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When a pool is designed and built correctly, you stop thinking about it and start using it. No surprise repairs two years in. No equipment that can’t keep up with a Colquitt County summer. Just a backyard that works for your family every single day from late April through October.
Properties around Funston tend to sit on larger lots with mature pine cover and room to actually build something worth building. That means you’re not constrained by tight lot lines or cookie-cutter shapes. A concrete pool can be designed around your specific yard the trees, the grade, the way your family actually uses outdoor space instead of forcing you to pick from a manufacturer’s catalog of pre-molded fiberglass shells.
The climate here is real. Highs regularly push into the low-to-mid 90s with humidity that makes staying indoors feel like the only option. A pool doesn’t just add value to your property it changes how your family experiences summer. Kids stay home instead of begging for the water park. Evening swims become part of the routine. That return on investment is felt every single day the temperature climbs.
Deep Waters Pools is a locally owned, Southeast Georgia pool builder that handles the entire construction process design, permitting, excavation, shell, plumbing, electrical, finishing, and startup. We handle the entire project from the first shovel to the day you swim. There’s no handoff to a separate crew halfway through.
Funston sits about ten miles from Moultrie, right in the heart of Colquitt County’s agricultural landscape. We know this area the soil conditions, the county building department, the kind of properties that define the Westwoods area and the surrounding Funston Division. That’s not something you pick up from a website. It comes from building in this region, on these lots, for the families who actually live here.
When you hire Deep Waters, the owner’s name is on the project. That matters in a community where reputation is everything.
It starts with a real conversation about your yard, your family, and what you actually want. Not a sales pitch a design consultation where we look at your lot, talk through how you’ll use the pool, and start building a plan that fits your specific property. For Funston homeowners on larger lots with mature landscaping, this is where custom concrete construction starts to make real sense. You’re not limited to what a mold allows.
Once the design is finalized, we handle permitting through the Colquitt County Building Department. That’s not your job it’s ours. Every required inspection gets scheduled and completed as part of the build. From there, excavation begins, followed by steel reinforcement, gunite shell construction, plumbing, electrical, and interior finishing. Each phase has to be right before the next one starts.
One thing worth knowing: the best time to start a pool project in this area is fall or early winter. Quality contractors in South Georgia are typically booked three to six months out by spring, and homeowners who want a pool by June need to be in the ground well before March. If summer is the goal, the planning conversation needs to happen now.
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Concrete is the only material that gives you a truly custom pool. Fiberglass contractors including the regional options that show up when you search in this area can only offer factory shapes. If the shape you want doesn’t exist in their manufacturer’s lineup, you don’t get it. Concrete has no such limitation. Freeform designs, beach entries, vanishing edges, integrated spas, custom depths all of it is possible because the pool is built from scratch on your property, not dropped in from a factory.
Every Deep Waters pool includes properly sized plumbing and hydraulics, correct rebar density, adequate gunite thickness, and a quality interior finish the structural elements that determine whether your pool is still performing well in year twenty or giving you problems in year four. We also specify variable-speed pump equipment as standard, which can cut your monthly energy costs significantly compared to older single-speed technology. That’s not an upsell it’s just the right way to build.
Permitting, inspections, plumbing, electrical all of it is handled under one roof and completed to Colquitt County code. You don’t have to coordinate subcontractors or chase down inspection results. That’s our job, and it’s included in how we build every project.
The honest answer is that it depends on the design, size, features, and site conditions specific to your property. A straightforward concrete pool in the Funston area typically starts around $60,000 and can run well past $100,000 for larger builds with features like integrated spas, water features, or custom lighting. That range exists because no two properties and no two families are the same.
What drives cost more than anything is what’s actually in the ground: the rebar, the gunite thickness, the plumbing layout, the equipment package. A contractor who bids significantly lower than others isn’t usually doing the same job for less money they’re typically doing a different job. Understanding what’s included in each bid matters as much as the number itself. When you talk with us, we walk through every line item so you know exactly what you’re getting and why it’s priced the way it is.
From permit approval to your first swim, a typical custom concrete pool takes roughly three to five months, depending on the scope of the build, weather, and inspection scheduling through the Colquitt County Building Department. Concrete construction has more phases than fiberglass excavation, steel, gunite, plumbing, electrical, decking, interior finish and each phase requires the previous one to be done correctly before moving forward.
The most common reason timelines stretch is starting too late in the season. South Georgia contractors are typically booked solid by March or April for summer builds. If you want a pool by Memorial Day weekend, the planning process needs to start in the fall or early winter at the latest. Homeowners who reach out in February and expect to swim in June are usually disappointed not because the work can’t be done, but because the schedule doesn’t allow for it.
Yes. Residential pool construction in Funston requires a building permit through the Colquitt County Building Department, along with multiple inspections at key phases of the build. Georgia state law also requires that all electrical and plumbing work associated with the pool be performed by or under the supervision of licensed professionals. Federal law requires anti-entrapment drain covers on all new residential pools under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.
This isn’t something you need to figure out on your own. We pull permits in your name and schedule every required inspection as a standard part of the project. A contractor who suggests skipping permits or who leaves you to handle the permitting process yourself is a contractor worth being cautious about. Permitted work protects your investment, your homeowner’s insurance standing, and your legal position if you ever sell the property.
The core difference is customization and durability. A fiberglass pool is manufactured in a factory and shipped to your property as a pre-molded shell. You’re choosing from whatever shapes and sizes the manufacturer produces and if your yard doesn’t fit one of those shapes, you’re out of luck. For Funston homeowners with larger, irregularly shaped lots and mature landscaping, that limitation is real.
Concrete pools are built on-site from scratch. The shape, depth, size, and features are determined by your design not a manufacturer’s catalog. Concrete is also the more durable long-term option when built correctly, with a lifespan of 30 to 50 years on a properly constructed shell. The tradeoff is build time and upfront cost, both of which are higher than fiberglass. But for a homeowner who’s building on a property they intend to keep for decades, the long-term performance of concrete is hard to argue against.
Fall and winter October through February is the optimal window to begin a pool project in this area. We have more availability, material lead times are more predictable, and the weather in Colquitt County during those months is mild enough that construction moves smoothly. You’re not dealing with frozen ground or extended weather delays the way Northern homeowners are.
Starting in the fall also means your pool is realistically ready by late spring before the heat sets in and before you’ve lost another summer without one. Homeowners who wait until spring to start the conversation are typically looking at a late-summer or fall completion at best, because quality contractors in this region are already booked. The earlier you start, the more options you have on design, scheduling, and contractor selection.
A contractor who has built pools in Colquitt County on the sandy loam soils, flat terrain, and larger lots that define properties around Funston brings something a distant regional company doesn’t: we’ve already solved the problems your site might present. We know how drainage behaves in low-lying areas near seasonal swales. We know the Colquitt County permit process. We know what South Georgia’s heat and humidity demand from an equipment package over a 20-year span.
There’s also an accountability difference that matters in a small community. A locally owned business in Southeast Georgia has our name attached to every project we complete in this area. If something goes wrong, we’re not a call center in another state we’re a neighbor. That proximity shapes how we build, how we communicate, and how we handle the inevitable surprises that come with any construction project. For a Funston homeowner making a $60,000-plus investment, that local accountability isn’t a small thing.
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