What is everyone else's experience with the final closeout of their pool contract? I am pretty sure the builder is going to want his final check on Friday when he comes to test the water and do the "Pool School", but there are several issues that I have with the build of the project as a whole.
1. Seems like my entire pool ended up 3' narrower than the drawing. In the drawing the narrowest part of my pool was to be 13'3" and it is actually only 10'. The deepend that was supposed to swell out from the 13'3" does not have a dimension in the drawing, but I would guess it should be 15-16', it measures 12'. Tanning ledge was supposed to be 7' x 10' and have enough space for 2 Ledge Loungers, it is 4' x 10'.
2. Bubbler was supposed to be on the front edge of the tanning ledge, it is in the center. So now I can't even fit one Ledge Lounger
3. Spa light does not work, he says he will look at it on Friday.
4. Water level in my spa seems to be too high, it is about an inch below the coping and when you turn on the blower it floods the yard behind the spa.
5. Waterfall is leaking into the pool. (supposed to have tile guy look at it next week)
6. Control panel for my automation system is not installed, says it is on backorder.
7. The concrete crew knocked the stone facing off of my firepit and it is completely gone, I will have to try to match it and buy more.
8. Sprinkler system is still not repaired correctly, have broken sprinkler lines in the side yard.
9. The concrete crew wiped my white travertine coping down with water that had concrete mixed in during their "cleanup" and it is not white any more in several areas.
10. White coping has grey grout and concrete on it in several areas, not sure how I will be able to get that off.
11. Still don't have all of the fittings in the pool for suction and return lines
12. Steps seem to be way too tall, probably should have been three steps instead of two for the 3'6" depth.
13. I cannot have my pool in a pool only mode. The water either goes all to the spa or half to pool and half to spa, there is no way to run the pool without the waterfall. We will not always want the sound of the waterfall, and it will evaporate alot more water and I will have to constantly add acid to offset.
14. I upgraded to the automated system only for lights and water features, but cannot control water features individually even though that was the purpose of the $2800 upgrade. I can have only one on, or both on, or both off, but I cannot have the second feature on by itself like we planned. We will need to rework the plumbing and add another actuator to fix this, and I am not even sure if there is space to do that with the plumbing configuration.
15. My gas is not completely installed to the meter yet. (supposed to have plumber again today)
16. Plug is stuck in one of my skimmers that he couldn't get out. (supposed to have plumbers again today)
17. My automation is not configured correctly yet, the only thing I can control is pump speeds and lights. (will look at this on Friday)
18. No overflow line to the deck drains.(says it wasn't in the contract)
I am sure that there are other things that I will find the more I am around the pool and equipment, so this list will continue to grow. Given the nature of several of these problems and the fact that so much can't be fixed I am honestly of the opinion that at this point he owes me money, not the other way around. Has anyone else had a situation like this? Overall we are happy to have the pool and will enjoy it, but I feel like we were taken advantage of. My wife thinks we will end up paying him to go away and fixing all the issues that can be fixed ourselves.