PHASES IN DESIGNING AND BUILDING A CUSTOM POOL

1. INITIAL DESIGN MEETING
The first phase is design. We will meet with you at the pool location. We will listen to your ideas and dreams for the pool and come up with a preliminary plan. We will take a picture of the area in which the pool will be located. We will ask you to think about what you would like in pool, whether or not you want a spa, interior finish color, and what kind of deck topping you want. But don’t worry. None of these decisions has to be final. Remember this is the dreaming stage. So let’s dream together.

2. PLANS AND DESIGNS
We will draw up a set of plans showing the location of the pool, its dimensions, and the location of all the pool components from drains, to falls, to pool equipment. We will have a list of all the equipment and amenities we recommend. We will also create a virtual photograph of the design. We have found that the photograph gives a better idea of our design than a simple plan view of a pool. We will also prepare an itemized estimate of the whole project.

3. CONTRACT AND PERMITTING
We will meet with you again, go over the designs and make any changes you want. Once the plans are finalized you will sign the contract as well as the necessary Notice to Owner and Child Safety Act that are required by the county along with your deposit. We will put together the package with all the plans and specifications required by the county or city, and deliver it to the proper authorities  The time to get a permit varies from municpalitie to municpality.

4. POOL LAYOUT, EXCAVATION, FORMING, PLUMBING AND FIRST INSPECTION
We will notify you once the permit is issued, and will be on your site within the next week to lay-out the pool. Pool lay-out takes a day. The following day we will excavate the pool and begin to form it and put in steel reinforcing rods on the bottom and sides of the pool, into the bond beam and around the skimmers. These rods are firmly wired together to add to the strength and long life of your pool. This step should take one day. Then we will call for our first inspection. The inspector should arrive the next day to sign off and allow us to proceed.

5. POOL SHELL
The following day the pool will be “shot” meaning a concrete mixture in pneunatically applied under great pressure to bond tightly around the steel reinforcing rods. The result is a steel reinforced concrete shell of superior strength.

6. STRIP FORMS
The next day we pull off the forms and Grade yard for next phase

7. STONE WORK -Tile
Three days after the pool is shot we can begin the stone work or tile . We will also be doing the tiling and finishing the plumbing. Depending on the scope of the rock work this part of the job can take anywhere from one to three weeks.

8.TILE, COPING
Now the rock work is done the tile and coping are installed.

9. FINAL PLUMBING INSPECTION
Our plumber will install state of the art equipment to filter and purify your water. Once the plumbing is in, and before it is hooked up to the pumps we call for a final plumbing inspection.

10. INSTALL POOL EQUIPMENT
All the pool equipment is brought in and installed.

11. ELECTRICAL HOOK UP
A licensed electrician hooks up the pool equipment. If power or more power needs to be brought from the main panel in the house to the pool pad this electrician is qualified to do it.

12. ELECTRICAL INSPECTION
Once the equipment is hooked up and ready to go we call for the electrical inspection.

13. FORM AND POUR DECK
After the rock work is done, and the tile and coping are installed, if there is going to be a concrete deck, it is formed up and the soil is treated by a professional pest control company. We call for a deck inspection and after it has passed we bring back in the concrete truck to pour the deck. This is the last step before the interior finish.

14. INTERIOR FINISH
As soon as all the inspections have passed the crew that applies the interior finish arrives. It usually takes them about a half a day to do a pool. (By the way, do not worry if the color that they are applying does not look like the sample you chose. What you are seeing is the grout that covers the pebbles and not the pebbles themselves.) The next day a specialized member of the crew comes back to spray down the pool and wash off the grout that is covering the small pebbles that make up the interior finish. As soon as he finishes washing down the pool, we begin filling it up. This usually takes from 24 to 72 hours depending on the size of the pool and the water pressure. If you are using public water we will give you a letter so that you are not charged at the highest rate for water usage. The usual pool usually costs between $75 and $175 to fill.

15. SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION
After the pool is filled and the pool and waterfalls are running, the project is considered to be substantially complete and the final payment less 5% retainage is due.

16. BALANCE POOL CHEMISTRY
The next step is to balance out the pool chemistry. This takes from three to seven days and, yes, you can swim in your pool after the first 24 hours. It won’t be as perfect as it will be, but it won’t be dangerous or unhealthy. Once the pool chemistry is balanced out we will give you an instruction sheet telling you how to maintain your own pool, and we will show you how to test the chemistry, clean the filter, and fill the chlorinator. If you decide that you would rather have someone else maintain it, we will give you our recommendations.

17. INSTALLATION OF FENCES AND ALARMS
Now the pool fence and alarms must be installed so that we can call for our final inspection. This is your responsibility, although of course we will help you with it.

18. FINAL INSPECTION
We call for a final inspection and the inspector checks the alarms and fences and signs off for the last time.

19.  PUNCH LIST
We will do a final walk through with you and fix anything that you think needs fixing. When we leave the job we want both of us to be completely satisfied that the job was done both beautifully and professionally.

20. WARRANTY
We warrantee our work for Two years. The equipment comes with warrantees that vary from one to three years. We only use the top of the line equipment and it has been our experience that any equipment problems (which are extremely rare) are addressed immediately by the manufacturer’s certified technicians.

21. PARTY TIME
When everything is finished we will wait for our invitation to the party we know you are going to have to show off your beautiful new pool

Selecting a pool company is a big decision so you want to be certain that you are making the right choice.  We are State Certified Residential Pool Contractor and we guarantee all materials and workmanship. Remember, any warranty is only as good as the company longevity and their financial capability to support it.

With our 10 years of experience and resources, we will do everything in our power to ensure your project goes smoothly... and goes quickly.