NORTHN FOR POOL BUILDERS
From dig to dive,
every phase proven.
Pool builds are months of buried work funded on trust. Northn turns each phase into an escrow-funded draw with evidence attached — steel before gunite, pressure tests before the deck pour — released the same day it's approved.
Launching Texas-first, with a small founding group.
POOL BUILD — $85,000
ESCROW-FUNDEDDraw 1 — Excavation + steel set
RELEASED
Draw 2 — Gunite shell
EVIDENCE VERIFIED
Draw 3 — Plumbing pressure test + equipment
INSPECTION-TRIGGERED
Final — Plaster, fill + startup
SWAPS WITH CLOSE-OUT
WHY THIS EXISTS
Everyone's heard the abandoned-hole story
A five-figure deposit, a dug-up backyard, a builder who stopped answering — every prospect has read that story. So they drip-feed payments and treat every draw request like a ransom note. You're not fighting your bid. You're fighting the horror story. Proof beats it.
Eight phases of 'trust me'
Dig, steel, gunite, tile, deck, equipment, plaster, startup — most of it buried or covered within days. Without a record, every phase is an argument waiting for the final walkthrough.
The cash-flow cliff
Gunite crews and equipment orders don't wait for a nervous client's wire. Escrowed phase draws mean the money is already committed before your subs are.
THE FIX
The drip-feed standoff, replaced
A big deposit, then months of nervous wires
Each phase funds into escrow before its crew shows up
Steel spacing nobody can check after gunite
Steel and plumbing captured on the record before the shell goes on
“We're behind schedule” fights in the driveway
Phase evidence and progress updates the client watches from their phone
Punch-list hostage games at plaster
Startup checklist and the last draw swap in a single motion
Same subs, same sequence, same Texas summer deadline — but every buried phase has a record, and change orders (rock clause included) get priced and funded mid-build instead of argued at the end.
THE EVIDENCE MOMENTS
Proven before it's buried
A pool is a sequence of disappearing acts: steel vanishes under gunite, plumbing under deck, everything under water. Each act gets its evidence first.
Steel & bonding
Rebar spacing and bonding grid captured before gunite — the shot that ends the 'was it even in there' dispute forever.
Pressure test
Gauges photographed holding pressure before the deck pour — the reading checked against the spec by arithmetic, sealed inside the window before the pour. If a line fails in year two, both sides know it didn't fail at install.
Gunite & shell
Thickness and shaping on the record while it's visible — the phase that carries the most money and the least later visibility.
Equipment & startup
Serial numbers, plumbing manifold, startup chemistry: the close-out bundle that releases the final draw and starts the warranty clean.
WHAT THE PROTECTION COVERS
The build stays yours. The record is your client's protection.
| Job | Typical ticket | What the record protects |
|---|---|---|
| Replaster & remodel | $28,000 | Phases escrowed before crews mobilize |
| Pool build | $85,000 | Buried work captured before cover-up |
| Pool + spa + deck | $110,000 | A referee on the record if it gets ugly |
Clients already accept financing dealer fees of 3–15% just to make a pool happen. Protection that guarantees funded phases and a provable build is the easiest line in your contract — and the reason the nervous ones sign.
BEYOND PAYMENTS
An AI superintendent on every build — and a record your crews build
The sequence runs itself
The app tracks which phase the build is in and prompts each capture before its cover-up — a gap pings your super before the gunite truck rolls, not during a year-two warranty fight.
Follow-ups, answered by voice
“Did the lines hold pressure overnight?” The AI asks; your super answers out loud; the answer transcribes straight into the phase log. Months of buried phases, documented without a clipboard.
CREW RECORDS
Scorecards per crew, measured from sealed evidence.
WORKS WITH WHAT YOU RUN
Phases and schedules sync in from the system your office already runs; verified capture and draw status post back — no double entry. Founding-group integrations ship first. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners, listed to describe interoperability — not affiliation or endorsement.
Built in Dallas–Fort Worth — the founding group walks its first jobs in the Metroplex, with us on site. Texas first.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
The questions you're already asking
Is Northn taking a cut of my build?
No. Your contract price is your contract price — Northn adds escrowed phases, verified evidence, and a referee on top of it. Commercials are simple, and scoped on a walkthrough.
My schedule slips when inspections slip. Then what?
Draws release on evidence and approvals, not calendar dates. Nothing releases on a timer or on silence — only on the homeowner's approval or a passed inspection. A slipped week moves the schedule, not the deal.
Do rock clauses and change orders work?
Better than anywhere else: hit rock, price the change order on the spot, client accepts and funds it mid-dig — one audit trail instead of a driveway argument.
Is this a lead-generation site?
The opposite — no leads, no listings, no commissions. Builders bring their own signed contracts; Northn runs the money and the proof underneath them.
Sell the build,
not the leap of faith.
We're bringing on a founding group of Texas pool builders. Bring one signed contract — we'll map your phase schedule into draws together.
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