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Nicholls summers don’t ease up. From late May through September, the heat and humidity in this part of Coffee County are relentless the kind that keeps families indoors or piled into a car driving somewhere else to cool off. A well-built inground pool changes that entirely. Your backyard becomes the place people want to be, not the place you avoid until October.
But the outcome isn’t just about comfort. A concrete inground pool built on your Nicholls property is a long-term asset. Homes in this area tend to be held for years, sometimes generations and a properly engineered pool adds real value to that property, both in livability and in resale. You’re not buying a summer toy. You’re making a structural improvement that compounds over time.
There’s also a practical side that matters specifically out here. Many properties along and off SR 32 sit on larger lots with sandy coastal plain soils and private septic systems. That combination requires a builder who understands local soil conditions, drainage, and how to position a pool without creating problems down the road. The work has to be done right from the ground up literally.
We’re based in Douglas the Coffee County seat, 13 miles west of Nicholls on SR 32. That’s not a footnote. It means we work under the same county permit system that governs your property, know the local building department, and have a real stake in the reputation we’ve built across this community. We’re not a metro Atlanta company that added Nicholls to a dropdown menu.
We founded Deep Waters Pools in 2014 with over 30 years of hands-on experience in concrete, plumbing, and pool construction. We started this company because we watched too many South Georgia families get taken advantage of by contractors who quoted low, cut corners, and moved on. That’s still the reason we operate the way we do transparent pricing, no shortcuts on materials, and a process that keeps you informed from the first design conversation to the day your pool is finished.
Every pool we build is concrete. Not fiberglass. Not vinyl. Concrete because in this region, that’s the material that holds up.
It starts with a design conversation, not a sales pitch. We’ll come to your property in Nicholls, look at your lot, understand how you plan to use the space, and build a 3D rendering of your pool before anything else happens. You’ll see exactly what it looks like in your actual backyard the shape, the depth, the patio layout before a single shovel hits the ground. That step alone eliminates most of the surprises that make pool projects go sideways.
Once the design is locked in, we handle the entire permit process for Coffee County. That includes coordination with the county building department and, for properties on private septic systems which is common for homes in and around Nicholls clearance through Georgia Environmental Health to confirm pool placement won’t interfere with your drain field. Most homeowners have no idea that step even exists until it delays their project. With us managing it, you don’t have to.
Construction typically runs 8 to 16 weeks depending on the complexity of the build, seasonal weather, and inspection scheduling. Southeast Georgia’s summer rainfall and the occasional tropical system coming off the Gulf can affect outdoor timelines we’ll factor that in and keep you updated throughout. When your pool is finished, it comes with a custom-fitted safety cover designed for that specific pool’s shape. That’s included, not an add-on.
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We handle the full scope of inground pool construction design, excavation, concrete shell, plumbing, electrical, patio, and ongoing maintenance once the pool is in the ground. You’re not coordinating three different contractors and hoping they show up in the right order. One company owns the whole project from start to finish.
The concrete-only approach matters more in Coffee County than most builders will tell you. The sandy coastal plain soils in this part of southeast Georgia, combined with the water table near the Seventeen-Mile River watershed, make soil engineering a real consideration not a formality. Fiberglass shells can shift or pop out of the ground during heavy rain events in this region. A properly reinforced concrete pool is engineered for the specific site, set into the ground to stay, and gets stronger over time rather than degrading. For a Nicholls homeowner making a long-term investment, that’s not a minor distinction.
Beyond the pool itself, we also build custom spas, design and install patios around the pool, and offer weekly maintenance plans so your pool stays clean and balanced after the build is done. Every project also includes a custom safety cover sized and fitted to the exact shape of your pool because that’s a baseline standard, not an upgrade. If you’re a family with kids or grandkids running around the backyard near General Coffee State Park on the weekends, that cover matters.
Yes any inground pool in Coffee County requires a building permit, and the process involves more than one office. You’ll need approval from the Coffee County Building Department, and if your property uses a private septic system (which is common for homes in and around Nicholls), you’ll also need clearance from Georgia Environmental Health confirming that the pool’s placement won’t interfere with your septic tank or drain field. That second step catches a lot of homeowners off guard when they’re working with a builder who doesn’t know the local process.
Georgia also follows the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, which sets statewide standards for pool barriers, setbacks from property lines, electrical bonding, and plumbing inspections. We manage every step of this process from the initial boundary survey through final inspection sign-off. You won’t need to figure out which office to call or what forms to submit. That’s handled.
Concrete inground pools in Georgia typically start around $70,000 and can reach $150,000 or more depending on size, shape, added features like a spa or sun shelf, and the complexity of the patio work around it. The range is wide because no two builds are the same a straightforward rectangular pool on a flat lot is a different project than a freeform design with an attached spa and full outdoor patio on a property with grade changes or drainage considerations.
What you should be cautious of in any market, but especially in a smaller rural area like Nicholls, is the low-bid contractor. A quote that comes in well below the range above almost always means something is being cut on materials, on engineering, or on the permit process. A concrete pool built without proper soil assessment for Coffee County’s coastal plain conditions can shift, crack, or develop structural issues that cost far more to fix than the original savings. The price you pay upfront for a properly built pool is the price you pay once.
Most residential inground pool builds in Coffee County take between 8 and 16 weeks from the start of construction. The design and permitting phase comes before that typically a few weeks depending on how quickly the county and, if applicable, Georgia Environmental Health can process the approvals. So from the time you sign a contract to the day you’re swimming, you’re generally looking at 3 to 5 months for a standard build.
A few things can affect that timeline in this part of southeast Georgia. Summer rainfall is significant the region gets 45 to 50 inches annually and tropical weather systems from the Gulf can push through and delay outdoor excavation and concrete work. We account for that in the schedule from the start rather than treating it as an unexpected disruption. We keep you updated throughout the process so you’re never left wondering where things stand.
Concrete is the right material for this region, and the reasoning is specific to local conditions. The coastal plain soils in Coffee County are sandy and relatively loose compared to the red clay you’d find further north in Georgia. That soil profile, combined with the water table near the Seventeen-Mile River watershed, means pool shells need to be properly engineered and reinforced to stay stable over time. Fiberglass shells which are prefabricated and set into an excavated hole are more vulnerable to shifting in these conditions, particularly after heavy rain events or periods of high groundwater. There have been documented cases of fiberglass pools floating or shifting out of level in southeast Georgia soils.
Concrete pools are built in place, reinforced with steel frameworks, and engineered to the specific conditions of the site. They don’t have a prefabricated shape that may or may not fit your lot they’re formed to match your design exactly. And unlike vinyl liner pools, which need liner replacement every 7 to 10 years, a well-built concrete pool is a permanent structure that holds its value and integrity for decades.
On average, an inground pool adds 5 to 7 percent to a home’s resale value in Georgia. The actual impact depends on the quality of the build, how well it’s maintained, and the local market but in a climate like Nicholls, where summers are long and the outdoor season runs from April through October, a pool is a functional feature that buyers in this area recognize and value.
What matters more for most Nicholls homeowners, though, is that properties here tend to be held for years sometimes generations. The value isn’t just in what the home would sell for tomorrow; it’s in what the property becomes for your family over the next 20 or 30 years. A concrete pool built to last doesn’t need liner replacements, doesn’t degrade under South Georgia sun, and doesn’t require the kind of ongoing repair costs that cheaper builds accumulate over time. The return on a well-built pool in this area is measured in summers, not just square footage.
We handle the full backyard build pool, spa, and patio under one contract. That matters more than it might seem. When you’re coordinating separate contractors for each piece of the project, you end up managing scheduling conflicts, gaps in accountability, and design decisions that don’t quite line up. One contractor finishes the pool shell and the next one shows up to pour a patio that doesn’t match the grade or the aesthetic of what was already built.
With us managing the entire scope, the design is integrated from the start. The patio layout is planned around the pool shape. The spa placement is engineered alongside the pool’s plumbing, not added as an afterthought. For properties in and around Nicholls where the lots tend to be larger and the backyard has real potential, that kind of full-scope approach means the finished result actually looks and functions like a complete outdoor space not a pool with a patio bolted on afterward. We also offer weekly maintenance plans once the build is complete, so your pool stays clean and properly balanced through every South Georgia summer.
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