Design and contract
Layout, equipment, finishes, and a written scope with payment tied to stages.
Timeline
How a new pool gets built
Builders use different words, but the order is fairly standard. Knowing it helps you read a contract and a schedule.
This is an independent referral guide. It connects homeowners with independent providers and may receive compensation. It is not a licensed contractor and it does not do the work.
Plans and permit
Engineering, the site plan, and the fence plan go to the city. Nothing should be dug before the permit.
Locate and dig
Utilities get marked through Arizona 811, construction fencing goes up, and excavation starts. Hard caliche layers can slow a dig.
Steel and shell
Rebar, then a gunite or shotcrete shell, with inspections the city schedules.
Plumbing, electrical, deck
Equipment pad, bonding, lighting, then decking and coping.
Barrier, finish, startup
The permanent barrier, the interior finish, the fill, and water chemistry startup.
What changes the calendar
Permit review time, engineering revisions, inspection scheduling, rock or caliche in the dig, HOA review, and the order of trades all move the date. This guide does not promise a number of weeks. Ask each builder for the schedule they expect for your lot and what happens if they miss it.
Keep reading
Custom pool designShape, depth, shade, and how the pool sits against the view and the house. Design comes before any dig.Permits and engineeringWhat Scottsdale asks for before a pool permit is issued, and why the fence plan is part of it.Scottsdale service areaHow lots and rules change across the city.Local guidePermits, barriers, and NAOS in plain words.
Questions on this service
Is summer a bad time to build?
Not necessarily, but heat affects crews, concrete work, and plaster curing. Ask how the builder plans around it.
Tell us about the yard
Say which part of Scottsdale you are in, how big the backyard is, and whether you have an HOA or a NAOS easement.