· Your timeline

How long it takes

Because we build the same three layouts, the crew sequence and the material orders are set before we dig. That's what lets us put real dates in front of you instead of a season.

Permitting  2–4 weeks Build  5–7 weeks Startup  5–7 days Signed to swimming  8–12 weeks

What can move the window. Gunite has to cure and rain stops certain stages outright — running an inspection or pouring decking in a downpour isn’t a shortcut, it’s a redo. Days lost to weather, a municipal inspection delay, or a selection we’re still waiting on don’t count against the 5–7 week build window, and they don’t change your price. We’ll tell you the day it happens and give you the new date, not a vague apology at the end.

· The build

The eight stages

Every pool we build runs the same eight stages in the same order. You'll know which one you're in the whole way through, and roughly when the next one starts.

  1. 01

    Excavation

    We mark your shape on the ground and dig it out. Your yard goes from flat to pool-shaped in a couple of days.

  2. 02

    Steel

    The rebar cage is tied to the engineered plan. This is the skeleton everything else is built on.

  3. 03

    Utilities

    Plumbing lines and electrical runs out to the equipment pad, then inspection before anything gets buried.

  4. 04

    Gunite

    The shell is shot and shaped by hand, then left to cure.

  5. 05

    Tile & Coping

    Waterline tile goes in and the Lueders limestone coping is set, piece by piece.

  6. 06

    Decking

    Forms go down and your concrete is poured, in the material and square footage you picked.

  7. 07

    Clean up & Fence

    Spoils hauled off, site cleaned up, fence put back the way we found it.

  8. 08

    Plaster

    Your pebble interior goes in and we start filling the same day.

Once it's full, startup runs 5–7 days — balancing the water, dialing in the equipment and brushing the finish. Then it's yours.

· Straight answers

What isn't in the price

We'd rather you read this now than find it out later. This is the whole list — three items, and the first one is the only thing that can change your price after you sign.

  • Rock. If we hit rock during excavation it's $400 an hour, billed at cost for the time it actually takes. Most yards never see a minute of it. We tell you the day it happens, not at the end.
  • Electrical service upgrade, if your panel can't carry the equipment
  • Access work — tree removal, retaining walls, major grading
  • Landscape, irrigation repair and sod past the deck edge

Ready to get started?

Answer in one business day, usually inside the hour. No pressure, no pushy sales visit.

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