Well, I only have myself to blame I suppose for not making sure everything was accounted for. As stupid as this may sound, I just learned recently that baja shelves can be at different depths. Our architect asked "do you want a shelf?", we said "yeah!", then we agreed on the area, but never discussed depth. In my mind a shelf is whatever it is at that entry height.
A week ago I realized people build baja shelves at all kinds of depths, depending on the step level its in. This is after rebar was already in....
I called the builder and asked, he said the shelf is 6" deep. After actually giving this due thought, I realized I wanted it at 9". Oh well...
Today comes, concrete shoot crew arrives... It turns out there was enough clearance between the beam and the shelf rebar to give us 9 " depth. Great!
So far so good...then we realize the steps down from the shelf to the floor are in the wrong location (on the swim lane, instead of towards the deep end). Again, we are able to change it
As all of this unfolds, I am discussing these changes on one side of the pool with the foreman, as the crew is shooting on the other end...
I then realize the step down to get in the pool after the shelf depth change will be 15". While I can do that no problem, I wonder if my mom and in laws would be able to...So again, we agree to put an entry 18"x18" step on the corner of the shelf...
I go back in, come back after a couple of hours, and notice they shot a 3'x18" bench in the deep end of the pool. I was already anxious with all this, but now I'm really out of my mind. Called the builder, who said "uh, don't know, I think it was in your architect's plans".
Cut story short, I had them cut it off after they had already shot. Good times.
Moral of the story, don't do what I did. Be on top of your plans and make sure you know what you want, and the builder knows what you want.
