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Inground Pools in Vicksburg, MS

Inground Pools for Vicksburg homeowners, installed start to finish by our own crew.

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Finished inground pool and concrete deck by DC Pools and Spas serving Vicksburg, MS

In the yard

Inground Pools in Vicksburg, MS

An inground pool is a construction project in your backyard, not a delivery. Excavators, a crane, several tons of spoil, plumbing, electrical and a concrete pour all happen in sequence in a space that was lawn a fortnight ago.

In Vicksburg the ground and the grade shape that project more than they do anywhere else we work.

We built the Dickerson name on word of mouth. The pool division runs on the same habits: expectations set up front, no over-promising, and a quote that matches the 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.

The Paperwork

A building permit is required for any pool deeper than 24 inches holding more than 5,000 gallons, so every inground pool in the city needs one. The fee is valuation based, $15 for the first $1,000 and $5 for each additional thousand, and zoning approval has to come before the permit issues.

Barrier requirements come from the 2018 pool and spa code the city adopted: 48 inches minimum height, nothing that passes a 4-inch sphere, a 36-inch clear zone from climbable equipment, gates that open outward and self-latch. There is no pool-specific setback in the zoning ordinance, so placement is worked out as an accessory structure inside the district yards and the 35 percent lot coverage cap.

If the lot falls in a special flood hazard area, and about 37 percent of the city's area does, a floodplain development permit applies as well. We establish which of these you are dealing with at the site visit.

On the job

Vicksburg Inground Pool Projects, Start to Finish

Deck forms set around a new inground fiberglass pool, inground pool installation serving Vicksburg, MS — Deck forms

Inground fiberglass pool with a new concrete deck, inground pools serving Vicksburg, MS — New deck

Newly filled inground fiberglass pool with its deck, inground pool builders serving Vicksburg, MS — Filled and running

Finished inground pool in a fenced backyard, DC Pools and Spas serving Vicksburg, MS — Backyard finished

Inground fiberglass pool with patio furniture and shade umbrella, inground pools serving Vicksburg, MS — Ready to use

Inground fiberglass pool beside a covered back porch, inground pool installation serving Vicksburg, MS — Pool and porch

Photographs from a DC Pools and Spas install.

Digging in Loess

Vicksburg silt excavates cleanly and holds a face while it is dry, which is why near-vertical road cuts stand here. The behavior to respect is what happens when it gets wet: it consolidates and loses strength, and water finding a path underground can hollow out a cavity until the ground above drops.

So the sequence matters more than usual. The excavation is cut to the shell, the base is prepared and compacted, and the crane sets the shell in a single day rather than leaving an open hole through a wet week. Backfill goes in lifts so the shell stays supported as the void closes.

Several tons of spoil has to leave or be regraded, and on a bluff lot with a narrow side yard that logistics question often decides where the pool can physically go before any rule does. Weather moves this schedule and anybody who says otherwise has not built in Mississippi.

Drainage Is the Design, Not the Afterthought

Turning a large area of lawn into deck changes where water that used to soak in has to go. On a level lot that is an inconvenience. On loess above a slope it is the whole design question, because the documented failure mode in this soil is saturation by ponding and water reaching the foot of a bank.

So we plan deck drainage, the equipment pad location and the discharge point before the ground closes, not after. Running conduit, gas and drainage while the excavation is open costs a fraction of retro-fitting through a finished deck, and that is true even if the outdoor kitchen or the fire feature is a later phase.

You get one written, itemized quote covering whatever is in scope, and financing is available through Lyon Financial.

Nearby

Same service across the metro: Clinton and Jackson.

Also see Vicksburg pools or statewide inground pools.

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Cities

Areas we serve

Brandon, MS Flowood, MS Jackson, MS Madison, MS Pearl, MS Ridgeland, MS Clinton, MS Vicksburg, MS

FAQ

Common questions

What permits does a Vicksburg pool need?

A city building permit for anything over 24 inches deep holding more than 5,000 gallons, with zoning approval first, and a floodplain development permit if the lot is in a special flood hazard area.

Can you get equipment into my backyard?

That is the first thing we check, and on the bluff side of town it is the real constraint. The excavator needs a route, the crane needs reach and a level pad, and the spoil needs somewhere to go.

Is the soil a problem for a pool?

It is a soil to respect rather than avoid. Vicksburg loess digs cleanly and holds a face while dry, and loses strength when saturated. That shapes the sequence, the compaction and the drainage design.

Should I plan the deck and kitchen now or later?

Plan them now even if you build them later. Running conduit, gas and drainage while the ground is open costs a fraction of retro-fitting through a finished deck.