Greetings,

We are in the midst of having a pool built right now. The gunnite has already been shot and cured, and today they have started tile, coping, and rock work. Unfortunately, we have discovered a huge mistake (for us.)

We contracted to have our tanning ledge set at 9 inches, in fact all inspected drawings and plans state such. But for some reason our pool company set the ledge at six inches. I thought it was wrong, but wasn't sure until they set in the tile and I measured it.

The company has admitted the mistake, and has offered to jackhammer up just the tanning ledge area, and reshoot the gunnite at a lower level. It is a fairly large tanning ledge, but they say it won't hurt the integrity of the pool as they have plenty of area to work with before they get to rebar. They also forgot to set in the hole for our tanning ledge umbrella, which could also get reaccomplished.

Questions...

Has anyone else had this experience? Does this repair sound feasible? Will the gunnite company warranty the new work? Most importantly, just how big of a difference will having a six inch tanning ledge depth mean? We have a child who will play there predominantly, and we also heard that tanning ledges were very popular. But we wanted one that at least had a little depth to it.

We've got to move on this pretty quickly. ANY help would be appreciated!!!


Mike
Arlington, TX