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Unionville sits in one of the most heat-stressed communities in Georgia. Climate data shows every single home here carries a Severe Heat Factor rating, and summers along the US 41 corridor are only getting longer and harder. When temperatures climb past 100°F and stay there, a backyard pool stops being a nice-to-have. It becomes the place your family actually lives from late March through October.
The difference between a pool that delivers on that promise and one that becomes a headache is almost always in the construction. Concrete pools the only kind we build cure and harden over time. They don’t shift with South Georgia’s variable soil and water table the way fiberglass pools can. They don’t require liner replacements every five to ten years like vinyl pools do. A properly built concrete pool in Tift County can outlast the mortgage on the house it sits behind.
And beyond construction, what changes most is the relationship. You stop scrambling every spring to find someone who knows your equipment. You stop guessing at your water chemistry under intense South Georgia UV. You have one company from the initial design through decades of use that actually knows your pool, your property, and your family’s needs.
We founded Deep Waters Pools in 2014, but the experience behind it goes back more than three decades of hands-on concrete work, plumbing, and pool construction across South Georgia. We spent years watching families in Unionville and surrounding communities get burned contractors who low-bid the job, disappeared mid-project, or cut corners that showed up as problems two summers later. We built Deep Waters specifically to be the alternative to that.
Every project is approached the way you’d want your own backyard treated. That means honest estimates before a single shovel hits the ground, construction methods built for Tift County’s specific soil conditions, and a team that understands the county’s unincorporated permitting process because Unionville falls under Tift County Community Development Services, not a city building department, and that distinction matters when your summer timeline is on the line.
We’re not a franchise or an out-of-state company sending crews who’ve never worked in South Georgia clay. We’re a team that knows this region and stands behind what we build.
It starts with a real conversation about your property. Every lot in the Unionville area is different drainage patterns, soil composition, yard dimensions, and how you actually plan to use the space all shape what gets designed. We don’t pull a shape from a catalog. Your pool is drawn from scratch based on your specific backyard and your family’s lifestyle.
Once the design is locked in, permitting comes next. Because Unionville is unincorporated, your pool permit runs through Tift County’s Community Development Services office not the City of Tifton. We know that process. That familiarity keeps your project moving instead of stalling at the permit stage while your spring construction window closes. Electrical bonding, drainage engineering, and all structural requirements under Georgia’s 2018 State Minimum Standard Codes are built into every project from the start not added as afterthoughts.
Construction follows a clear sequence: excavation, steel reinforcement, concrete application, plumbing, decking, and finishing. You’ll know where things stand at every stage. After the pool is complete, we don’t hand you a manual and disappear. We offer ongoing maintenance, free professional water testing, and emergency service because a pool that runs well for 30 years needs more than a good build. It needs someone who stays in the picture.
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We offer custom concrete inground pool construction, complete pool design, routine maintenance, emergency pool service, custom pool covers, and free professional water testing. That last one matters more in South Georgia than most people realize. Unionville’s intense UV exposure and sustained heat accelerate chlorine consumption and chemical degradation faster than in cooler climates. Free water testing gives you a precise read on exactly what your pool needs so you’re not guessing, and you’re not spending money on chemicals you don’t actually require.
For homeowners with existing pools, we service all major equipment brands Hayward, Pentair, Jandy, Sta-Rite, and Zodiac. That means you’re not locked into one manufacturer or stuck searching for a different technician every time a different piece of equipment needs attention. Emergency pool service is available for the situations that can’t wait: a pump failure in July, green water two days before a family gathering, a chemical imbalance that makes the pool unsafe. In a community where the nearest full-service pool company may be several miles away, having a reliable provider who responds quickly is worth a lot.
Whether you’re building new, renovating an older pool, or just trying to keep what you have running well through a long Tift County swimming season, we cover the full range of what pool ownership actually requires.
Yes and the permitting process here works differently than it does inside Tifton city limits. Because Unionville is an unincorporated community in Tift County, your pool permit is issued through Tift County’s Community Development Services department, not a city building office. That’s an important distinction that out-of-area contractors sometimes miss, and it can cause real delays when they submit paperwork to the wrong authority or aren’t familiar with the county’s review process.
Your permit application will need to include structural plans, drainage details, and electrical bonding specifications that comply with Georgia’s 2018 State Minimum Standard Codes. Inspections are conducted through the county as well. Working with a builder who already knows this process and has navigated it for South Georgia properties before keeps your timeline intact. If you’re planning a pool for summer use in Unionville, the permitting stage is one of the biggest variables in whether you’re swimming by June or watching the season pass from your deck.
The short answer is durability, design freedom, and how each material behaves in South Georgia’s specific soil and climate conditions. Fiberglass pools are pre-manufactured shells they come in fixed shapes and sizes, and they can be displaced or shifted by high water tables, which are a real factor in parts of Tift County and the surrounding Coastal Plain region. Once a fiberglass shell shifts, repairs get expensive fast.
Concrete pools are built in place, reinforced with steel, and engineered to the specific conditions of your lot. They don’t come in catalog shapes they’re designed around your yard. And concrete behaves differently than most people expect: it actually cures and hardens over decades, meaning a properly built concrete pool gets structurally stronger with time, not weaker. Vinyl liner pools have their own drawback liner replacement every five to ten years, which adds up significantly over the life of the pool. For a homeowner in Unionville who wants to build once and be done with it, concrete is the only material that holds up across a 30-to-50-year horizon.
For a custom concrete inground pool, the typical construction timeline runs somewhere between eight and fourteen weeks from permit approval to completion, though that range can shift depending on design complexity, weather, and how quickly the county permitting process moves. In South Georgia, the practical planning window for a summer pool is January through March if you want to be swimming by Memorial Day, that’s when the conversation needs to start.
Weather is a real factor in Tift County. Heavy summer rainfall events, which are common in this region, can interrupt excavation and concrete work. Starting earlier in the season gives your project more buffer against weather delays and keeps you ahead of the peak construction demand that builds as spring progresses. The permitting stage which in Unionville runs through Tift County’s unincorporated review process is often where the most time is lost when a builder isn’t familiar with the local system. A builder who knows the county process can move through that stage efficiently and protect your timeline.
Test strips give you a rough ballpark they can tell you if something is obviously off, but they don’t give you the precision to make smart chemical decisions. Professional water testing measures your pool’s full chemical profile: pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, cyanuric acid levels, total dissolved solids, and sanitizer concentration, among other factors. Each of those variables interacts with the others, and getting one wrong while correcting another is a common mistake that leads to wasted chemicals and ongoing imbalance.
In Unionville and the broader Tift County area, the heat and UV intensity of a South Georgia summer accelerates chemical breakdown faster than in most parts of the country. Chlorine burns off more quickly. Algae growth conditions develop faster. A pool that tests fine on a Monday can be visibly off by Friday during peak summer. Free professional water testing from us gives you an accurate read on exactly what your pool needs at that moment not a guess, and not a generic recommendation to add more of everything. You spend money on what the water actually requires, and nothing more.
Absolutely. Renovation is a significant part of what we handle, and it’s especially relevant in areas like Unionville where some of the housing stock carries age. Older pools whether they have cracked or deteriorating concrete, outdated equipment, failing plaster, or drainage issues can often be restored to full function at a fraction of the cost of a new build, depending on what the inspection reveals.
The renovation process starts with an honest assessment of what’s actually wrong. Some pools need surface refinishing and equipment upgrades. Others have structural issues that require more involved work. We’ll tell you clearly what the pool needs, what it will cost, and whether renovation makes financial sense versus replacement. We service all major equipment brands Hayward, Pentair, Jandy, Sta-Rite, and Zodiac so if your existing equipment can be repaired or upgraded rather than replaced entirely, that option will be on the table. The goal is to give you the most useful answer, not the most expensive one.
It comes down to what actually holds up over time in South Georgia conditions and what gives homeowners the most value for a significant investment. Concrete is the only pool material that strengthens as it cures. It can be engineered to handle the soil variability and drainage demands of properties in Tift County. It can be designed in any shape, size, or configuration no pre-set molds, no catalog limitations. And with proper care, a concrete pool built today will still be performing in 40 or 50 years.
Offering fiberglass or vinyl alongside concrete would mean offering products that we don’t believe deliver the same long-term results for homeowners in this region. Fiberglass shells have real limitations in areas with shifting soils or high water tables. Vinyl liners need replacement every five to ten years, which adds recurring cost that most buyers don’t fully account for upfront. Staying concrete-only isn’t a marketing position it’s a reflection of what our three decades of South Georgia construction experience shows actually works. When you hire us, you’re getting a builder who has committed fully to one method because we believe it’s the right one for this climate and this region.
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