Does Pool Construction Start Before the Interior Work?

Interior Work

• During construction of a house, the foundation and framing are built before the interior work begins. When you walk into your finished home, you do not see the framing or plumbing or electrical rough-ins; you see walls, floors, ceilings, plumbing and electrical fixtures. Depending on the materials used, this interior work can be very delicate or easily ruined by construction equipment. Most of the major construction in your home needs to be finished before installing the finish work in the interior to keep it looking new.

Indoor Pools

• Indoor swimming pools consist of a large, sunken area serviced by heat pumps to warm the water and electricity for underwater lighting. The basic shape of the pool must be built before finishing work starts on the interior of the home. This means you will have an empty depression for the pool surrounded by bare wall frames and the concrete slab or floor framing around it. Building the indoor pool before completing the interior work on the house will prevent damaging the finished walls and floors of the pool room.

Outdoor Inground Pools

• Outdoor pools are easier to construct after a house is completely built. Anytime during home construction, an outdoor pool can be built, but it might be best to wait until the end of construction so the building materials for the inside and outside of the home are cleared out of the yard, giving ample space for the pool to be dug out and plumbing and lighting installed for it.

Aboveground Pools

• Above-ground pools require the least effort in installation. You do not have to dig a large hole in your backyard, but you should still rough-in the electrical and plumbing lines to the pool before you do the finishing work inside the house. This combines all of the electrical and plumbing work in one task instead of breaking it up into several. The final electrical connections and installation of the aboveground pool can be done after the house is finished but before landscaping.