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HN Pool ConstructionJacksonville, FL

Clay County, Florida

Pool Construction and Remodeling on Fleming Island

New pools, resurfacing, and HOA-ready cage designs built for a peninsula where nearly every lot has a review committee and an oak canopy.

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Blue waterline tile meeting light stone coping at the edge of a pool
  • Licensed, insured builders

    Your pool is built by a licensed Florida pool builder you can look up

  • Fixed line-item pricing

    A fixed price for the scope you approve, priced line by line

  • 3D design first

    See the pool before a shovel touches the yard

  • Free on-site estimates

    No obligation

  • One point of contact

    The same person handles your design, your quote, and your questions

Fleming Island is almost entirely master-planned, and almost every lot answers to a homeowners association before it answers to Clay County. HN Pool Construction designs pools, spas, decks, and screen enclosures that clear architectural review the first time, then permits through the Clay County Building Division. We also remodel the first generation of pools built here in the 1990s and 2000s, which are now old enough to need resurfacing and new screen.

What the homes and lots are like in Fleming Island

Fleming Island is a peninsula between Doctors Lake and the St. Johns River, and the housing stock tracks the order the land was developed. Hibernia and Pace Island, the older northern and riverfront sections, mix larger custom homes on wooded lots, some dating to the 1980s, with deeper setbacks from the shoreline than the newer subdivisions.

The middle of the island filled in through Eagle Harbor and Fleming Island Plantation starting in the 1990s into the 2000s, and Margaret's Walk added a later phase closer to town center. Most of those pools are now 15 to 30 years old, old enough for the first resurfacing or a full remodel. A share of buyers here bought a house with a screened lanai and paver patio but no pool, planning to add one after closing.

Who permits a pool in Fleming Island?

Fleming Island is unincorporated Clay County, so the Clay County Building Division issues the building permit along with the electrical, plumbing, and gas sub-permits a pool needs, filed through the county's online Citizens Access Portal. There is no separate town office here the way there is in Orange Park.

The permit is rarely the first hurdle. Eagle Harbor and Fleming Island Plantation both run an architectural review committee that reviews pool and spa placement, setbacks from easements, screen enclosure design, and finish colors, and Eagle Harbor's guidelines specifically state that pools cannot encroach on any easement. Getting that approval before the county permit is filed is standard practice here.

Common lot sizes in these subdivisions run smaller than the older Hibernia and Pace Island lots, so setback and easement math often drives the pool shape more than budget does. We lay out the ARC submission and the county permit drawing from the same survey.

Common here

Pool work we take on in Fleming Island

  • Pool Remodeling & Resurfacing

    Resurfacing and rescreen work on Eagle Harbor and Fleming Island Plantation pools built in the 1990s and 2000s, now due for their first major renovation.

    Pool Remodeling & Resurfacing in Jacksonville
  • Gunite & Concrete Pools

    New gunite pools added to finished backyards where the buyer inherited a lanai and paver patio but no pool, built around existing landscaping.

    Gunite & Concrete Pools in Jacksonville
  • Pool Screen Enclosures

    Cages engineered to shed oak leaf load and matched to Eagle Harbor and Fleming Island Plantation ARC color and style standards.

    Pool Screen Enclosures in Jacksonville
  • Pool & Spa Combos

    Spa additions to existing pools on the larger Hibernia and Pace Island waterfront lots, where there is room for a raised spa with a spillover.

    Pool & Spa Combos in Jacksonville
  • Pool Decks & Pavers

    Paver deck expansions on smaller Fleming Island Plantation lots, laid out around easements the ARC will not allow a pool to cross.

    Pool Decks & Pavers in Jacksonville

What else to know about building here

Lots that front Doctors Lake or the St. Johns River can carry a mapped flood zone and softer, muck-like soil near the water line, which sometimes calls for over-excavation or engineered fill before a gunite shell goes in.

The tree canopy across the island is heavy, and a screen enclosure here has to be engineered to shed a real oak leaf load, not just wind, so we size gutters and panel spans accordingly. Nearly every lot sits inside an HOA, so architectural review is the default, applying as much to a spa add-on or rescreen as to a new pool.

Gallery

Pools we have designed in Fleming Island

  • Gunite pool with a glass tile waterline, wide entry steps, and a white feature wall faced in stacked stone

    Pool with a stacked stone feature wall

    Fleming Island, FL

  • Newly plastered rectangular gunite pool with entry steps and a raised stacked stone wall, set in artificial turf with travertine stepping pads beside a brick home

    Rectangular gunite pool with a raised stone wall

    Fruit Cove, FL

  • Rectangular pool with a raised spa, arcing deck jets, and a stone veneer bond beam

    Raised spa with arcing deck jets

    Lakeside, FL

The process

How a Fleming Island pool project runs

  1. 01

    Estimate

    We walk the yard, check access, grade, and setbacks, and talk through what you want. Free, and usually under an hour.

  2. 02

    3D design

    You see the pool, deck, and enclosure together in 3D before anything is dug. Shape, finish, lighting, all of it.

  3. 03

    Fixed quote

    A line-item quote. Shell, plumbing, equipment, finish, coping, deck, and cage each priced on their own line.

  4. 04

    Build

    A licensed Florida pool builder takes it from here, pulls the permit, and builds to the approved design.

  5. 05

    Walkthrough

    Once it passes final inspection you walk the finished pool with your builder, get the warranties, and learn how to run the equipment.

FAQ

Fleming Island pool questions

Free estimate

Book a free estimate in Fleming Island

Pick a day that works. We confirm the time, walk the yard with you, and follow up with a 3D design and a fixed line-item quote.

  • Licensed, insured builders. Your pool is built by a licensed Florida pool builder you can look up.
  • Fixed line-item pricing. A fixed price for the scope you approve, priced line by line.
  • 3D design first. See the pool before a shovel touches the yard.
  • Free on-site estimates. No obligation.
  • One point of contact. The same person handles your design, your quote, and your questions.
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