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A finished Castle Pools build — a custom inground pool and outdoor living space in Southwest Florida.
Jacksonville · Ponte Vedra · Fleming Island · Orange Park · Mandarin

Jacksonville's premier custom pool builder.

Your backyard is more than an extension of your home — we build custom pools, spas, and outdoor living across Jacksonville — start to finish, one timeline, one accountable team.

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Full-Service Pool & Spa Contractor Jacksonville + Northeast Florida Ponte Vedra · Fleming Island · Mandarin Licensed & Insured
A custom water feature and spa built by Castle Pools in Southwest Florida.
About Castle Pools · 01

Jacksonville backyards, built right.

Castle Pools is a full-service pool and spa contractor — designing and engineering new pools, spas, fountains, and water features to your exact specifications, serving Duval, St. Johns, and Clay counties.

We collaborate with you and our specialist crews the whole way through, because we believe communication and service are what set a pool builder apart. Every project is designed in person and built by people who treat your backyard the way they'd treat their own.

"We build the pool we'd want behind our own house." Castle Pools, LLC · Jacksonville, FL
6+
Communities Served
$80K+
Typical Project Value
Licensed
& Insured
Florida Certified
Mandarin
Jacksonville, FL 32223
Recent Builds · Jacksonville

Jacksonville backyards, finished.

Each project sketched in person, rendered in 3D, and built by crews we run ourselves. Tap any build to see the materials, the spec, and the client's own words.

What We Build · 01–06

Six pool vocabularies.

We don't have a house style we push on every client. We have a vocabulary — and we work out which dialect of it your backyard is asking for.

01

Modern

Rectilinear geometry, dark plaster, brushed metal, vanishing edges. Clean lines for the modern Florida home.

02

Tuscan / Mediterranean

Travertine decking, hand-cut stone, terracotta and courtyard scale. Beautiful on Northeast Florida estate lots.

03

Resort-Style

Grottos, swim-up bars, cascading water features. Built for entertaining at scale.

04

Lap Pools

50-ft swim lanes, built-in tanning shelves, daily ritual swimming for serious athletes.

05

Spa-Only

Custom gunite spas for the homeowner who wants the daily ritual without the full pool footprint.

06

Pool + Outdoor Kitchen

One continuous social room — pool, BBQ island, fireplace, pergola, designed as a single layout.

The Build · 7 Steps · ~12 Weeks

From sketch to first swim.

No surprises. No subcontracted mystery. The same two people who quote your pool are the same two people who hand you the keys to it.

01
Design Consultation
Week 1
On-site visit. We walk your property, listen to how you'll actually use the pool, and sketch a layout against your lot, drainage, and lanai footprint.
Site notes · Rough sketch · Ballpark budget
02
3D Render & Plan
Weeks 2–3
Full 3D rendering with daytime and evening lighting passes. You see the pool exactly as it will sit, before a single shovel hits dirt.
3D render · Construction drawings · Fixed bid
03
Excavation
Week 4
Dig day. We core the basin to the engineered depths — and flag any limestone cap rock or high water table before it becomes a surprise.
Excavated basin · Site cleanup · Soil report
04
Steel & Plumbing
Weeks 5–6
Rebar cage tied to engineered drawings. Suction, return, drain, light niches, and gas runs roughed in. City inspection.
Steel inspection · Pressure test · Electrical rough-in
05
Gunite & Shell
Weeks 7–8
Gunite shot pneumatically into the steel cage and hand-troweled to spec. 28-day cure begins.
Cured gunite shell · Benches and steps shaped
06
Decking & Tile
Weeks 9–11
Waterline tile, coping, and the surrounding deck installed. The pool starts to look like the render.
Tile + coping set · Deck poured or stone laid
07
Plaster & Fill
Week 12
Pebble plaster troweled in. Water on. Startup chemistry walked through over your first month of ownership.
Pool filled · Automation programmed · Owner walkthrough
Features We Install

The details that make a pool feel custom.

Every feature below is built into the pool from day one — engineered into the plumbing, the gunite, and the deck. None of it is bolt-on.

01

Pool Heating

Gas, electric, or solar. Year-round usable Jacksonville pools.

02

Saltwater Systems

Gentler on skin, lower maintenance, cleaner long-term water.

03

Pool Automation

Pentair, Jandy, or Hayward systems controllable from your phone.

04

Waterfalls

Stone-face spillovers, sheet falls, and grotto cascades.

05

Fire Bowls

Gas-fed fire bowls on raised plinths. The signature evening detail.

06

Tanning Ledges

Shallow 9–12″ shelves with deck-mounted umbrellas, built in.

07

Spa Overflow

Raised spas with cascading sheet spillover into the main basin.

08

Pebble Finishes

Pebble Tec, Pebble Sheen, and Pebble Fina — premium quartz aggregates.

Outdoor Living · Add-Ons

The pool is the beginning of the backyard.

Outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, pergolas, fire pits, cabanas — we design and build the entire backyard as a single project, with a single crew, on a single timeline.

Outdoor kitchen and pool combination
01 · Outdoor Kitchens

BBQ islands, side burners, pizza ovens.

Full outdoor kitchens with refrigeration, prep sinks, side burners, and optional wood-fired pizza ovens. Built into the same hardscape as the pool — same stone, same finish, same hand.

Pergola and shade structure over a pool deck in Jacksonville, FL
02 · Pergolas & Shade

Cedar and steel structures, sized to the deck.

Cedar pergolas anchored on stone columns or steel-frame shade structures with cable-tensioned canvas. We engineer them with the deck — never bolt them on afterward.

Fire feature and seating area beside a custom pool in Jacksonville, FL
03 · Fire Pits & Fireplaces

Stone-built fireplaces, integrated fire pits.

Wood-burning and gas fire pits built into seating walls or standing freely as the backyard's evening centerpiece. Full outdoor stone fireplaces for the larger builds.

Travertine pool deck and hardscape in Jacksonville, FL
04 · Pool Decks & Hardscape

Travertine, marble pavers, shell stone.

The deck makes the pool. Travertine and marble pavers stay cool underfoot through a Jacksonville summer, shell stone for the Tuscan builds, or custom-finished concrete for the modern projects.

A custom resort-style pool with a cascading water feature built by Castle Pools.
Why Castle Pools

Built on communication and service.

The pool is only half the job. The other half is keeping you in the loop, returning the call, and standing behind the bid. That's the part our clients actually remember.

You work with one accountable team from the first sketch to the final fill — no salesperson handing you off to a foreman you never met. Just people who treat your backyard the way they'd treat their own.

  • 01Trust & IntegrityA fixed bid is a fixed bid. Commitments documented the same day.
  • 02Personalized ServiceOne accountable team, start to finish — never an anonymous crew.
  • 03Engineering CraftThe latest pool technology and the science of how water actually moves.
  • 04Long-TermWe service every pool we build, for as long as you own the home.
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What Owners Say

Professional, start to finish.

Verified client reviews — the same words our homeowners left on Google and Houzz.

Client Reviews
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Google · Houzz · Yelp
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"They were very professional and went above and beyond to make us happy. The pool itself was a great value."
Chris D. · Verified Client
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"Everyone at Castle Pools was very professional and easy to work with from start to finish!"
Andrew G. · Verified Client
Financing

Three ways to fund the build.

Most Jacksonville custom pool projects land between $80K and $250K depending on size, finish, screen enclosure, and outdoor-living add-ons. We work with two specialist pool lenders and your home-equity bank — pick whichever fits the build.

01 · Specialty Lender

Lyon Financial

Specialized swimming pool financing — fixed rates, terms up to 25 years, no home equity required.

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02 · Specialty Lender

Viking Capital

Unsecured pool loans up to $200K with rapid approval and flexible terms tailored for new builds.

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03 · Home Equity

HELOC or Cash-Out Refi

If you prefer your existing bank, we'll work with their appraisal and draw schedule on your home equity line.

Discuss at consult →

Promotional rates and 0% intro APR options change quarterly · Confirm current offers with your loan officer at consultation

Schedule · Plate 12

Book a design consultation.

We come to you. The visit is about how you actually want to use the backyard — we walk the property, talk through ideas, and sketch a first layout. No fee, no pressure, no sales pitch.

From there we'll quote a fixed bid against a 3D render. If it's a fit, we set a dig date. If it isn't, you keep the sketch.

Call or text (904) 962-3739 Mon – Sat · By appointment
Studio Mandarin Studio 11560 Mandarin Forest Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32223

Your details go straight to Castle Pools · No third parties

Service Area · Jacksonville

Where we build.

If your lot is anywhere in Collier or Lee County — from Ponte Vedra to Fleming Island to Orange Park — we'll come walk it. Our base is in Mandarin; the work happens at your house.

Ponte Vedra
St. Augustine
Orange Park
Mandarin
Nocatee
Golden Gate
Fleming Island
St. Johns
Julington Creek
Orange Park
Mediterra
Ave Maria
Estuary
Collier & Lee County
SWFL waterfront
Talk to us directly

Call (904) 962-3739 — or book online.

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