I like the idea about being able to remove it. My issue is we have already started construction. Would removing the table (making it not attached) from the pool cause any issues with the permit? since the design currently shows the table as a feature of the pool. Also if it does change the design I would suspect the builder will want more money to change the design. what are your thoughts.
I'd be surprised if an inspector would even notice. He'd be looking for specific things about the rebar and gunite depth, and all else. Not that your design was exactly as submitted. But that's easy enough to determine for sure. Quick call to the local building/planning dept, or the PB.
And I would think that eliminating the table altogether (for a free-standing one you add later), or slipping in a proper sleeve, would be substantially less time and materials than building that table. I'd expect a refund before a price increase. Then you go out and locate the table and the PB can plan around it.
Here's the thread I was thinking of. Some of its links are dead now. I glanced at it. Boy, I went on and on about it over there, as I tend to do! (Had to beat others to it.)
Built in Table
That thread never resolved, I see, so I don't know what the guy ended up doing.
I have a table in my pool and they shot it all at the same time they shot the shell. I love the table, we use it a lot, the thing I hate is my robot manages to get under it and gets stuck every time.
Yep, that's the cleaning issue. Or even manually brushing around it, up the pedestal, under the table, etc. I love the table idea. But I'm too lazy to want to deal with a permanent one.
What's the plan, to put chairs around it, to sit at it on the sun shelf? Or just sit directly on the shelf? If chairs, which will be free-standing, why not a free-standing table, too? No cleaning issues. Pull it out for the off-season. Replace it as needed. Move it around as needed? Etc. I think I concluded (for myself, anyway) the same thing in the other thread. Lovin' the idea of a table in a pool, but not the logistics of it.