DC Pools & Spas
Inground Pools in Jackson, MS
Inground Pools for Jackson homeowners, installed start to finish by our own crew.
In the yard
Inground Pools in Jackson, MS
An inground pool is a construction job in your back yard. An excavator opens the ground, a crane sets the shell, plumbing and electrical run to an equipment pad, the hole is backfilled and a concrete deck is poured.
DC Pools & Spas does every one of those steps with its own crew. In Jackson the first two questions are where the zoning lines let the pool go and what the excavation will find.
We set expectations up front and we do not over-promise. You approve every dollar before it becomes a bill.
Credentials
Licensed through the Mississippi State Board of Contractors, license 25203-MC. BBB accredited with an A+ rating since 2018. Home Builders Association and Rankin County Chamber members.
Permits Before the Dig
Jackson requires a permit to construct a structure, and the requirement reaches the electrical, plumbing and gas work that comes with it. Applications go through the city's OpenGov portal, the city reviews them against building codes, zoning regulations and safety requirements, and inspections follow at stages of the work.
The code in force is the 2018 residential code Jackson has adopted, with the city's amendments, alongside the 2017 National Electrical Code. The fence around the pool takes a permit of its own; the city names fences in its permit rules.
Zoning comes first in practice. The ordinance lists a swimming pool among accessory uses and structures, and in R-1 detached accessory structures stay sixty feet from the front lot line and five from the side and rear lines. We put the plan in front of the city before the dig, not after it.
On the job
Jackson Inground Pool Projects, Start to Finish
Photographs from a DC Pools and Spas install.
What the Excavator Finds Under Jackson
The answer depends on the street. USDA soil survey data shows Loring loess, low in shrink-swell, as the single largest soil in the city. It also shows Siwell and Byram soils under close to a fifth of Jackson, and on those the profile changes sharply with depth.
On Siwell, the survey records clay climbing past forty percent about two and a half feet down and reaching about sixty percent from roughly three feet to six. On Byram, a sixty percent clay layer starts around five and a half feet. Both reach the highest shrink-swell class the survey uses, and both sit inside the depth of a pool dig.
Clay like that hinders the movement of water through it, which MDEQ describes as low permeability. It changes how spoil is handled, how the base is built and how water around the shell is managed after the hole closes.
Base, Shell, Backfill, Deck
The excavation is cut to the shell, and the base under it is the step that decides how the pool behaves for decades. It has to be level, compacted and built for the soil it sits on.
The crane lowers the shell onto that base. The crew plumbs it and backfills around it while the pool fills, so pressure stays balanced on both sides of the wall. Then come the equipment, the electrical and the deck pour, and finally start-up, where we run the system with you before handing it over.
Rain moves the schedule on any Mississippi dig. What we commit to is telling you when it moves and why.
Plan the Yard Around the Water
Before the deck is poured is the cheapest moment to run conduit for lighting, a gas line for a heater or fire feature, and drainage for the whole yard. Doing it later means cutting through finished concrete.
Where the clay is present, drainage deserves the most thought. MDEQ ties isolated ground movement to gutter drainage, leaking outside faucets and heavy watering near structures, so the plan puts downspout discharge, splash-out and irrigation where they will not keep one side of the deck wetter than the other.
You get a written quote for what is in scope, and financing is available to qualified homeowners through Lyon Financial.
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Also see Jackson pools or statewide inground pools.
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Common questions
Do I need a permit for an inground pool in Jackson?
Yes. Jackson requires a permit to construct a structure, including the electrical, plumbing and gas work, and the city requires a permit for fences as well. Applications run through the city’s OpenGov portal.
What will the dig go through?
It depends on the address. Part of Jackson is low shrink-swell loess. Close to a fifth sits on Siwell or Byram soils, with heavy clay layers at pool depth. We look up your lot before the site visit.
Can you get equipment into my back yard?
That gets measured on the first visit: a route for the excavator, reach and a firm pad for the crane, and somewhere for the spoil to go. On an established lot with mature trees it can decide where the pool goes.
Should I plan lighting, gas and drainage now?
Yes, even if the outdoor kitchen or fire feature comes later. Running lines and drainage while the ground is open costs far less than cutting into a finished deck.
Don't know where to start?
Call the office, or tell us about the job online and get one written quote.