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No to foam walls or floors. You’re just adding one more way for holes to happen. Place a piece of paper on cement, try poking a hole in it, then place that same piece of paper on say a piece of leather and notice the difference on how easy it is to poke holes in both. Do not do it.

No to foam floors and imo no to foam on walls, because it makes it easier to poke holes accidentally in the liner.

Make sure the liner is measured after the new pour.

1/2” eyeballs give more flow pressure than 3/4” eyeballs.

Toothpicks slobbered in caulk broken off at depth will work

Your pool has over 40k profit, if he has issues paying for remaining items and needs your money to buy them your spidey senses should be tingling. Bankruptcy might be close for him. As above no company woukd take on an unfinished job, if it was me, I would continue with this builder but only...

No pool guy will install a liner that isn’t one they ordered, for various reasons. Fit, measurement and payment. We charge a mark up on liners plus an install charge. Profit isn’t a bad word remember. Install a pool or install a $2,000 liner, easy to figure out why they won’t do it. watch...

Get Venturi returns, they force the heated water down and grab some warmer surface water in the process.

Oh, so one in either ends? Which way does prevailing wind blow?

Where is your prevailing wind? Ideally you want skimmers placed so the prevailing wind will aid in blowing stuff toward it. I would prefer to see two skimmers in a pool that big.

Research building your own inground with wood. It’s amazing how simple and cheap one can be.

Brutal of them, they know prices when quoting. We are getting weekly updates from all our suppliers regarding increases.

Anderson leak repair, perfect for spider cracks.

research reduced deck mounting options, some companies off them

Incredibly slippery, be careful.

I have has great success in grinding those rough spots.

There are robots that work on beach entry pools.

Water depth will more so determine how hot it gets with a darker liner.

Trex is very slippery when wet, you should try to use a solid artificial plank like moisture shield.

LOL I have more than enough to keep me busy up here, look around, lots in your state that can do it.

Option 1 shouldn’t be 25k, I won’t have a house without a pool but that’s me. A handy DIY’er could fix that pool for under 10k. Liner out, run new return, repair walls, vermiculite bottom, install new liner. Then I would tackle the existing patio. After repairs are done a new liner will last...

Two skimmers, 4 returns, if no main drain then I would go with Venturi skimmers.

Its always best to deal with him in person, hopefully he will step up ahd do the right thing but saying that it’s rare for most to act that way. He easily doubled or tripled his money on that liner so he has room to either fix, give you a discount or replace it.

If they aren’t using two vacuums then they aren’t doing it right. I see liners pulled tight to the bottom before the addition of water and I cringe, that’s a wrinkle nightmare about to happen. I should add that measuring for a new liner is an art form, as we know there are very few true artists...

Either improperly installed or improperly measured. That’s shoddy work imo

He is correct

Pool epoxy will make that better.

The issue with river rock imo is stuff gets stuck between them and ends up looking like dogs breakfast. I’ve done several sand gardens for clients, buy heavy enough sand and everything just blows free with a nice wind. The contrast of the brown and the ornamental grasses is a beauty.

If you have any leaves that fall you are going to regret river rock. Ever thought of a sand garden there with some ornamental grasses?

You are correct that those spouts will wash away your substrate. Your pool builder should be able to work a drainage system for you.