When purchasing a home that has a pool, you need to give it the same attention as the electrical, plumbing, roofing, and other elements and components of the home. A home with a swimming pool offers an ideal outdoor space for entertaining, exercising, and keeping cool. Some home buyers see the advantage of purchasing a home that has an existing inground swimming pool. At Top Home Inspection, we provide comprehensive pool inspection to ensure the safety, functionality, and structural integrity of the swimming facility. Having a pool inspection can help you negotiate a better price for the home.
Before you can close the escrow, it makes sense if you have our pool inspection team visit the home to inspect it. During the inspection, our technicians check whether the pool has structural flaws and whether it meets local safety regulations. Among the elements we check are such as the safety glass on windows located five feet or below from the edge of the water, a pool cover capable of holding stable when children walk onto it, and an alarm that activates after a person touches the pool water.
We also check the interior finish, which is referred to as plaster to ensure that it’s of the highest durability and aesthetic quality. Besides, the pool tiles are checked to assess the condition of the mortar, grout, and paste material between the tiles. Chips and corners with deteriorating grout as well as exposed sharp angles are other things to examine during the inspection.
You also want to ensure the decking is in good condition by looking at the surface, color, and overall state of the pavers, wood, concrete, stone or other materials used to build the decking. Additionally, the deck’s position should be pitched properly to allow rainwater and pool-water splash-outs to travel away from the pool to the proper drainage area.
Our pool inspectors will also turn on all the pool systems to see how they are functioning. This includes the pump, filters, and heaters. Top Home Inspection team will also examine the structural integrity of the pool to ensure that it hasn’t sunk or floated. The main drain covers, as well as other safety equipment like ladders and handrails, are inspected to see that they are in proper shape.
