Build Thread: 18x36 Rectangle Vinyl SW Pool Installation (New England)

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Electrician hooked up the panel, pump, heater, light and SWCG generator! (Only visible difference is the panel on the shed and the rippling water over the returns. Trench backfill is supposedly tomorrow. I am eager to dig into the water balancing eventually, but I'll leave it to the pool company to open the pool and get everything balanced. Autocover installation and power will come after backfill apparently.

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I feel my first pump failed prematurely due to winter moisture. It didn't help that it was right on river rock (and maybe in a little) so snow and moisture were prevalent on it. After that one failed I got in the habit of pulling the pump inside each winter. Takes 5 minutes to remove and 15 to install. Filter stays outside as once it's drained, it's not at risk.

Original pump locked up on startup after like 2 years and needed a hammer to get it going. Next year or maybe two years it locked again and was rebuilt. Pool man said next time's a new pump. That lasted another year. It was two-speed anyway so happy to now have a VS.
 
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What is a reasonable reaction to this wrinkle in the corner of the vinyl (1st photo)? Is this just the nature of vinyl liners in tight/square corners? The other corners are smooth (see 2nd photo). I don't think the wrinkle is especially ugly, I just want to make sure it won't be a problem down the road. Water has been in the pool for 3 weeks at this point

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Hardscaping company came out yesterday to lay out locations for pavillion/fireplace/concrete patio and it looks like there's a slight boo boo:

The pool excavation was 3ft North (to the right of the plan) from where it was supposed to be on the plan. This gives us a couple different options
  1. Have the pavilion not line up with the concrete patio on the south end of the Pool
  2. "Steal" a 3'x27' section of patio from the north side of the pool and place it on the south side
  3. Add more concrete (more money) to fill in the 3'x27' gap. This would make the southern pool patio 9ft instead of 6ft across
We decided to go with option 3.

My next step is to talk to the pool builder and see if they can help pay for the overrage since they technically placed the pool incorrectly. Things might get a little messy because there are two revisions of the landscapers' plans, and another set of plans from the surveying company. All the plans should have the pool in the same location, but they might have been to different scales, or something might have gotten lost in translation.

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The first thing I would do is get my hands on the end set of plans as THOSE are the plans that should have been used. Once you confirm THEY made the mistake it is on them for "pay the price" to fix it. You should be NOTHING extra for their mistake.

Chin up, shoulders back while you have this hard talk with them AND get it all in writing starting NOW. Write out what happened and how you want it fixed. An email is best with text being next. Good luck!
 
Landscaping company came out and made some progress
  • Some forms up for the stamped concrete patio
  • Some drainage pipe installed (These will eventually extend past the rock "retaining wall" and drain to daylight into the woods
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Update for those who are curious:
It turns out that the landscaping company made some sizeable (4 ft and 2ft) errors with their initial measurements. We are meeting with them to discuss how to move forward.Plan measurements.png
 
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