Design-Build · Pools & waterscapes
Build your pool. See the range.
Shape a pool, choose your equipment and decking, and we'll put a planning range on it. Send it to our design-build team and we'll show you the number and walk the property with you.
- Property
- Size & shape
- Features
- Your estimate
Questions
Pool cost questions
- How much does it cost to build a pool in East Tennessee?
- It depends heavily on the size, shape, site, and the finishes and equipment you choose — and material and labor costs move enough that a fixed price list would be out of date almost as soon as we published it. Rather than quote a number that goes stale, the estimator on this page turns your exact dimensions and selections into a current planning range in a few minutes. That range covers the pool structure complete plus excavation and haul-off; decking, fencing, heating, salt, and automation are added on top. A firm price still comes from a site visit, an engineering review, and a written proposal.
- What is included in a pool estimate, and what is extra?
- Our range includes the gunite shell complete — steel, plumbing, skimmer, autofill, bonding, pump, filter, chlorinator, tile, coping, and Diamond Brite plaster — plus digging the hole and trucking the spoil off your property. Excavation haul-off alone is roughly twenty truckloads on a typical pool, and it is a common source of change orders elsewhere, so we carry it in the number rather than billing it later. Not included: rock excavation, utilities and water, permits, unsuitable soil, and owner-requested changes after approval.
- Why do pool builders refuse to give a price?
- Because a real price depends on the property — access for equipment, slope, rock, soil, drainage, and utilities all move it, and on mountain lots they move it more than on flat ground. That is a fair reason to require a site visit before signing, but it is not a reason to leave you with no number at all while you are deciding whether to build. This estimator gives you an honest planning range in a few minutes so you can plan a budget; a firm price still comes from a site visit and a written proposal.
- How accurate is an online pool cost calculator?
- Ours is built from Teaster’s own signed contracts rather than a national average, so the arithmetic reflects what pools in this region actually sell for. It is still a planning range and deliberately shown as one — real pricing needs a site visit, an engineering review, and verified quantities. Treat it as the number you budget around, not the number you sign.
- Is a gunite pool or a vinyl liner pool cheaper?
- A vinyl liner pool costs meaningfully less for the same footprint — typically somewhere near half — because it uses a manufactured shape and set sizes. Gunite is sprayed concrete over steel and can be built to any shape, depth, or feature set, which is what you are paying the difference for: tanning ledges, beach entries, integrated spas, and custom depth. You can price both on this page and compare.
- How much does pool excavation and dirt haul-off cost?
- It is driven by how much earth leaves the property, not by the size of the pool alone. The hole is far larger than the pool — a 16 by 32 foot pool sits in a hole of roughly 4,000 cubic feet once you allow for working room around the walls and the shell below the floor — and soil swells about thirty percent between the ground and the truck bed. That works out near twenty loads on a typical build. We include it in the range on this page rather than treating it as an extra.
- Do I have to give my contact details to see a price?
- For typical ranges, no — the table on this page shows what pools of each size plan at, and you can read it without giving us anything. For the range on your own pool, with your dimensions and your selections, we ask for your name and a phone or email first. You get the figure on screen and a copy sent to you, and a designer follows up to turn it into a firm number after seeing the property.