Undersized Pool and Grooved Coping

[Squash21]

New user. Husband and I are building a pool.

The construction company has undersized the width by nearly a foot, and the length by nearly a foot. Additionally as we are getting closer to finished quite a few pieces of coping have grooves in them from being dragged and thrown during install to equipment being pulled across them. This is flagstone.

Is this normally for a nearly $100,000 pool?

Thanks!

 

[ajw22]

Welcome to TFP.

Glad to see you are in the USA. It gives us a sense of the workmanship standards in your area.

Are you looking for sympathy or advice?

What does your Pool Builder say about the pool dimensions?

What was specified in your contract?

What was specified in the pool engineering plans?

I think it would be reasonable to request the grooved flagstone be replaced.

What is the status of your pool? There water in it yet?

What % of that $100K have you paid?

You have any holdback for payment after satisfactory pool completion?

 

[KCNM]

Are you measuring internal swimmable dimensions, or external built dimensions? If the former, you might have been thinking / talking internal, and your builder external. If you're measuring external, however, then you need to check the contract.

Is the depth correct, or is it also shallow by 6-12 inches?

 

[Squash21]

Are you measuring internal swimmable dimensions, or external built dimensions? If the former, you might have been thinking / talking internal, and your builder external. If you're measuring external, however, then you need to check the contract.

Is the depth correct, or is it also shallow by 6-12 inches?

Depth seems to be ok right now. Hard to measure, but it looks correct.

All plans show coping width and then internal “swimmable dimensions.” This is where we measured as well, and noted the shortage.

Yes, the pool builder knows.
No, no remedy has been offered.

With slow progress, issues like this are more glaring.

To reframe my original post, what is the normal remedy for something like this?

 

[ajw22]

To reframe my original post, what is the normal remedy for something like this?

Usually some negotiated credit to make you happy.

What were the specified dimensions of the pool?