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From late April through early October, Cadwell sits in full South Georgia summer mode low 90s, high humidity, and a heat index that makes your backyard feel like a parking lot by noon. A custom inground pool doesn’t just give your family somewhere to cool off. It changes how you use your property for the next 30 years.
Concrete pools built for this part of Georgia are engineered differently than what you’d find in a catalog. Laurens County soil has clay in it the kind that swells when it’s wet and pulls back when it dries. A pool shell that isn’t reinforced to account for that movement will shift, crack, and cost you money you didn’t plan to spend. Every pool we build is designed with that ground behavior in mind from the start.
The result is a pool that holds its shape, holds its water, and holds its value. Homes in this area sell at a premium when there’s a well-built inground pool on the property and unlike a vinyl liner that needs replacing every decade, a concrete pool is a one-time investment that gets stronger over time.
Deep Waters Pools was founded in 2014, but the experience behind it goes back more than three decades. The people building your pool came up through concrete work, plumbing, and hands-on pool construction in South Georgia not a training program, not a franchise manual. We’ve worked in this soil, in this climate, and through Laurens County’s permit systems long enough to know what actually goes wrong and how to prevent it.
Cadwell sits about 17 miles southwest of Dublin along SR 117, and the properties out here aren’t suburban quarter-acre lots. They’re rural. They have septic systems, long driveways, and land that requires a different approach than a cookie-cutter build. We understand that and we handle the entire Laurens County permit process, from E-911 address verification through environmental health and building department approvals, so you don’t have to figure it out yourself.
This isn’t a company that sends a salesperson to your door and a stranger to your backyard. The people you talk to are the people who build.
It starts with a conversation what you want, how your property is laid out, and what your timeline looks like. From there, we put together a 3D rendering of your pool so you can see exactly what it’ll look like in your actual backyard before anything is approved or excavated. You’re not signing a contract based on a description. You’re approving something you can see.
Once the design is locked in, the permit process begins. In Laurens County, that means coordinating with the E-911 office for address verification, the Environmental Health office for septic clearance, and the Building Department for the construction permit itself. There’s also the county’s Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Ordinance to comply with during excavation something that matters on larger rural lots where land disturbance is more significant. We handle all of it.
Construction typically runs 8 to 16 weeks depending on the site and the build. In Middle Georgia, the best window to break ground is late winter or early spring February through April so your pool is ready before the heat peaks. Families that wait until summer often find themselves booking a full year out. Every completed build includes a custom-fitted safety cover made specifically for that pool’s shape, included as standard.
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We build custom inground concrete pools not fiberglass, not vinyl liner. That’s a deliberate choice, not a limitation. Laurens County gets 46 to 50 inches of rain per year, and when groundwater pressure builds beneath a fiberglass shell, it can lift or shift the pool. Vinyl liners need full replacement every 7 to 10 years. Concrete doesn’t have either of those problems. It’s the only pool material that can be shaped to any dimension, reinforced for your specific soil conditions, and designed to last the life of your property.
Every build includes a full custom patio design, spa options if you want to extend your season into the cooler months, and a weekly maintenance plan that keeps your water chemistry balanced without you spending every Saturday testing and treating. The 3D design process means nothing gets built until you’ve seen it and signed off on it.
We also handle commercial pool construction for facilities in the Laurens County area that need a builder who understands both the construction side and the regulatory requirements that come with a semi-public installation. Whether it’s a residential backyard off SR 117 or a larger institutional project, the process and the standards are the same.
A custom concrete inground pool in the Cadwell area typically starts around $70,000 and can reach $150,000 or more depending on size, depth, features like a spa or sun shelf, and site conditions on your property. That range reflects real builds in Middle Georgia not national averages that don’t account for local labor, soil conditions, or the permit costs involved in a Laurens County build.
The biggest variable most people don’t think about upfront is site prep. Rural properties along the SR 117 corridor often have septic systems, irregular terrain, or soil profiles that require additional excavation work. A builder who walks your property before quoting will give you a more accurate number than one who quotes from a phone call. We provide transparent pricing from the first conversation the number you’re given is the number you’re building toward, not a starting point for change orders.
Concrete is the right answer for Middle Georgia soil, and it’s not particularly close. The clay-bearing soil in Laurens County expands when it absorbs moisture and contracts when it dries out. That cycle of movement puts stress on any pool shell that isn’t built to handle it. Fiberglass pools can shift or pop in high-water-table conditions and Laurens County’s annual rainfall means those conditions are real, not hypothetical. Vinyl liner pools don’t have a structural problem with soil movement, but the liner itself degrades and requires full replacement every 7 to 10 years.
Concrete pools, built with a properly engineered reinforced steel framework, are designed to hold their position in the ground regardless of what the soil is doing around them. They’re also the only pool type that can be fully customized to any shape, depth, or configuration which matters when your backyard isn’t a flat suburban lot but a rural property with its own specific layout.
Yes, and the process in Laurens County has several moving parts. Before a building permit is issued, you’ll need address verification through the Laurens County E-911 office a step that catches a lot of rural property owners off guard, especially on parcels that don’t have a formal street address on file. If your property uses a septic system, which is standard in Cadwell, you’ll also need clearance from the Laurens County Environmental Health office before construction can begin.
The building permit itself comes from the Laurens County Building Department, and if your excavation will disturb a significant area of land, the county’s Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Ordinance requires compliance throughout the dig phase. Inspections are required at multiple stages steel placement, plumbing rough-in, electrical, and final. We manage this entire process on your behalf. Most homeowners in Cadwell have never pulled a construction permit before, and navigating multiple county offices while coordinating a build is not a good use of your time.
Most residential builds take between 8 and 16 weeks from permit approval to a finished, swim-ready pool. The range comes down to site complexity, the specific design you’ve chosen, and how smoothly the permit process moves through Laurens County’s offices. Larger or more complex builds those with attached spas, extensive patio work, or challenging site conditions tend to run closer to the longer end of that window.
The timing of when you start matters more than most people realize. The best window to begin the permit and design process in the Cadwell area is January through March, so construction can start in early spring and finish before the peak of summer. Builders who are in demand and any good concrete pool builder in Middle Georgia will be book out months in advance during that window. If you’re thinking about a pool for next summer, the conversation should be happening now, not in May.
It does, and the argument is straightforward. Inground pools add an average of 5 to 7 percent to a home’s resale value, and that holds in rural markets too sometimes more so, because a well-built outdoor living space on a larger rural lot is a genuine differentiator in a thin market. In Cadwell, where the median home sale price sits around $170,000, a quality inground pool can add $8,000 to $12,000 or more in appraised value while making the property significantly more attractive to buyers.
The more important point for most Cadwell homeowners isn’t the resale math it’s the daily use value over the years you’re living there. A concrete pool on a rural property in South Georgia gets used hard from late April through October. That’s five to six months of your family having a reason to stay home, entertain, and actually use the land you’re paying property taxes on. The financial return is real, but it’s secondary to what the pool actually does for your quality of life in the meantime.
Yes. We offer weekly maintenance plans that cover water chemistry balancing, equipment checks, and keeping the pool clean and swim-ready between your uses. For homeowners in Cadwell who are working full schedules whether that’s a commute to Dublin, shifts at the Cadwell RYDC, or running a business a maintenance plan is the difference between a pool that stays in great shape and one that becomes a weekend obligation you didn’t sign up for.
Water chemistry in Middle Georgia requires consistent attention. The combination of heat, humidity, and heavy seasonal rainfall means pool water can shift quickly without regular monitoring. Algae, pH imbalance, and equipment strain are all more likely when maintenance gets skipped during the busy summer months. Having us on a weekly schedule means your pool is always ready when you are and any equipment issues get caught early, before they turn into a repair bill. It’s not a luxury add-on. For most families, it’s what makes owning a pool actually enjoyable long-term.
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