What Does an Inground Build Cost in Tennessee?

A typical Murfreesboro, TN backyard lands at $80,000 or more, a fully built custom gunite resort reaches $100,000 to $250,000, and smaller plunge pools start closer to $42,000. Size, rock, decking, and equipment move the number, and every line is itemized before you sign.

What Is the Downside of a Fiberglass Pool?

Shape is the main limitation. A fiberglass pool comes from a mold, so if your heart is set on a shape no mold offers, gunite is the better fit and I will tell you so. The other risk is a careless backfill flexing the walls, so we over-dig and set each shell in clean gravel. You will hear both from me up front.

Do You Need a Permit in Rutherford County?

Yes. Anything holding more than 24 inches of water needs one, from the city desk inside Murfreesboro, TN or the county desk outside it. Your HOA can add fence or screening rules the county will not enforce. We handle the whole permitting process from first contact to final inspection.

What Is the Service Life of a Fiberglass Pool?

Decades. With a proper installation, a quality fiberglass pool shell outlasts its own gelcoat finish, and fiberglass pools keep maintenance costs low for as long as you own it. When the surface dulls, we recommend a gelcoat refresh, without replacing the pool.

How Long Is the Swim Season Here?

Unheated, the water around Murfreesboro, TN feels good from about mid-May to mid-September. A heater stretches that into April and October, and an ICF pool holds its warmth even longer. Summer gets long when the pool is twenty steps from the kitchen.

How Long Does Fiberglass Pool Installation Take?

Once the permit clears, a fiberglass pool installation typically runs four to eight weeks, and gunite eight to sixteen. The dig is the wildcard. Rock that was scoped before the bid does not stall the process or blow past the date we gave you.

Which Construction Type Should I Choose?

Gunite for unlimited shape and the longest life, fiberglass pools for speed and low upkeep, vinyl liner for the friendliest price, ICF for efficiency. All four options succeed when the site work is done right, and after looking at your lot and budget I will recommend the one that fits.

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CUSTOM POOLS GUNITE POOLS FIBERGLASS POOLS CUSTOM VINYL ICF CONSTRUCTION LINER REPLACEMENTS INFINITY EDGE POOLS POOL EQUIPMENT & AUTOMATION WATERSLIDES

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ARTIFICIAL PALM TREES OUTDOOR SAUNAS COLD PLUNGES OUTDOOR KITCHENS PERGOLAS & CABANAS IN-GROUND TRAMPOLINES OUTDOOR LIGHTING OUTDOOR SHOWERS POOL HOUSES PUTTING GREENS SUNKEN FIRE PITS SWIM-UP BARS ARTIFICIAL TURF RUBBER SURFACING & SOFT PLAY

GALLERY FINANCING

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Gunite pool with stacked-stone waterfall wall built by Backyard Resort Pools in Murfreesboro, TN

POOLS MURFREESBORO TN:
FIBERGLASS & CUSTOM POOL BUILDER

A Backyard Resort,
One Family at a Time

E Komo Mai. Fifty years of pools, and our crews are digging in Rutherford County now.

Backyard Resort Pools is a pool builder and swimming pool company serving Murfreesboro, TN with custom inground pools in fiberglass, concrete gunite, vinyl liner, and ICF. I am Ernie Nagy, the Pool Kahuna, the licensed and insured TN builder behind fifty years of pool construction. Supervised, trained, experienced crews carry a fifty-year quality standard from sketch to swim.

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50+ YEARS

SUPERVISED EXPERT CREWS

FIBERGLASS, GUNITE, VINYL & ICF

LICENSED & INSURED

FROM THE KAHUNA

Aloha, Murfreesboro. Come Relax by the Water.

Between you and your first swim there is one builder, not a chain of subcontractors. I sketch the design, you get one itemized quote, and our own crews build under experienced supervision. Nashville taught me clay and freeze-thaw. Murfreesboro, TN sits on limestone, and rock changes how a swimming pool gets built.

OUR CRAFT

Pool Construction Services in Murfreesboro, TN

Five ways to build, same crews, same standard.

Fiberglass Pools

Fiberglass pools arrive as a finished shell, so installation takes weeks and maintenance stays the lowest of anything we offer. Around here, most new pool conversations start with fiberglass.

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Gunite Pools

Gunite is sculpted on site in any shape you can draw: a true custom pool with tanning ledges, a spa, and water features.

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Vinyl Liner Pools

A vinyl liner pool pairs a smooth, comfortable surface with the same build quality underneath. We build them for first pools and high-end homes alike.

ICF, Insulated and Efficient

Insulated concrete forms wrap the pool shell in continuous insulation: lower heating bills and a longer swim season. No other local company can offer ICF construction.

Outdoor Living Features

Grill islands, patios, fire pits, fire features, and outdoor kitchens: outdoor living designed with the pool so the backyard works as a single resort.

One Company, Start to Finish

Pool design, permits, excavation, installation, finish work: our own team handles everything. Your itemized quote is free, it comes before you sign, and that number is the number you pay. No surprise line items in fifty years.

How to Choose a Pool Company in Murfreesboro, TN

Many pool companies serve this county. Compare the things that decide how the project ends.

BACKYARD RESORT POOLS

TYPICAL CONTRACTORS

Experience

Fifty years of pool construction

Often under ten

Crews

Our own trained team, supervised

Rotating subcontractors

The dig

Priced for limestone before the bid

Surprise rock charges

Pricing

Itemized quote before you sign

Teaser bids that grow

The dig row matters most. A contractor who has never opened local rock bids it wrong, and the overrun lands on you. We price it right the first time.

READ THE GROUND

Limestone, Clay, and Karst:
Excavating in Murfreesboro, TN

Murfreesboro, TN sits on Central Basin Ordovician limestone, the same rock the Stones River cuts through. It runs shallow, karst sinkholes dot the county, and Dilton-series soils drain slowly over bedrock. An excavation here can hit stone that needs hammering, and a fiberglass pool needs an over-dug hole, quality gravel backfill, and a real drainage plan. Fifty years of digging in Middle Tennessee taught us to read the ground and price the rock before the bid.

Excavated pool shell set into Middle Tennessee rock and clay

The Process, From First Sketch to First Swim

The process is simple on purpose.

Walk the yard.

The visit is free. I hear what you are looking for and tell you what your lot and ground can carry.

Design and quote.

I sketch the pool design, we make the material choices together, and you get an itemized number and a realistic project schedule.

We break ground.

A supervised crew digs, sets the shell or shoots the gunite, pressure-tests every line, and finishes each surface, with inspections before each new phase.

★★★★★

“Honest timeline, fair bid, clean site every afternoon.”

RAY CARMONA · GOOGLE REVIEW

PAPERWORK, HANDLED

Permits, Fences, and Katie Beth’s Law in Murfreesboro, TN

Two desks issue pool permits here, and we handle whichever desk your address answers to.

Inside city limits, the Murfreesboro Building and Codes Department on West Vine Street issues the permit: $150 for an inground pool plus a $100 mechanical fee.

Outside the city, the Rutherford County codes office takes over, and any pool holding more than 24 inches of water needs one.

Code requires a 48-inch self-latching barrier, and the pool cannot sit in an easement or within 5 feet of the house.

Katie Beth’s Law, the Tennessee pool alarm statute, has applied here since 2011, and the alarm must work at final inspection.

Bonding follows NEC Article 680.26 with a licensed electrician, under the 2024 International Residential Code. Our team pulls everything.

STRAIGHT NUMBERS

What Homeowners Invest in Murfreesboro, TN

Most new pools here land at $80,000 or more once you add the features families want, and a custom gunite resort runs $100,000 to $250,000. Smaller plunge pools start closer to $42,000. Hardly any pool builder in Middle Tennessee publishes a number. We just did. Service after the final inspection stays a phone call away.

$59,000

14X28 BUDGET POOLS FROM

$80,000+

MOST NEW POOLS

$100–250K

CUSTOM GUNITE RESORT

Financing That Fits

Financing options are available through specialty lenders. Tell us a comfortable monthly payment and we will design toward it. Your consultation and estimate are free, without obligation.

Each project is backed in writing: [XX-year] structural coverage on the shell, [X years] on workmanship, with equipment under manufacturer warranty, and we provide the claim legwork. Confirm warranty terms before publishing.

What Murfreesboro Families Tell Us

★★★★★

“The entire team is an absolute pleasure to work with. Super deep knowledge and experience. Rarely do you find a pool company as responsive and deliver on time, on budget and always looking out for the clients best interest.”

BOBBY D · GOOGLE REVIEW

A Note From the Kahuna on Value and Experience

My name is Ernie Nagy, the Pool Kahuna, the licensed and insured TN builder behind these pools. Fifty years of building teaches you when to say no: no to a shell dropped on bad backfill, no to a pool your lot cannot hold. The best builders in this county have forty years behind them. I respect gray hair. I have more of it. The value of experience is not speed. It is knowing which corners break when they get cut.

Ernie

DRAWN BY HAND

Custom Pool Design, From Hand Sketch to Proven Shell Models

Your design starts with the yard, not a catalog. I sketch the swimming pool, the pool deck, the LED lighting, and the outdoor kitchen as a single picture, and we make the space work for your family. Fiberglass pools come in proven shapes from the shell manufacturers we build with, and I will recommend the options that fit. Gunite handles any shape you can dream up. What you imagined is exactly what you get.

If BRP will name its fiberglass shell manufacturers, replace “the shell manufacturers we build with” above with the real brands. Client decision.

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Spa and grotto in a Middle Tennessee backyard pool

Outdoor kitchen and grill island beside a pool

Pool lit with color LED lighting after dark

WHERE WE BUILD

Your Pool Builder Across Rutherford County and Middle Tennessee

From Murfreesboro, TN we build in Blackman, Salem Creek, and Barfield, Smyrna, La Vergne, and Eagleville around the county, and Christiana, Rockvale, Walter Hill, and Lascassas where addresses turn rural. The same team builds swimming pools in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Spring Hill, Lebanon, Mount Juliet, Gallatin, and Hendersonville, across Davidson, Williamson, Wilson, and Sumner counties, and we offer the same crews and the same service standard at every address.

RUTHERFORD COUNTY

Blackman

Salem Creek

Barfield

Smyrna

La Vergne

Eagleville

Christiana

Rockvale

Walter Hill

Lascassas

MIDDLE TENNESSEE

Nashville Brentwood Franklin Spring Hill Lebanon Mount Juliet Gallatin Hendersonville

ELSEWHERE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE? CALL THE KAHUNA

GOOD QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

Ready for Your Murfreesboro, TN Backyard Resort?

Make the call now: (615) 944-1612, open 8 to 6, Monday through Saturday, or contact us at backyardresortpools@gmail.com. The consultation is free. I will walk your yard, read the rock, and hand you an honest number for the pool your family will swim in for decades. E komo mai. Come on in.

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The Pool Kahuna · Murfreesboro & Middle Tennessee

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POOLS MURFREESBORO TN:FIBERGLASS & CUSTOM POOL BUILDER

A Backyard Resort,One Family at a Time