I'm 14 months into my pool build and have lost patience with my builder. It's so bad, this builder's customers have an online support group. Some waited 5 months at this step. So I hired a sod company and fence company so I can reclaim my yard, thinking it would take a few weeks. The sod company wants to install in a few days. How stupid is it to install sod/fence before plaster? How much mess happens at that stage for a concrete/ gunnite pool? Fence will have a wide opening for a ride-on mower. TIA.
Installing sod before plaster - bad idea?
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It really depends on your layout of the yard and the how far your deck may extend from the pool.
I had a full driveway for them to lay hoses and access the pool area. The pump truck was on the street and laid 100ft of hoses to the pool. The only damage was to the area behind the pool where they put the excess plaster into a makeshift basin. So maybe draw a layout of your pool and lawn showing relationships to each and path of hoses for the plaster would help determine where your new sod will or will not be damaged.
I had a full driveway for them to lay hoses and access the pool area. The pump truck was on the street and laid 100ft of hoses to the pool. The only damage was to the area behind the pool where they put the excess plaster into a makeshift basin. So maybe draw a layout of your pool and lawn showing relationships to each and path of hoses for the plaster would help determine where your new sod will or will not be damaged.
I advise customers to have plaster installed after the surrounding yard is completely finished. This will insure that no trade will follow who can damage the newly applied plaster.
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Thanks for sharing your experience! Making a layout is a good idea.
Nice photos! That is a great point. Our pool is surrounded by a paver deck and screened in. There's also a retaining wall because slope away is semi-steep. We plan mulch around the retaining wall and then grass. The hoses will have to lay on the sod.
The crew in the pictures used plywood over the heavy foot traffic area and placed the hose on top also.