Huge deck slope...Pool not dug deep enough

[uxbridgechris]

I usually come to the pb's defence when yet another PITA home owner comes to whine about insignificant problems but......In this case, that is a terrible slope. Wow. In post #8, my mind kinda starts comparing the scale of the slab thickness (around 4"?) with the drop from left to right (looks like 3 or 4") That is way too aggressive. You want the water to slowly creep away, not go so fast it takes people with it.

I am not a pool builder, or a concrete finisher but I am a lunatic about details and that looks wrong. A step would look wrong too imo. Pick your poison.

 

[Rich D]

I measured this weekend and I have a 4" slope from the edge of the pool to the drain which 8' of patio, so a 1/2" per foot slope.

ok, that qualifies as "huge".. Still hard to condemn any one for this not knowing all the details, However This certainly should have been noticed prior to pouring and brought to your attention so options could be discussed. Any one who does this for a living would know a slope like that (especially so close to main egress of patio) would stick out like a sore thumb (IE - that sick feeling you got when you first saw it). I hate contractors that just go ahead and do these types of things without consulting the person paying for it, thinking "they know what's best for their customer" or even worse, "I am sure that is what they would want to do it". Not saying that is what your PB did but it does sound like it could have been.

Hard to give advice without all the elevations and distances, but one option could have been to raise the area the hot tub is on. Probably the most costly but it would have looked the best. Another could be re-do concrete from coping up to wood deck supports, move drain to just in front of wood deck supports, Put a small curb/step in front of drain, so you would step down into hot tub area (step down onto drain) this unfortunately would create a "trip step" (any step less then 4") an might not meet code. It would allow you to fix the issue of having the wood deck supports being in the poured concrete ( A known rotting issue).

My advice would be to get a few quotes from reputable company's That install concrete patios. Get their advice for a fix. Then you will have options and prices to discuss/negotiate with PB.

 

[Killer95Stang]

If you put down a plastic sheet, you can slide out of the pool into your living room...

 

[Arizonarob]

^^^

Funny, but not for the OP. Sorry bud.