New Pool Construction & Inground Pool Installation
From the first site evaluation to a filled, inspected pool, one licensed team manages your entire build.
New pool construction runs from a design consultation to a finished, inspected pool in your backyard. Schiller Pools manages inground pool installation end to end: site evaluation, permits, excavation, shell setting, plumbing, and final inspection. We have built San Juan and Latham fiberglass pools since 1983. Call (561) 475-5997 to start.
1What the Pool Construction Process Looks Like
The pool construction process moves through six stages: design, permitting, excavation, shell setting, plumbing and electrical, and finishing with final inspection.
- Design consultation. You meet with our team, walk the yard, and choose a shell from more than 150 San Juan and Latham designs. PoolStudio 3D software lets you see the pool positioned on your actual property before anything is signed.
- Permitting. We prepare and submit the permit application and coordinate the required inspections. Your build does not start until the county approves the plans.
- Excavation and site preparation. The crew locates utilities, sets excavation tolerances, digs to the shell specification, and prepares the base. Access for equipment is confirmed during the site evaluation so there are no surprises on dig day.
- Shell delivery and setting. Your fiberglass shell arrives from the manufacturer in one piece. Fiberglass pool construction turns on this step: the shell is craned into place, leveled precisely, and checked against the design position.
- Plumbing, electrical, and backfill. Plumbing runs, equipment connections, and electrical bonding are completed and inspected, then the shell is backfilled and stabilized as it fills.
- Finishing and startup. Decking, coping, and any hardscape go in, the county performs final inspection, and the water chemistry is balanced for first swim. After startup, our Fiberglass Pool Maintenance Services can keep the water and equipment on schedule.
Swimming pool installation done in this sequence protects the two things that matter most: a level shell and plumbing that passes inspection the first time.
2How Long a New Pool Build Takes
Build time is set by four things, and an honest builder confirms them at your property before quoting a date: permit turnaround in your county, site access for excavation equipment, weather during the dig and backfill stages, and manufacturing lead time on your chosen shell. A clear yard with fast permits sits at one end of the range; a tight lot in a wet season sits at the other. Your site evaluation produces a schedule built on those four facts rather than a number pulled from a brochure. Warm weather allows building nearly year round, and summer rain is the most common source of delay.
3Custom Pool Design
A custom pool builder starts with your yard, not a catalog page. The design consultation covers shape, depth, entry style, and features such as tanning ledges and molded seating, drawn from the Latham Pools and San Juan Pools catalogs, more than 150 shells between them. PoolStudio renders the chosen design in 3D on your property, so decisions about placement, decking, and sightlines from the house get made on screen instead of during excavation.
Custom pool builders differ most in what happens after the drawing. Our design carries straight into the permit set and the build plan, so the pool that was rendered is the pool that gets craned into your yard.
4Fiberglass vs Gunite vs Vinyl Liner Construction
Fiberglass, gunite, and vinyl liner pools are built in three different ways, and the build method drives the timeline, the surface you swim on, and the upkeep you inherit.
Fiberglass vs gunite vs vinyl liner: how the builds differ
| Fiberglass | Gunite | Vinyl liner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build Method | Factory molded shell set into an excavated site | Concrete sprayed over a rebar frame on site | Steel wall panels with a fitted liner |
| Site Time | Shortest of the three methods | Longest, cures in stages on site | Between the two |
| Swim Surface | Smooth gelcoat | Plaster or aggregate finish | Vinyl sheet |
| Upkeep Pattern | Resists algae, lower chemical demand | Periodic resurfacing over its life | Liner replacement over its life |
We install fiberglass pools from San Juan and Latham, and our Fiberglass Pools page covers the shells, gelcoat, and shape catalog in depth. The comparison exists because choosing a method is the first real decision of any build, and our own guides cover the details: how gunite and shotcrete differ, how a vinyl liner pool goes together, and how the three surfaces compare on chemical use.
5What Your Build Can Include
A pool build can carry the whole backyard along with it: spas, outdoor kitchens, pergolas, hardscaping, landscaping, and lighting installed as part of the same project. Pool slide installation, water features, and smart controls are scoped during design so the plumbing and electrical work supports them from day one instead of being retrofitted later. If the plan includes a spa, our Fiberglass Spa Additions service integrates it with the pool shell and equipment set. Bundling the outdoor work into the build has a practical logic beyond convenience: trenching, drainage, and electrical runs get planned once, the yard is opened once, and the finished space matches one design instead of three separate projects layered over each other.
6What Drives the Cost of a New Pool
Five inputs set the cost of a pool build: shell size and model, site conditions and equipment access, decking and hardscape scope, features such as heating and lighting, and the permit requirements of your county. Two identical shells can carry different project totals because the yards they go into are different. The site evaluation prices your actual property, and our guide on calculating swimming pool construction cost breaks down each input if you want the math before the visit. Paying for the build is its own decision, and the Pool Financing page compares the payment routes with one application through our lending partner.
7Who Builds Your Pool
Your pool is built by the company Dean Schiller founded in 1983. The license behind the work is a Florida Certified Pool and Spa Contractor credential, listed as current and active on the state board's public record, and the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance recognized our work with its 2025 Award of Excellence in Silver. San Juan's own dealer directory lists us as an authorized installer, Latham does the same, and permits, inspections, and code compliance stay on our side of the table rather than yours.
Check any builder before you dig: the state license search is public, and a company that welcomes the question is telling you something just as useful as the license itself.
Plan Your Build With a Site Evaluation
A site evaluation walks your property with our team, confirms access and conditions, and turns the design conversation into a real schedule and scope. It is the single most useful step between wanting a pool and building one.