Recent content by hjs

I guess a followup is in order here. After some discussing with my wife, and some replanning, we've decided to redesign where we were putting the concrete patio etc... so it all works with the new (and unexpected) grade. We like the new design, and in the long run, it's probably a better plan...

A lateral drain between the pitch away from the pool, and the pitch away from the house (they meet in a valley) was part of the plan. However yes, they built the pool too high (by my calculations right around 6"). So we've now got two fixed points, the coping edge (poured cantilevered coping)...

Unfortunately we had everything picked out and finalized. But due to (whatever happened) the pool being about 6 inches too high means that the patio that we wanted would have a much steeper grade than we expected, or it will ride up much higher on the house wall than we wanted. I don't want to...

No question. The 1/4 inch per foot _still_ has us too high. To connect the dots, it would have to be either much steeper than that (no good) or ride up almost to the wooden sill of the house, meaning it'll get wet and eventually rot. I don't need a second opinion to tell me that much. I've...

Since I'm still optimistic that we'll manage to find a mutually agreeable solution to the problems, I'm not going to post my location (for fear of identifying the builder in question). However, I need to vent a bit, and am looking for as many points of view as possible. So, 2 weeks ago we...