Thanks all for your comments. It sounds like the quote I received was in the right ball park. I'm in central Va and we only have one pool builder in my area. I could go a little east to Richmond to try to find someone to give me another estimate. I'm not sure someone would want a job located an hour away from their place of business.

The confusing parts of the quote to me were the salt water chlorinator related items. Those numbers both seemed rather high. I suppose that I need to get clarification on many things. Plumbing and electrical details. Lights. What did you folks do for lights in your pool? Does two lights sound right for a pool this size?

There was no deck component to the proposal because we already have made arrangements with our landscaper to join the pool deck (dry laid pavers) up with the current patio. We bought enough materials when we first built the patio last year to cover the pool deck requirements.

Chris