FR-006 · Norman, OK · ~11 weeks from layout to final walkthrough
Pool House and Covered Outdoor Kitchen
A pool house with a full bath and covered outdoor kitchen, built tight to an existing pool without disturbing its plumbing or decking.
FIG. 01 — Finished pool house and covered outdoor kitchen from across the pool, dusk
Scope of work
SCOPE · FR-006- 01 Utility locates and potholing around existing pool plumbing
- 02 Footings and slab set above finished pool-deck elevation
- 03 Framed pool house with full bath and changing room
- 04 Covered outdoor kitchen with gas, electric, and water rough-ins
- 05 Brick and roof pitch matched to the main house
The challenge
The buildable spot sat a few feet off the pool edge, in a backyard with no machine access wider than a gate. Pool plumbing loops ran unmarked somewhere under the lawn between the equipment pad and the skimmers — hit one with an auger and the project starts with a pool repair. Grading was the quiet risk: a new slab beside a pool either sheds water away from the deck or feeds every storm into it. And a backyard building that does not match the house reads as a shed, no matter what it cost.
The solution
Layout started with what was already in the ground. We located and potholed the pool lines by hand before setting a single form, then placed footings where the holes said we could — not where the sketch preferred. The finish floor was set above the pool deck so water breaks away from both structures, with the gas, electric, and water for the outdoor kitchen sharing one trench along a corridor we had already cleared. Brick was matched to the house, the roof pitch carried over, and the covered kitchen was framed as an extension of the roofline rather than a bolt-on awning.
The outcome
The pool lines never got touched, the deck drains the way it did before we arrived, and the building looks like it was part of the original plan for the house. The full bath keeps wet traffic out of the main house all summer, and the covered kitchen extends the season on both ends.
From the field
Site documentation.
FIG. 02 — Framing stage showing roofline tie-in and covered kitchen structure
FIG. 03 — Crew setting cedar wrap on the vaulted ceiling beams
Client report
Status · PendingClient quote coming soon — collected at final walkthrough, published verbatim.
The client’s verbatim quote for this project lands here before launch — we publish their words, not ours.
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