We sort of passed our inspection.
Immediately the inspector didn't want to pass us, unless we had the Auto Safety cover installed, as our barrier wasn't complete. After talking him down a little, and having him speak to the pool builder, he relented as water is only going to be in the pools for 1 night before they could come inspect again...
He passed the gates, fences and electrical - he did ask for the filter motor breaker to be changed out to a GFCI breaker.
I had worked until dark last night, and early this morning putting up the frame of our pergola just in case they had any questions about the strange metal posts sticking out of our retaining walls.
He did have a few interesting questions that seemed to be leading - I kind of caught what he was fishing for and answered in the way that seemed to satisfy him. He had some questions about fence heights on some existing back fences and other things - he even pointed out a piece of pressure treated wood on a set of stairs that the end grain wasn't re-coated. I reminded him that the stairs were already there and not part of this permit! He started out pretty argumentative and by the end I think I had him pretty happy with our situation. This was the same inspector we had on our first inspection that created our additional delays. He told me this is only the second pool he has inspected in the city.
So we are set and scheduled for plaster on Thrusday - plaster completion scheduled for Friday, and water fill to start on Friday night...
Below are some photos. Our new fence and gate are made from redwood - the current wood is unstained, we are going to just let it grey and weather. I tried to keep a similar section of fence sealed and stained in the past, and it is just too much work to keep it looking good. So at this point it is staying o'natural.
Here is the completed gate with the self closing hinges and safety latch.
Our pergola raw materials
The pergola starting to get framed up
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The electrical lines are set to head inside one of the legs of the pergola. I was worried the inspector would start questioning this section, so I wanted it to be exposed and visible in case there were any issues.
Our equipment and panel are all hooked up - we will build a short fence behind the panel in the next few days.
I am thinking of using some of the river rock, like others on here have done, in front of the equipment pad to give water a place to drain off easily.
