ADDITIONAL INFO

OUR PROCESS

Our process

Request a free estimate on this website by answering some simple questions on our form. Then we will e-mail you a detailed estimate usually within a few days.

We never give out pricing on the phone. We only e-mail our estimates so you can see exactly what is included (and not included) in your estimate. If you don’t know exactly what’s included in your estimate, then a price over the phone is meaningless.

We find that giving you a ballpark estimate for your project before an initial meeting is helpful for both of us. The costs that typically change from the original estimate are normally due to narrow access, lot restrictions, lot slope or a change in the project scope.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Your pool package

Included Items

Our pools are customized to fit your yard and your specific needs, but we provide the following as part of our “premium” pool package:

  • Engineering, plans and permits*
  • Homeowner association plans (if required)
  • Excavation & removal of spoils (if needed)
  • Gunite pool with upgraded steel structure
  • 3½’ shallow end depth and up to 6’ deep end depth
  • 2" suction & 2" return plumbing, no hard 90 degrees
  • Upgraded skimmer with locking basket
  • Auto-fill
  • Mini-Pebble or Micro Fusion pool finish (upgrade from plaster)
  • One row of 6" X 6" upgraded waterline tile around the interior of pool
  • Shallow end steps & deep end bench
  • Maintenance kit, tele-pole
  • Pool school orientation, start-up chemicals
  • Ten (10) year structural warranty
  • 2 Door alarms
  • Over the deck alarm
  • Vacuum/ cleaner – Polaris Atlas
  • Pentair equipment:
    • 3 HP variable speed pump (VSP)
    • 320 square foot cartridge filter
    • Control panel
    • 2 – MicroBrite color LED lights
    • Three (3) year Pentair equipment warranty

Concrete & Coping: Our standard pool packages include up to 400 square feet of concrete decking and coping (broom-finished or stamped, no color). Alternatively, you may opt for coping-only installation. Coping is a 12–14″ wide perimeter cap installed atop the gunite pool structure and may be constructed from stone, brick, or precast concrete. This option excludes concrete decking.

We also offer a “basic” and modified pool packages upon request which varies from the above.

*There may be an additional cost for permits in certain areas such as Napa and Sonoma.

Options to customize your pool

Whether you are wanting the pool of your dreams or just a simple pool, we will work with you to make sure you get the pool you want and stay within your budget.

Below are some options to make changes to the premium pool package:

  • Cabo shelf (shallow area of pool for chairs and umbrella sleeve)
  • Salt chlorine generator
  • UV sanitizer
  • Heater: gas, electric or hybrid
  • Solar heating
  • Raised bond beams (raised wall of pool)
  • Water features:
    • Raised bond beam (wall) with sheer descents
    • Rock waterfall
    • Deck jets
    • Laminars
    • Bubblers in Cabo shelf
    • Scuppers
    • Water pots or firebowls
  • Extra shallow or deep end depth
  • Spa – flush with pool or raised (typically 12-18″)
  • Raised pool
  • Automatic pool covers (for rectangular shaped pools only)
  • Mobile phone app for automation/ remote controls
  • Sports style pool
  • Spool (small pool with a heater and possibly jets)
  • Retaining walls
  • White plaster pool finish (instead of upgraded aggregate pebble finish)
  • One white incandescent light (vs color LED lights)
  • Ledgerstone on raised pool walls or raised spas
  • Speciality tile
  • Concrete: colored or speciality stamps, raised planters, raised areas, concrete steps
  • Running electrical to a prefab hot tub

Buyer’s Responsibilities

  • Rebuild fence (if required for access)
  • 5′ high fence to code (not scaleable or climbable)
  • Gates: self-latching, self-closing and swing away from backyard
  • Fence and gates not exceed 2" from the ground to bottom if rests on a non-solid surface (dirt, grass, gravel, etc.)
  • Accurate property lines
  • Homeowner’s association approval (if required)
  • Sign-off on pool and equipment location at time of dig (length, width, location)
  • Water gunite 3 times a day until plastering
  • Brush pool plaster 3 times daily for one week
  • Yard drainage
  • Construction power
  • Water to fill your pool
  • Install door alarms
  • Repairs from access (drains, cracked concrete, sprinklers, lawn, plants) in areas which equipment must travel
  • Be home for pre-plaster inspection and final inspection

Possible Extras

Below are possible items that could cost additional for your project. We would identify and discuss most of these during our on-site appointment with you.

  • Narrow access (less than 7½’ width access to pool requires small tractor or conveyor belt excavation)
  • Hitting rock during excavation: requires jack hammering
  • Expansive soil: could require extra expenses
  • Utilities: too far away from pool
  • Pool within 5′ of the house
  • High water table
  • Equipment pad placed far away from pool
  • Additional pre-grade
  • Asbestos (could require extra expenses)
  • Moving obstacles (ie. trees, concrete, debris)
  • Moving utilities (ie. sewer, water, electricity, septic, gas)
  • Soil report
  • Sloped lot

Items, prices, options, terms & conditions are subject to change without notice.