New pool/spa build in North Texas Updated: PICS

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Retaining walls are pre wired for FX Luminaire LED lighting
 
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The first construction issue was encountered today. The inside of retaining wall coping was supposed to align perfectly with the outside of spa coping.

This would make things perfectly linear when the steps go in on each side.

The pool builder brought to my attention yesterday that they missed by 5 inches.

The root cause is that the spa was built too deep.

The solution is to build up the back wall of the spa with concrete, pop the rear coping and set it in to align with retaining walls. This will also involve chiseling into the bench to reset one of the in floor jets. Pool builder assures me it's no problem.

Does anyone see any issues with this?

Not sure how I feel about this, but builder did bring it to my attention and offered to make it right. I just want to make sure there aren't any structural concerns with his proposed fix.

The downside here is the internal dimensions of spa go from 9x7'3" to 9x6'11". Not a huge deal, I guess
 
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The other solution would be to do nothing and accept the fact that retaining walls will not align perfectly with spa coping.

Attached is an overhead 2d which illustrates the straight line across retaining walls and spa coping.

And technically, a third solution is to demo the sections of retaining wall on each side and move them back 5 inches - PB does not like this option for obvious reasons $$$

Would definitely appreciate any opinions.
 
I would leave the spa as is and also leave the coping as is. I wouldn't give up 4" of the spa space. I'd pull your two decking steps back to start a step's depth prior to the spa on the sides and the top step would then have an inside corner as it reaches the spa. I would do this so as not to lose depth on the -24" elevation level between the steps and the pool. That space is already not overly large and could be a bottleneck when people are standing around if the steps were to extend in 5" more. It's a simple solution and I don't see any aesthetic issue with the walls not lining up. Overlaps are common in architecture.
 

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I would definitely not cut the coping down to a different width than the sides. I think that would really stand out. If it were mine I would leave it as is. But if it would bother you in the long run go with option 1.
 
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Decided to add a shade arbor, outdoor kitchen, and fire pit to the scope of the project. Pool builder was nice enough to let me deal directly with the sub, so I feel like I got a decent deal.

It was better to do this now as the shade arbor pillars would need to be built into the retaining walls and concrete peers installed prior to decking

The rendering shows the placement of the columns for the cedar arbor

This addition will also address the coping alignment issue detailed in a previous posts. The columns in the center will sit 5 inches onto the spa coping but will line up perfectly with the columns on the retaining walls. This will take the eye away from the issue of the spa coping not aligning exactly with the retaining wall coping
 

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