If we go out and punch them in the nose right off the bat they're going to fall back on all the built in excuses they have to lose and we win by 20+. We start off shity we're in for a dog fight till the end
Have an arborist come out and inspect. Young oak ten feet away really shouldn't be an issue. Costs about 3k for inspection, treatment, pruning etc.
I'm building next to a 100 yr old oak right now. Keeps me up at night. I give the old girl 50/50 chance.
Yeah didn't mean to imply you didn't research. Unfortunately there are many many instances every year of pool companies that fuck up. If you don't mind saying who was the company?
Umbrella holder costs about 50$ all in. It's personal preference - lol possible irrational pet peeve. Few tanning shelves are large enough to properly accommodate. They're ugly. If you have a small one and it's useful awesome. Most rarely get used.
Just do the research and if you go with a smaller builder make sure they are local and imbedded in the community. The smaller guys will often pay more attention to your project. You may never notice it but you'll get a higher quality project at the end of the day.
Self latching and self closing gates around the pool.
For parents out there before you buy a house with a pool or have a pool installed - and I've had this conversation with countless homeowners - the threshold for your children should not be "can they swim" but are they "water safe".
They need to have a healthy respect for the water. You need to be sure 200% that if they fall in accidentally that they have the presence of mind to "think not sink".
So I have a standard tanning ledge with 6in water on one side and an "adult" ledge on the opposite side with closer to 18" of water.
On ledges, skip the bubblers and skip the umbrella holder. Waste imo.
No they won't. There's too much upfront cost on the project. 70% by the time you get to gunite is typical. What I will say is before anyone pays the gunite bill make sure your equipment is already in your backyard.
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
H. L. Mencken