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Permitting City Pool Permit is in hand! City will need to perform a PVC inspection, bonding inspection, and pre-pour concrete/bonding inspection. It sounds like all of the rebar is going to be removed, and plumbing will be exposed for the PVC inspection. I've gotten commitment that the PB will...

Thanks Dirk. This site and the users have been invaluable. I'll consider this my build thread going forward. If the mods want to move it, I'm all for it. Auto-Fill: Not currently in scope. Hosebibs are ~50 feet away in each direction. PB never brought it up and I hadn't planned on pursuing it...

The plot thickens. After contacting the city to inquire about hiring out their inspection services, I've found that the city actually has a "development agreement" with our subdivision (even though we are outside of the city limits in an "ETJ") and a Pool Permit is required. This was never...

Agreed. They will not be pouring as-is. I've contacted the nearest city as well as the Pool Manufacturer to ask for on-site inspections (responses pending from both). At a minimum, I am going to require that they 1) Remove the re-bar 2) Trench and cover the existing flex tubing 3) Prep the...

I witnessed the original backfill and gravel was used and tamped down pretty extensively. Then a few inches of roadbase were placed on top (this is why none is visible). The trench was then dug out by hand. I suspect they ended up using common fill for a part of the re-fill here (again, I...

Not many inspections as we are outside of the city limits. Only the electrical run and the bonding are scheduled to be inspected as far as I am aware. That said, I would absolutely value a third party inspector. Do you have any recommendations on how to track one down? Some quick googling...

Background on the voids under the pool: Pool was "hand set" set (slid into the hole by a group of 5 men - see photo below), backfilled with gravel (I insisted on gravel vs. sand) and the gravel was fairly well compacted. Once the pool was filled, I walked the floor and noted a large area...