying to rebook everything.
That was Thursday. On Saturday morning, the deck crew was here at 7am, and the whole deck was poured, detailed, and finished by 10:30 or 11am. Plus, our fence went back up, and the fence crew was pretty meticulous about piecing together the panels and random boards. Our neighbors are so happy that their old pup is once again securely contained, and we are happy to have a bit of privacy again! Some deck pics:
We will tie in an L-shaped wood deck on the back part where it is straight. Then there will be some pretty tropical-ish beds between wood deck and RBB on the back of the pool!
Looking back the other direction
Closer pic of the spa side of the deck
From under the covered patio
And then after today's heavy rain, we have a half-filled pool:
and spa
I'm guessing the lights are ok? I know they are designed to be underwater, but it just looks wrong to have them in the pool but not fully installed.