About Pool and Spa Inspections
A pool can quietly carry five figures of deferred cost. A failing heater, a cracked pump housing, a plaster surface at the end of its life, or a leak in the underground plumbing are all expensive, and none of them announce themselves while the water looks blue.
The inspection covers the equipment pad and the structure together: pump, filter, heater, timer and controls, visible plumbing and valves, electrical bonding and GFCI protection at the equipment, the interior surface and waterline tile, coping and decking, and the condition and operation of the skimmer and returns. Spas and attached hot tubs are inspected the same way, including jets, blower, and heater operation.
Safety gets its own pass, because it is the part that carries real consequence. Drain covers are checked for compliant anti-entrapment covers rather than the flat grates that were standard for decades. Barriers, self-closing and self-latching gates, latch heights, and door alarms are reviewed against the standard your jurisdiction applies, and any gap is documented plainly.
This is a visual and operational inspection, performed under the optional systems section of the TREC Standards of Practice. It is not a pressure or leak-detection test, and it is not a structural evaluation of the shell. Where evidence points to either one, the report says so and tells you what kind of specialist to call.
