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    New Owner Build - Chattanooga, TN. In-ground concrete pool

    Thank you @setsailsoon extremely good info. I need to keep reading and reading on this forum / wiki. Working on the follow-ups you mentioned. I really do appreciate the time you took to craft that response <3
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    New Owner Build - Chattanooga, TN. In-ground concrete pool

    I'm still waiting on quotes - here's a potential promising one for a contractor I found that would do excavation thru the pool shell... Any call outs? I'd like more detail on specifics so we aren't at an impasse due to an issue down the line: Here is our cost from excavation to pool shell...
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    New Owner Build - Chattanooga, TN. In-ground concrete pool

    Thank you @setsailsoon & @kimkats for the suggestions. I am still getting quotes through varying subs for stages of the pool life cycle. I've got one group quoting me excavation through the shell (most of the $$ anyways right) and still working on subs for everything in between. One group...
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    New Owner Build - Chattanooga, TN. In-ground concrete pool

    Thank you for the question. Another reason why I love this website - it's something we haven't really discussed yet as we are still working out the specifics. I don't like the idea of grading the back yard and would rather just keep a small retaining wall at the back pool wall. We might go...
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    New Owner Build - Chattanooga, TN. In-ground concrete pool

    Hey all, After 4 years of wavering back and forth, I'm finally going through with an owner build. I'm completely nervous, but I just have to take the plunge - literally! Searching through multiple threads here along with the wiki as well as other sites (before landing here) I'm feeling...
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    Hello from Chattanooga, TN

    Greetings! After 4 years of off and on discussions, we are doing a custom pool "ourselves" in lieu of hiring a pool contractor. I'm in the process of getting all the subs lined up. My biggest issue is finding realistic quotes and nothing outrageous. I'll keep this thread updated. Looking...