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Desert Springs Pool & Spa with Rico Rock Waterfall in Deltona, FL

San Juan Desert Springs fiberglass pool and spa with LED lights in a bronze screen enclosure
Finished at dusk: spa jets on, LEDs lit, inside the bronze screen enclosure

This Deltona pool with a waterfall started on the porch. Before any digging, we built the homeowner an elevated back porch. Then we came back and set a San Juan Desert Springs fiberglass pool with an attached spa. We added a Rico Rock waterfall and custom LEDs in the pool, spa and fountain, poured a concrete deck finished in acrylic knockdown, and built a bronze pool screen enclosure over the whole space. Southern Construction built it in 2020.

At a glance

LocationDeltona, Florida (West Volusia)
ProjectFiberglass pool and spa, Rico Rock waterfall, concrete deck, bronze screen enclosure, elevated back porch
ShellSan Juan Desert Springs: 30’1″ x 14′, 6’1″ deep, about 7,120 gallons, with the spa built into the shell
Water featureRico Rock waterfall with a custom LED light
LightingCustom color LEDs in the pool, spa and waterfall
DeckPoured concrete with an acrylic knockdown finish
EnclosureBronze aluminum screen enclosure
Built2020

How we built it

  1. Elevated porch first. Before the pool, we built the elevated back porch, so the pool deck could be laid out to meet it.
  2. Excavation. We dug the hole, cleared the roots and set the grade with a laser level.
  3. Shell set. The excavator lowered the San Juan Desert Springs shell into place. We leveled it, plumbed the pool and spa, and backfilled.
  4. Deck forms. Forms went in around the pool and out to the porch.
  5. Waterfall. We set the Rico Rock waterfall at the edge of the pool, with its own custom LED.
  6. Concrete and acrylic knockdown. We poured the deck and finished it in acrylic knockdown, which stays cooler underfoot and gives better grip than bare concrete.
  7. Screen enclosure. We built a bronze aluminum screen enclosure over the pool and deck, then filled the pool and started it up.

Watch it at night

The Rico Rock waterfall and LEDs at dusk

Construction photos

Fiberglass pool excavation in a Deltona backyard with a laser level
Excavation set to grade with a laser level
Cleared pool excavation behind a Deltona home
The dig cleared of roots and ready for the shell
Excavator lowering a San Juan Desert Springs fiberglass pool shell
Setting the San Juan Desert Springs shell with the excavator
Fiberglass pool shell backfilled with concrete deck forms beside an elevated porch
Shell backfilled and plumbed, with deck forms going in off the porch
Wood deck forms around a fiberglass pool next to an elevated porch
Deck forms run out from the elevated porch we built before the pool
Rico Rock waterfall set beside a fiberglass pool
The Rico Rock waterfall set at the pool's edge

The finished pool

Fiberglass pool with an acrylic knockdown concrete deck and rock waterfall
Concrete deck finished in acrylic knockdown
Rico Rock waterfall with a blue LED light flowing into a pool
The waterfall running with its custom LED light

Why a waterfall and LEDs are worth it on a Deltona pool

  • Sound: a waterfall masks street and neighbor noise, which matters on a typical Deltona lot
  • Night use: in Florida summers, evenings are when people actually swim, and color LEDs make the pool and waterfall the focal point after dark
  • Fiberglass: the Desert Springs shell comes with the spa built in, so there is no separate spa to form, and the gelcoat stays smooth for decades

Thinking about a pool in Deltona?

We build fiberglass pools, decks, porches and screen enclosures across West Volusia, including Deltona, DeBary, Orange City and DeLand. See another one we built nearby: a Desert Springs pool and spa with deck jets in Deltona, plus our Ariella pool in DeBary. Southern Construction is family owned and operated, licensed (CPC 1461713), and has been building in Central Florida since 2005. Get a free estimate.