Pool builder in Gallatin, TN

In-town Gallatin lots

The older streets around the square have the yards people want a pool in and the access that makes it awkward: a deep back yard, a four-foot side path, a detached garage in the way and a couple of big trees.

None of that stops a crane set. The shell goes over the house rather than down the side, and it lands finished. What we check first is the vertical corridor over the set point and whether the street is wide enough for outriggers.

Acreage on the edges

Out where the lots get bigger, a pool set is close to straightforward. Room to set up, room to reach, no neighbor twelve feet away, and often a clear run from the drive to the back of the house.

On these lots the decision moves off access and onto design. How much deck, where the equipment sits, whether you want a heater so it runs into November, and whether the pool should sit level with the patio or a step down from it.

What Gallatin ground does

Middle Tennessee clay holds water, and it holds it in Gallatin the same as it does everywhere else in the region. A pool that sits level with a clay yard is a pool that collects what the yard sheds.

Setting the shell about two feet above the surrounding grade and paving out from it is the fix. It sounds like a small detail. It is the difference between a clean pool after a storm and a muddy one.

Permits in Sumner County

Pool permits in Gallatin go through the city and Sumner County. The permit covers the pool, the barrier and the electrical bonding, and closes with an inspection. We apply in our name and run the inspections.

Which pool fits a Gallatin yard

On most Gallatin lots the precast concrete Plungie fully in-ground is the recommendation, and the extra room out of town makes it easy to place. In-town lots with a closed canopy or a narrow street are where the lighter Little Pool Co. fiberglass shell earns its place.

The short version of the rule we use: fully in-ground, go concrete. Above grade, part-buried or a hard reach, go fiberglass. The crane is what decides it. A precast concrete Plungie weighs around twenty five thousand pounds and a Little Pool Co. fiberglass shell weighs under three thousand, and that difference is what determines whether a pool is possible on a given lot at a sane price.

How a Gallatin pool actually goes in

We walk the lot and look at the street, the side path, the canopy and where the water goes in a storm. We tell you what the access allows before you pick anything. Then we design the pool, apply for the permit in our name, prepare the base and the plumbing and electrical, and book the crane. The set itself is a day. After that it is decking, equipment, fill and start-up.

You are swimming in weeks, not months, and there is no open hole sitting in your yard through a Tennessee summer waiting on a gunite crew.

Why Gallatin homeowners call us

You deal with the owner. Wallaby Pools is run by Winston Farzan, a licensed Tennessee general contractor, licence number 75052, with more than twenty six years in the building industry. We are Nashville's authorized Plungie partner and a certified Little Pool Co. installer, and we take the lots other pool companies turn down.

Gallatin pools, asked straight

Do you come out to Gallatin?

Yes, regularly. We are based in Old Hickory, about thirty minutes away.

My back yard is deep but the side is narrow. Does that work?

Yes. The side path is not the access route. The crane sets up out front and the shell flies over the house.

I have acreage. Does that make it cheaper?

It usually makes it simpler. Easy setup and a short reach mean a smaller crane, and craneage is a real line on the quote.

Can I swim into the fall?

With a heater, yes. It is worth deciding early because it changes the equipment pad and the electrical.

What does it cost?

It depends on the model, the access and the finishes. The cost calculator gives you a real range and we quote your yard after a walk.

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