It is not a deal breaker
Rock gets broken out and the pool goes in. This happens on jobs around here regularly and it is ordinary work, not a crisis.
Sebastian County, Arkansas
Pool Builder in Greenwood, Arkansas
Greenwood sits up in the hills, and the ground under it is why we talk about excavation before we talk about anything else.
Greenwood Is Hill Ground, Not River Ground
Greenwood is a short drive south of us on 71 and it has grown a great deal. There are new additions going in on both sides of town, including a 251 home development out on Highway 10 East across from the country club. Most of the people who call us from Greenwood are standing on ground that has never had anything built on it.
Here is the part worth knowing before you plan a pool here. Greenwood sits on hill and mountain soils rather than river bottom, and the depth to solid rock can be shallow. That does not mean you cannot have a pool in Greenwood, because we build them there. It means rock is a real possibility, and anybody who prices your yard without raising it is guessing.
How Far Down The Rock Sits
These are the published figures for the soils mapped through this part of Sebastian County. Your lot is your lot, and the only way to know is to come look at it.
12 to 20 inches
Depth to sandstone on some of the shallower soils mapped around Greenwood.
3.5 to 8 feet
Depth to shale on others in the same association.
24 to 40 inches
Depth to sandstone on the Linker soils that also show up here.
Figures from the NRCS soil survey of Sebastian County.
What Rock Actually Means For Your Build
Nobody likes hearing the word rock. It is worth saying plainly what it does and does not mean, because the honest version is less frightening than the version people imagine.
It can move the number
Which is exactly why we would rather find it while we are quoting your yard than halfway through the dig, when you have no good options left.
It is a reason to decide on site
What shape makes sense in a Greenwood backyard is a question best answered standing in it, not off a brochure.
Two Good Options, Not A Right Answer
Gunite
- Any shape and any depth, drawn around your yard rather than picked off a page
- Built in place, so it can follow a slope, a corner or an odd property line
- A deep end and a diving board are both on the table
- Tile, plaster and aggregate finishes that you choose
Fiberglass
- A finished shell by Imagine Pools, smooth from the day it goes in
- Thirteen models to choose between, with a size that suits most yards
- The shell arrives complete, so the job moves faster once it is on site
- It can be set over the house by crane when a gate will not do it
We build both, so we have no reason to talk you into either one.
What Comes With Every Pool
Every pool we build comes with a variable speed pump, color changing LED lights you can run from your phone, and 4 feet of concrete around the pool, which can typically be broom finished or textured. This season we are also including a salt system, a wireless robotic cleaner, the textured concrete upgrade and chemical start up. Electrical hookup is not included, because state law requires a licensed electrician for that part.
What A Pool Costs Here
Gunite starts at $75,000, and that's the whole job. Fiberglass starts at $69,000. Where it lands depends on the model and the size, and a bigger fiberglass build can run close to a gunite pool the same size.
How Long It Takes
Active construction runs three to six weeks. From the day we break ground to the day you swim is usually ten to sixteen weeks, because permitting, inspections, curing and weather all sit between the working days.
Three to six weeks of building
Ten to sixteen weeks start to finish
Questions People In Greenwood Ask Us
Where Else We Build
We also build across Northwest Arkansas, Central Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma.
Let's Talk About Your Greenwood Yard
Tell us what you are thinking, and we will come look at the yard.