I'll be going out for a build quote very soon in the Houston area and will have some unusual limitations for the builders. I'm not sure how they will respond.
This will be my second pool build in this area so there were many lessons learned.
My main beef with the first build was the mess they made of the equipment pad piping which I re-worked myself having paid them to do it! I'm an electrical engineer to trade but my reworking was not so OCD as yours I might add
Here's a brief write up of what I'll be asking them to quote for, your comments are welcomed:
124ft perimeter, (roughly 40x14 surface area tanning ledge included) pool, shallow end 4ft, deep end 6ft deep. 6 x 12ft tanning ledge at 12in below waterline.
Pool waterline to be 8” below coping top. approx. 21500 gallons
28ft perimeter (7x7 surface area) spa with coping at same level as pool coping. Spa waterline 4in above pool waterline with 12in wide overspill into pool. Spa overspill to run from 4in to 6in below coping top.
I’ll handle the drawings, the HOA permitting, the utility line check, concrete pool deck and drain work, concrete equipment pad, purchase of all electrical and gas pool equipment, electrical work at equipment pad, purchase of all water features (waterfall, bubbler, cleaner), any gas features and lines to features, gas to equipment pad heater, sprinkler re-routes.
You handle the big stuff. The dig and removal and the backfill, the steel, the piping (see below pipe schedule), the gunite including raised wall (max 12in for yard slope), the tiling (see below), the plaster (standard white), the 12in wide coping, the raised waterfall surrounds.
For tiling, please quote for 140sq ft of 4X4 basic tile. I’ll buy some nice 1x1s for the overspill, you install.
You purchase and install the 2x skimmers, 2x drains, pool jets, spa jets, fittings and pvc pipe. You can give me an option quote on the underwater lights (2 pool, 1 spa), the bubbler and the 2x waterfalls if you like but I’ll probably buy those.
No built in auto-refill is required.
I’ll require a warranty from you on pool structure and pvc piping outside of equipment pad.
This will be my second pool build in this area so there were many lessons learned.
My main beef with the first build was the mess they made of the equipment pad piping which I re-worked myself having paid them to do it! I'm an electrical engineer to trade but my reworking was not so OCD as yours I might add
Here's a brief write up of what I'll be asking them to quote for, your comments are welcomed:
124ft perimeter, (roughly 40x14 surface area tanning ledge included) pool, shallow end 4ft, deep end 6ft deep. 6 x 12ft tanning ledge at 12in below waterline.
Pool waterline to be 8” below coping top. approx. 21500 gallons
28ft perimeter (7x7 surface area) spa with coping at same level as pool coping. Spa waterline 4in above pool waterline with 12in wide overspill into pool. Spa overspill to run from 4in to 6in below coping top.
I’ll handle the drawings, the HOA permitting, the utility line check, concrete pool deck and drain work, concrete equipment pad, purchase of all electrical and gas pool equipment, electrical work at equipment pad, purchase of all water features (waterfall, bubbler, cleaner), any gas features and lines to features, gas to equipment pad heater, sprinkler re-routes.
You handle the big stuff. The dig and removal and the backfill, the steel, the piping (see below pipe schedule), the gunite including raised wall (max 12in for yard slope), the tiling (see below), the plaster (standard white), the 12in wide coping, the raised waterfall surrounds.
For tiling, please quote for 140sq ft of 4X4 basic tile. I’ll buy some nice 1x1s for the overspill, you install.
You purchase and install the 2x skimmers, 2x drains, pool jets, spa jets, fittings and pvc pipe. You can give me an option quote on the underwater lights (2 pool, 1 spa), the bubbler and the 2x waterfalls if you like but I’ll probably buy those.
No built in auto-refill is required.
I’ll require a warranty from you on pool structure and pvc piping outside of equipment pad.
