We handle pool construction in Greenville, NC as our home base and work outward across Pitt County and the surrounding region. There is no travel charge anywhere in the footprint below. What does vary, considerably, is the ground — and since the ground drives the design, the price and the schedule, each area is worth understanding on its own terms.
Greenville and Pitt County
Greenville is the tenth largest city in North Carolina and the medical, educational and commercial centre of the eastern part of the state, anchored by East Carolina University and the region's largest hospital. The city runs from the Tar River south and west through established neighborhoods like Lynndale, Forest Hills, Brook Valley and the older streets near campus, out to the newer building along the Firetower Road and Portertown corridors and south toward Winterville.
Ground conditions across the city are mixed. The Pitt County soil survey describes well-drained series where the seasonal high water table sits below five feet, and poorly drained series — Rains, Bladen, Pantego, Lynchburg — where it sits at or near the surface. Both occur inside the city limits, sometimes within a few blocks of each other. Property near the Tar River carries flood mapping considerations on top.
Pitt County towns
Winterville — the fastest-growing pool market in the county, with new subdivisions on graded fill and mostly straightforward equipment access.
Ayden — two different jobs in one zip code: tight, tree-shaded lots in the historic town centre and open agricultural parcels outside it.
Farmville — the highest ground in Pitt County at roughly 124 feet, and on average the easiest ground in the county to put a pool in.
Grifton — Contentnea Creek bottomland straddling the Pitt and Lenoir line. Beautiful, low, and requires full groundwater engineering.
Bethel — northern Pitt farm country where well-drained ridges and saturated flats can exist on the same property.
Simpson — eastern Pitt County acreage running down toward the Tar River bottomland. Big lots, no HOAs, high water table.
We also work Grimesland, Fountain, Falkland, Black Jack and the unincorporated county throughout.
North and northwest
Tarboro — one of the largest historic districts in North Carolina, sitting on a river that crested more than twenty feet above flood stage in 1999. Flood mapping and equipment elevation dominate every project here.
Rocky Mount — split across Nash and Edgecombe counties near the fall line, which makes the soil more variable than anywhere else we work. A large stock of older pools due for renovation.
Wilson — thirty-five minutes west on I-587, with generous lots, heavy canopy and better-drained upper Coastal Plain ground.
Williamston — Roanoke River bottomland in Martin County, the wettest ground in our footprint and the one where groundwater engineering is least optional.
East, toward the water
Washington — where the Tar becomes the Pamlico. Tidal groundwater, brackish soil, storm surge and a pre-Revolutionary historic district. A different technical problem from anywhere inland.
South
Kinston — on the Neuse, which set a record in 1999 and broke it in 2016. Extensive older housing stock and a lot of pools from the sixties through eighties needing work.
Goldsboro — Wayne County, anchored by Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, with a high-turnover housing market that changes how people think about pool investment.
New Bern — the confluence of the Neuse and Trent, tidal groundwater year-round, salt corrosion, and a historic district with genuine access constraints. The most demanding ground we work in.
Trent Woods — large wooded lots on the tidal Trent River. Shade, groundwater and salt, each of which changes the design on its own.
Scheduling across the footprint
Greenville and Pitt County work gets scheduled continuously. Longer runs — Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, New Bern, Trent Woods — get grouped into blocks so that travel is efficient, which means lead times on those can run a little longer. There is still no travel charge. It just means calling earlier if you are at the outer edge.
If your town is not listed and you are within reasonable reach of the area described above, call and ask rather than assuming. Some jobs justify the drive.
What we do everywhere
Gunite pool construction, fiberglass installation, vinyl liner pools, deck construction, spa and hot tub installation, renovation and remodeling, equipment installation and custom pool design.
What we build
Every town
Questions people ask before they build
Is there really no travel charge?
Correct, anywhere in the footprint described on this page. Travel gets built into how we schedule rather than added to your invoice. What longer distance does affect is lead time, because outlying work is grouped into blocks.
Why does the ground vary so much across eastern North Carolina?
Because the Coastal Plain is a layered mix of ancient coastal and river sediment, and elevation drops steadily from west to east. In Pitt County alone the range runs from about 124 feet near Farmville to near sea level on the eastern edge. Add tidal influence near the sounds and river floodplains on top, and conditions can change completely within a few miles.
How far ahead should I call if I am at the edge of the service area?
Earlier than you would for a Pitt County project, simply because outlying work is scheduled in blocks. If you are in New Bern, Trent Woods, Goldsboro or Rocky Mount and want to swim next summer, autumn is the right time to start the conversation.
Do you work outside this area at all?
Sometimes, depending on the project. If you are near the edge of what is described here, call and ask. Some jobs justify the distance and some do not, and we will be straight with you about which.