As week 24 of this often delayed build starts, I have another update on my pool. I was supposed to have decking done this week but it’s been pushed back till next week because they still haven’t fixed/finished my arbor. It will be two weeks since they started and screwed it up, and a total of six weeks when it was originally supposed to have been done. They first came out for the arbor at the end of April but they didn’t have the plans. Then it was supposed to be done on May 6-7 but they didn’t show. Then it started to rain and nothing really got done in the month of May. Keep in mind the arbor was PIF on March 26th!
At this point I feel they are slow walking it because they are ahead on money as the arbor addendum had to be paid in full and because I complain every time they screw stuff up. At this point I don’t think I’ll be swimming until Labor Day, if at all, and I definitely will be at the 32+ week mark when all is said and done.
I’m not signing off in any more payments until everything is fixed to proper workmanship on coping, tile, arbor and decking.
They have the following remaining:
Fix tile; fix coping; and fix exterior mudout
Demo part of arbor and then Redo/finish the Arbor to original specifications. Supposedly they will be here on Thursday or Friday to start working on the arbor again. They won’t be finished with it until Monday or Tuesday. I say supposedly because they were supposed to be here last Thursday and Friday to demo and fix their screwup
Decking prep - they started this before the arbor was started but like with everything they messed up. The patio part of the decking is 9” to shorts. Deck drains are not lined up properly and they put drains where the old gutters were not where the new gutter will be. Supposedly schedule for Tuesday/Wednesday of next week.
Decking - supposed to scheduled for Thursday or Friday of next week.
New equipment pad - original equipment pad shifted two inches and had to be removed. Supposed to be done with decking next week.
Install equipment - they claim they have everything but install is tbd
Finish electrical - tbd
Finish gas - tbd
Interior clean - tbd
Toe marker tile - tbd
Plaster - tbd
Startup - tbd
Rebuild irrigation - tbd
Final grade - tbd
I know I’m not the only one with problem. One of my wife’s friends started a small Reno to his pool around the end of Feb. They were redoing coping, adding more decking and building an outdoor kitchen. They were supposed to be finished at the end of April and they are no where near done. Different company. I’m not sure why PBs decided to overbook themselves, it just pisses off all their customers when projects take twice as long as they should.