Need advice with Tanning Ledge crisis...

[towney]

I ended up with 6.5-7" of depth, I was expecting 9" but was told by the PB that 6" was the norm and his Suntan shelf was 6". He also told me that you might have to have a step down (per code) if deeper. As previously posted if you can not live with this have them change it now and don't worry about the gunite. It still will be strucually sound. You might want to measure from the gunite to the coping line and post back, take an 1'' to 1.5" off for the waterline.
Here is a picture of our finished Tan Shelf.

[beary]

Boy, I could have wrote this post three weeks ago. We wanted 9 inches of water and it ended up to be between 4 to 6. This was a few days before the plaster.

I told the builder we would be unhappy and suggest using a concrete saw to cut lines one-half inches apart and knock out the gunite. He settle me down and explained that 4 to 6 inches of water is the standard depth and that is what he has put in all his pools with no complaints. Anything deeper makes the step too high and starts to defeat the purpose of a suntan deck. What do I know, I don't suntan, I swim.

After much thought, I decided to leave it alone. We just opened the pool and as it turns out the suntan ledge is my daughters and wifes favorite part. They both think it water depth is perfect. Now I kind fill silly for the fuss.

All that being said, even after plastering, you can still jackhammer a fix if you have too. But I think you will be satisfied.

I will say, the most frustrating part of building the pool was the contractor building the pool he thought I needed instead of the one I ask for. There other small details he ignored that he changed I am still angry about. The depth of the sundeck was one of the few where it worked out OK.

Beary