Taking the plunge... (pun intended)
- Thread starter tclary47
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PB is taking a LONNNNNGGG time to complete our build. Not a huge pool, 32x20 with minimal concrete decking (<400 SQFT). But They’ve given us every excuse they can throw at us.
Rain. Freeze. Cement warehouse burn down. Crew mix ups. Scheduling conflict. City inspection delayed. Etc
With that said - I am curious to others timelines, especially those also in Central Texas. For reference:
Mid November: Signed contract with our completion date to be early-mid March)
Jan 6: Digging finally begins after many mixups with the city (so we’re told).
April 27: Just finished concrete decking. Only things left to do are clean up, equipment install, electrical, plumbing, cool decking and start up. I say only things left, that is still quite a bit and they say may take another 2-4 weeks. So in all, looking like nearly 5 months since the dig and 6.5 since signing the contract.
thanks for bearing with me - so what’s your experience/timeline been?
Rain. Freeze. Cement warehouse burn down. Crew mix ups. Scheduling conflict. City inspection delayed. Etc
With that said - I am curious to others timelines, especially those also in Central Texas. For reference:
Mid November: Signed contract with our completion date to be early-mid March)
Jan 6: Digging finally begins after many mixups with the city (so we’re told).
April 27: Just finished concrete decking. Only things left to do are clean up, equipment install, electrical, plumbing, cool decking and start up. I say only things left, that is still quite a bit and they say may take another 2-4 weeks. So in all, looking like nearly 5 months since the dig and 6.5 since signing the contract.
thanks for bearing with me - so what’s your experience/timeline been?
We don’t live in a city, so permitting wasn’t an issue. But we also got lucky.
Signed contract in late December.
Builder was waiting on a couple of contracts to get financing and we had all that taken care of, so we started our dig the first week of January. Finished up in early April—almost exactly 3 months.
We had a 20x40 infinity edge with deck, so a little more complex than a plain pool. And there were obviously normal weather delays and, of course, the freeze, which cut out about two weeks of progress. In all, about what we expected so no complaints.
Signed contract in late December.
Builder was waiting on a couple of contracts to get financing and we had all that taken care of, so we started our dig the first week of January. Finished up in early April—almost exactly 3 months.
We had a 20x40 infinity edge with deck, so a little more complex than a plain pool. And there were obviously normal weather delays and, of course, the freeze, which cut out about two weeks of progress. In all, about what we expected so no complaints.
I’m in the DFW area
Contract Dec. 2
HOA Approval Jan 3
Excavation Feb 3 and 4
Rebar, Pluming and gunite end of Feb.
Still waiting on tile and coping. Should have been this week but weather is likely to delay it.
Originally we were quoted 12 weeks from excavation in Dec. That changed to 16 weeks from dig when HOA approved and we got on the schedule. 16 weeks is essentially Memorial Day.
I’m not sure if they will make it with everything that is left. I’m betting mid June at this point. In the end it will be about 6-7 months from signing contract to completion. 18-19 weeks of actual build time.
Contract Dec. 2
HOA Approval Jan 3
Excavation Feb 3 and 4
Rebar, Pluming and gunite end of Feb.
Still waiting on tile and coping. Should have been this week but weather is likely to delay it.
Originally we were quoted 12 weeks from excavation in Dec. That changed to 16 weeks from dig when HOA approved and we got on the schedule. 16 weeks is essentially Memorial Day.
I’m not sure if they will make it with everything that is left. I’m betting mid June at this point. In the end it will be about 6-7 months from signing contract to completion. 18-19 weeks of actual build time.
Soggydoggies
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Leander here. Signed May 5th, dig started June 3rd, pool filled October 1st, with outstanding things completed by January 26th. Original time estimate was 45-60 days. Our builder wasn’t proactive at letting us know about delays or what was going on when people didn’t show up for weeks at a time, but he was always extremely responsive to texts (even weekends and after hours, and even now months after our pool is complete if I have questions). To me, that made a world of difference!
PB stated the Pentair equipment in our contract is back ordered and wouldn’t be delivered until July - he then said he ordered Jandy instead cause its (just as good, more expensive).
Should I be a stickler and wait it out or give in to the Jandy equipment?
Please mind that our timeline has been delayed many times already and that we’ve already bitten the bullet on when this would be done. So July wouldn’t be terrible.
Should I be a stickler and wait it out or give in to the Jandy equipment?
Please mind that our timeline has been delayed many times already and that we’ve already bitten the bullet on when this would be done. So July wouldn’t be terrible.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,132
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Wait for Pentair.
Jandy is not more expensive. Jandy equipment is better for the PB. Pentair is better for the consumer over the equipment life cycle.
Jandy is not more expensive. Jandy equipment is better for the PB. Pentair is better for the consumer over the equipment life cycle.
Just 2 weeks ago I had Recsupply call Pentair to see when we could expect shipping (they ship directly from Pentair). That day Pentair had upped their expected ship times from 3-4 months to 7-8 months.
I got lucky and INYO had my pump and shipped it in 2 days. The IC60 showed as in stock, even verified on the phone with a live employee and 2 hours after the sale I got an Email that it was backordered to July 2nd.
In the meantime my PB told me that he can’t get Pentair stuff at all and if I wanted him to get equipment I’d have to go with whatever he could get at build time in July.
I found a filter locally by dumb luck so I have the pump and filter on hand, if the SWG doesn’t get here in time I will have them hook up a dummy cell so it’s ready to swap out when it does come.
Best of luck to you. Keep us posted.
I got lucky and INYO had my pump and shipped it in 2 days. The IC60 showed as in stock, even verified on the phone with a live employee and 2 hours after the sale I got an Email that it was backordered to July 2nd.
In the meantime my PB told me that he can’t get Pentair stuff at all and if I wanted him to get equipment I’d have to go with whatever he could get at build time in July.
I found a filter locally by dumb luck so I have the pump and filter on hand, if the SWG doesn’t get here in time I will have them hook up a dummy cell so it’s ready to swap out when it does come.
Best of luck to you. Keep us posted.
My similar saga which lists the dates told/ordered for reference 
www.troublefreepool.com
The equipment struggle is real / 2 steps forward 1 back
Hey all. Hopefully this thread will morph into a build thread but at the moment, I’m not so sure. I told my PB that we wanted to go ahead with a build this year and he said that he could do June/July but he couldn’t garauntee what equipment he could get between now and then. He agreed to...
www.troublefreepool.com
I would like to wait - I actually have all the Jandy equipment sitting at my house.
Wow. This is crazy. Makes me appreciate having my Jandy equipment on hand. Would really prefer Pentair but my wife wants to swim.My similar saga which lists the dates told/ordered for reference
The equipment struggle is real / 2 steps forward 1 back
Hey all. Hopefully this thread will morph into a build thread but at the moment, I’m not so sure. I told my PB that we wanted to go ahead with a build this year and he said that he could do June/July but he couldn’t garauntee what equipment he could get between now and then. He agreed to...
Dang. Equipment stinks. Frankly, the contract states Pentair. If they wanna install Jandy that’s fine but legally it needs to be Pentair.
I would go over the price differences with a fine tooth comb and make sure it’s in your favor.
For reference my pump and filter were $3300 and the SWG/power center was $1550. That will buy ALOT of Jandy equipment and they may owe you some coin.
I guess too, you pretty much can’t lose at this point. If the Jandy stuffs fails on the earlier side of its expected lifespan, you can get what you wanted in the first place 5-7 years from now. If it lasts 25 years, you’ll laugh and happily buy the same stuffs again. Lol.
Also as a reference for any other readers, I was not charged from any of the major suppliers until the equipment shipped. I could have easily placed orders at several places and cancelled everything else once the first one shipped. Chances are they wouldn’t all line up and ship on the same random morning. But then again Murphy’s law might have something to say about it. Lol.
Check the fine print of course for returns, but any of them would be hard pressed charging you a restocking fee if they didn’t have the unit on hand to restock.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,648
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I always suggest checking with Polytec Pools for In Stock inventory. You have not said what equipment you expected but Polytec is up front about what they have. Pumps seem to be in stock. Certain automation systems are not.
They were for me but the filter was only available for local pickup. It was $350 cheaper from them (which probably ate into their profit if they shipped it) so I asked if I could pay the freight charges as extra, and for their time to ship it. The guy not only wouldn’t, but seemed offended that I even asked.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,648
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Have never heard that but quite possible. Just a short drive to Las Vegas ...........
I was *thisclose* to asking (and paying) you to go grab it for me.
Not paying the normal builder markup I had a lot of wiggle room on the cost, and Polytech was by far the cheapest on top of that. With the cost of no issue, I was polite and crystal clear that I would gladly pay whatever they wanted to ship it on top of their regular price. Even to cover the employees time taken away from their normal job. The guy took offense to it for some reason.
Normally having a customer happily wanting to spend *more* goes over pretty well. Maybe he was just having a bad day.
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I called Polytec this week about the pump I need and it was in stock. They had the heater I needed also but it was local pickup only.