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In Lotts, summer doesn’t ease in it hits hard and stays. From late April through October, the heat and humidity make being outside genuinely uncomfortable without somewhere to cool off. A well-built inground pool changes that entirely. It turns your backyard from a patch of land you walk past into the place your family actually spends time.
But the outcome you’re really after isn’t just a pool it’s a pool that holds up. Coffee County’s soil shifts with the seasons. The clay-heavy subsoil swells when it’s wet and pulls back when it dries out, and that cycle puts real pressure on whatever’s buried in the ground. A concrete pool with a properly reinforced steel framework is built to handle that. A fiberglass shell or a vinyl liner isn’t and the repair bills years down the road are how homeowners find that out the hard way.
Rural properties in northern Coffee County also tend to have more room to work with than a tight suburban lot. That means you’re not limited to a minimum-footprint pool. You can design something that actually fits the land a full pool, a spa, a patio that makes the whole space feel intentional. That’s the kind of outcome a permanent concrete build makes possible.
We’re based in Douglas the Coffee County seat which puts us closer to Lotts than any regional pool company trying to reach into South Georgia from a metro area. We’re not managing your project from three hours away. We know the Coffee County Building Department, we know the environmental health review process for rural properties on private septic, and we’ve worked on land just like yours in the Lotts area.
Deep Waters Pools was founded in 2014, but the experience behind it goes back more than 30 years in concrete, plumbing, and pool construction. That’s not a marketing line it shows up in the decisions made on your job site. The steel placement, the concrete mix, the way we handle soil variability on a rural parcel none of that is guesswork.
We build exclusively in concrete because it’s the only material that’s genuinely permanent in this environment. No liner replacements. No fiberglass pop-outs. Just a pool that gets stronger over time and is ready to use every summer for as long as you own the property.
It starts with a conversation about your property and what you want. From there, we put together a 3D rendering of your specific backyard so you can see the layout, the pool shape, the patio all of it before any work begins. You’re not approving a concept. You’re approving a real picture of what your yard will look like.
Once the design is locked in, we handle the permit process through Coffee County. For Lotts homeowners on private well and septic which is most of the area that includes coordinating the environmental health review to make sure your septic system setbacks are accounted for before excavation starts. This is a step that catches out-of-area contractors off guard. We’ve done it many times in this county, so it doesn’t slow your project down.
From there, excavation begins, the steel framework goes in, concrete is poured, plumbing and electrical are run, and every required inspection is scheduled and completed. Realistic construction timelines run 8 to 16 weeks from permit approval. If you want a pool ready before summer, the time to start the conversation is late fall or early winter Coffee County’s permit review process takes time, and building that into the schedule upfront is how you avoid a June disappointment.
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Every pool we build is a custom concrete inground pool designed for your specific property, engineered for local soil conditions, and fully permitted through Coffee County before a shovel hits the ground. There are no prefabricated shells, no vinyl liner options, and no one-size-fits-all approach. Each build is drawn up from scratch based on your lot, your goals, and how you plan to use the space.
What’s included goes beyond the pool shell itself. Spa construction, patio design and installation, and custom safety covers are all part of what we build. That safety cover is included with every pool it’s not an add-on, and it’s fitted specifically to your pool’s shape. For families with kids on rural Coffee County properties where a pool isn’t visible from the road, that’s not a small thing.
After the build, our weekly maintenance service keeps the water balanced and the equipment running without you spending your weekends on it. For Lotts homeowners on well water, that matters more than most people expect well water chemistry introduces minerals and pH variables that need consistent attention to keep the pool in good shape. One team built it, and the same team keeps it right. That continuity isn’t something you get when you hire a builder and a separate maintenance company who’ve never worked together.
Yes Georgia requires a permit for any inground pool, and because Lotts is an unincorporated community, that permit process runs entirely through the Coffee County Building Department in Douglas. There’s no city hall involved, no municipal layer to navigate, just the county process.
For most Lotts properties, there’s an additional step that often gets overlooked: environmental health review. If your property is served by a private septic system which is standard in rural northern Coffee County the county needs to verify septic setback distances and drain field placement before excavation can begin. Skipping or mishandling this step can cause permit delays or, worse, require you to reroute your pool placement after the fact. We handle the full permit process, including that environmental health coordination, so you’re not figuring out which county office handles what on your own.
For a custom concrete inground pool in Georgia, you’re typically looking at a range of $70,000 to $150,000 or more depending on size, features, and site conditions. Larger pools with spas, water features, and full patio builds will land toward the higher end of that range. Simpler builds on straightforward sites come in lower.
What matters more than the number itself is understanding what’s in it. One of the most common complaints in pool construction is a low quote that turns into a much higher final bill through change orders and add-ons. We quote jobs honestly and completely upfront. The price you receive accounts for the full scope of work, including permits, inspections, and the custom safety cover that comes standard with every build. There are no line items that appear after you’ve already committed.
Concrete is the right answer for South Georgia, and it’s not a close call. The soil in Coffee County a mix of sandy loam and clay goes through real expansion and contraction cycles as the seasons shift between heavy rainfall and dry stretches. That movement puts lateral and vertical pressure on whatever pool shell is in the ground.
A fiberglass shell is subject to hydrostatic pressure that can cause it to shift or pop when soil conditions change. A vinyl liner degrades in Georgia’s heat and UV exposure and typically needs full replacement every 7 to 10 years which adds up fast over the life of the pool. A properly reinforced concrete pool is built to absorb those soil forces permanently. It doesn’t shift, it doesn’t degrade in the sun, and it doesn’t require a replacement cycle. For a rural property in Lotts where you’re making a long-term investment in your land, concrete is the only material that makes sense.
A realistic construction timeline for a custom inground concrete pool runs 8 to 16 weeks from the point that permits are approved not from the point you sign a contract. The permit review process through Coffee County takes time, and that’s before excavation even begins.
If you want a pool ready for Memorial Day weekend or the start of summer, you need to be in active conversations with us by late fall or early winter at the latest. Homeowners who reach out in March expecting a June pool are usually disappointed not because the work can’t be done, but because the county timeline doesn’t compress on demand. Starting the planning process in November or December gives you the runway to get through design, permitting, and construction without racing the calendar. We’ll give you an honest project timeline from the first conversation, including a realistic read on where Coffee County’s permit review process currently stands.
Yes, and it’s actually the standard situation for most of the properties we work on in northern Coffee County. Rural parcels in the Lotts area are almost universally served by private wells and septic systems rather than municipal utilities, so this isn’t an unusual scenario for us it’s just the norm.
The key is making sure the pool placement accounts for required setback distances from both the septic tank and the drain field. Georgia’s environmental health requirements dictate minimum distances, and those need to be verified and documented before excavation begins. On larger rural lots, there’s usually enough room to site the pool comfortably without any conflict but that assessment needs to happen early in the process, not after the design is finalized. We handle that coordination as part of the permit process, so by the time excavation starts, every setback has been confirmed and documented with the county.
Yes. Georgia follows the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code with state-level amendments, and those requirements apply to all residential inground pools regardless of whether the property is in a city or an unincorporated area like Lotts. Being outside city limits doesn’t exempt you from the barrier requirements Coffee County enforces them through the same building inspection process that covers the rest of the permit.
The standard requirements include a fence or barrier that’s at least 48 inches high, with self-closing and self-latching gates that open away from the pool. The specifics can vary slightly based on your property layout and how the pool is positioned relative to the house, which is another reason having a builder who knows Coffee County’s inspection process matters. We walk through barrier requirements with every homeowner during the design phase, so there are no surprises at final inspection. The custom safety cover that comes standard with every build also contributes to your overall barrier compliance and gives you an additional layer of protection when the pool isn’t in use.
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