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You’re not just getting a hole filled with water. You’re getting a space where your family actually wants to spend time—where summer doesn’t mean loading everyone in the car to find something to do.
A custom inground pool changes how you use your property. Weekends look different. Evenings feel longer. Your backyard stops being the place you mow and starts being the place you go.
And when it’s built right—with proper permits, quality materials, and contractors who know Georgia soil and weather—you’re not dealing with callbacks, repairs, or wondering if it’ll hold up. You’re using it. That’s the difference between a pool project and a pool you actually enjoy.
Deep Waters Pools started with one guy who knew how to build pools the right way. That was over 30 years ago. Today, we’re still a local operation serving Jacksonville and the surrounding areas with the same approach: listen to what you want, design it for your yard, and build it to last.
We’re licensed, insured, and part of the Coffee County Chamber of Commerce. We handle permits, site evaluation, excavation, and everything through final cleanup. No subbing out the hard parts. No disappearing mid-project.
Jacksonville homeowners deal with clay soil, summer storms, and strict permit requirements. We’ve built enough pools here to know what works and what doesn’t. That experience shows up in how your project runs—and how your pool holds up.
It starts with a site visit. We look at your yard, talk about how you’ll use the space, and figure out what makes sense for your property. No pressure to add features you don’t want. No skipping things you do.
From there, we design the pool and handle all the permit work—applications, site plans, safety barriers, the whole process. Georgia requires permits for every residential pool, and we make sure it’s done right so you’re not dealing with delays or compliance issues later.
Once permits clear, we excavate, pour the cement, and install all electrical, plumbing, and filtration systems. Most projects take 8 to 12 weeks from permit approval to completion, depending on weather. We give you a realistic timeline upfront, not best-case scenarios that fall apart.
When it’s done, we walk you through how everything works, clean up the site, and hand it over ready to use. You’re not finishing the project yourself or figuring out equipment on your own.
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Every pool we build in Jacksonville is custom—designed for your specific yard and how you plan to use it. That means site evaluation, custom design work, full permit handling, excavation, and construction using quality cement and materials built for Georgia conditions.
You also get complete electrical and plumbing installation, filtration systems, and safety barriers that meet state code. We’re not handing you a half-finished project or a list of things you need to hire someone else to complete.
Jacksonville sits in an area where the average custom pool runs between $65,000 and $91,000 depending on size, features, and site conditions. We’re straightforward about pricing and what affects it—soil type, access, customization level. No surprises halfway through.
The goal is a finished pool you can start using the day we leave. That’s what turnkey means here—not just construction, but a complete backyard transformation you don’t have to manage yourself.
Most custom inground pools take 8 to 12 weeks from the day permits are approved to the day you can use it. That timeline covers excavation, construction, plumbing, electrical, and finishing work.
Weather plays a role, especially during Georgia’s summer storm season. If we hit a stretch of heavy rain, it can push things back a week or two. We build that into the timeline we give you upfront so you’re not caught off guard.
Permit approval is the other variable. Georgia requires a building permit before any pool construction starts, and that process typically takes a few weeks depending on the county’s workload. We handle all of that—applications, site plans, inspections—so you’re not navigating it yourself.
Yes. Every residential swimming pool in Georgia requires a building permit before construction begins. That’s state law, and it applies whether you’re in Jacksonville, Douglas County, or anywhere else in the state.
The permit process includes submitting site plans, safety barrier details, and construction specs. It also requires inspections at different stages of the build to make sure everything meets the International Swimming Pool Code and local regulations.
We handle the entire permit process as part of our service. You’re not filling out applications or scheduling inspections. We do that, and we make sure it’s done right the first time so there are no compliance issues or delays that could have been avoided.
The average cost for a custom inground pool in Georgia right now is around $65,000, but most projects in this area fall between $83,000 and $91,000 depending on size, materials, and site conditions.
What affects price? Soil type matters—if we’re dealing with heavy clay or rock, excavation takes longer. Access matters too. If we can’t get equipment easily into your backyard, that adds time and cost. Customization level is the other big factor. A basic rectangular pool costs less than one with custom shapes, built-in features, or high-end finishes.
We give you a clear estimate after the site visit. No vague ranges or prices that change once we start. You’ll know what it costs and what drives that number before any work begins.
That’s a legitimate concern. The pool industry has a reputation problem because it happens—contractors take deposits and either don’t finish or don’t show up at all.
Here’s what protects you: we’re licensed and insured, which means we’re accountable to the state and to you. We’ve been operating in South Georgia since 2014, built on 30+ years of hands-on experience. We’re members of the Coffee County Chamber of Commerce. You can verify all of that.
We also don’t ask for full payment upfront. You pay in stages as work gets completed, so you’re never out more money than the work that’s been done. And we give you a realistic timeline with milestones, so you know what to expect and when. If something changes, we tell you before it becomes a problem.
Plan on spending $3,000 to $6,000 a year on maintenance, chemicals, electricity, and occasional repairs. That’s the average for most pool owners in Georgia, and it covers regular upkeep to keep the water clean and the equipment running.
You’ll need to balance chemicals weekly, clean the filter regularly, and run the pump daily during swim season. If you’d rather not handle that yourself, you can hire a pool service company to do it for you—that’s usually part of that annual cost range.
Equipment like pumps and heaters will eventually need replacing. A quality pump might last 8 to 10 years. Heaters, a bit less. We install energy-efficient equipment that helps keep your operating costs lower, and we train you on how everything works so you’re not guessing when something needs attention.
Yes, but it depends on the severity. We evaluate your property during the site visit to see what we’re working with. Slope, drainage, soil type, and access all factor into whether a pool is feasible and what it’ll take to build it right.
If your yard has a slope, we can often work with it by adjusting the pool design or doing some grading work to level the area. Drainage issues are fixable too—we just need to make sure water isn’t going to pool around your pool or cause erosion problems down the line.
What we won’t do is tell you it’s fine when it’s not. If your property has conditions that make a pool a bad idea or prohibitively expensive to do correctly, we’ll tell you that upfront. You’d rather know now than deal with problems after it’s built.
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