OT: Pool builders in Jackson.

[ronpolk]

Looking to potentially build a pool at my house within the next year. Anyone have any recommendations?

 

[bbqbully]

Sea Breeze pools. Brian Lowery. *(601) 955-1570‬

 

[militarydog]

Tommy Draughn with CPS Pools does a great job.

 

[msubrave]

Good pool builder, very fair prices.

Just don't leave your kids around his brother.....

 

[cowbell88]

Isn’t Terry Powell in that business?

 

[JesterB]

Stay away from Roos Pools and Spas.

 

[coach66]

Not unless he recently got in it. He's landscaping primarily I believe. He

is a talented guy. My advice on building a pool is be careful and don't go with the lowest bid. Go with the most established, best
reputation guy that's going to be around in 30 years. There are a bunch of pool builders who are nothing but middle men for Mexican labor and who
don't necessarily get very involved in the process.

 

[ronpolk]

Thanks guys for the responses!

 

[Seinfeld]

While on the subject, is $50-75k still the going rate for a middle of the road in ground pool? I know you can basically find a way to spend any dollar amount under the sun, but that seems to be the estimate that I normally hear for your average back yard pool

 

[coach66]

Yep

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[Go Budaw]

While on the subject, is $50-75k still the going rate for a middle of the road in ground pool? I know you can basically find a way to spend any dollar amount under the sun, but that seems to be the estimate that I normally hear for your average back yard pool

Damn. Prices must have gone way up in the last 20 years if that is true. My parents put in a really nice one in in 1998 or so for about $25k. Seemed nice to me anyway.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

While on the subject, is $50-75k still the going rate for a middle of the road in ground pool? I know you can basically find a way to spend any dollar amount under the sun, but that seems to be the estimate that I normally hear for your average back yard pool

Are you talking gunite or a liner pool. In Texas it's almost entirely gunite with a plaster/pebbletec finish. $75k is about right for a 20,000 gallon pool with no frills. You can have a liner pool of equivalent size put in for about $40-$45k... If you can find someone to build a liner pool. They have the stigma of being a "above ground pool burried in the ground." I wanted to do a liner pool, but my wife and friends said no way... They were right. When all you see are gunite pools a liner pool definitely looks "cheaply built", but in reality they are perfectly fine. If I lived in an area where they were common, I would go with a liner. Cause $30k still means something to me.

 

[Seinfeld]

Yeah, those are pretty close to the estimates I’ve been seeing as well. My neighbor just put in a gunite pool along with a cedar gazebo, and it’s nice, but I have no doubt that he dropped well over 6 figures for all of it.

If I ever end up putting one in, I’ll probably go the fiberglass route. My biggest issue, though, is that I tend to move around a decent amount for work, so I’m just not at a point in my life yet where it financially makes any sense

 

[Dawgbite]

I highly recommend a fiberglass pool, less upkeep when compared to liner or gunite. I have had a Catalina Pool for over 20 years and have sold several more after people have seen mine. Catalina Pools is a family run business out of Memphis that manufactures and installs their own pools. They only have 3 models but they will show up at 8 am and you will be able to swim by sundown the next day, sooner if you have the water pressure to fill it.

 

[kired]

Buy a house with a pool if you really want one.

My wife & I just went through this debate when we bought a house recently. She wanted a house with a pool, but I was able to talk her out of it. I know who would be doing all the work to maintain it...

She still has hopes that maybe we'll save up & put one in, but I don't see that happening unless $50k just falls in my lap.

 

[RocketDawg]

Seems reasonable to assume you'd have to spend a bit to restore your lawn after the heavy equipment used to build the pool destroyed your grass and landscaping.

 

[RocketDawg]

Are you going to cover the pool area with a screen enclosure? My son's in Panama City Beach, and Hurricane Michael damaged their existing screen cover. Their initial quote to repair was over $30K from opportunististic "professionals", but the final repair price was around $15K. The previous owners had had it installed a few years ago for about $16K. Though subject to damage, the screen cover is highly desirable since it keep debris out of the pool, plus it filters the sunlight somewhat.