Davidson County · Metro Nashville · Nashville, TN
Outdoor living spaces in Nashville
In Nashville we design and build outdoor living spaces, meaning covered kitchens, pergolas, fire features, covered seating and lighting, often beside a new pool. Metro Codes reviews where a pool sits against the parcel’s zoning, so placement on the lot is settled before anything else.
What does Metro Codes look at?
Pools in Nashville go through the Metro Department of Codes and Building Safety at 800 President Ronald Reagan Way. Zoning examiners review the plans for the pool’s location on your parcel, and Metro’s pool page says no pool, in-ground or above-ground, may sit within an easement or a platted setback. A pool-alarm receipt is part of the file.
The barrier follows the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code. Applications go through the Zoning Help Desk or Metro’s online permits portal, and inspections are booked there too.
How does a Nashville outdoor living space come together?
It starts with the personalized consultation and moves to a site plan. The outdoor living design places the cooking area, the shade and the fire where they work against the house, the sun and the neighbors, then routes power, gas and lighting before any paving. When a pool is part of it, the pool shell and the covered space are drawn together so the deck between them is the right width.
What is under a Nashville yard?
Nashville sits in the Central Basin on Ordovician limestone, and WPLN has reported the area as a sinkhole hotspot. USGS figures put the median depth to bedrock at about 2.4 meters in the Inner Central Basin and 3.7 meters in the Outer. None of that tells you what is under one lot, which is why the site visit checks soil, grade and drainage before a design is fixed.
Footings for a covered kitchen or pergola are sized to what the visit finds.
Where in Davidson County do we work?
Across Nashville and out to Bellevue, both under Metro Codes. Angela was born in Nashville, and our base in Brentwood is just south of the county line.
What we build in Nashville
Pools, stone and outdoor rooms
Custom Pools
Fiberglass Pools
Factory-molded shells, set in days.
See fiberglass poolsCustom Pools
Gunite Pools
Any shape, vanishing edges, spas.
See gunite poolsHardscapes
Custom Hardscaping
Patios, walls, walkways, decks.
See custom hardscapingOutdoor Living
Outdoor Living Design
Kitchens, pergolas, fire features.
See outdoor living designNearby: Bellevue · Brentwood · Hendersonville · Mount Juliet · All 18 towns
Questions, answered
Pools in Nashville: common questions
Can you build a pool in an easement in Nashville?
No. Metro Nashville’s pool permitting page says neither in-ground nor above-ground pools may be placed within an easement or a platted setback. Zoning examiners check the pool’s location against your parcel, so the survey and the easement lines are the first things we look at when a Nashville yard is drawn.
Does Nashville require a pool alarm?
Yes. Metro Codes asks for a pool-alarm receipt with a residential pool permit, and Tennessee law, Tenn. Code 68-14-805, bars local governments from issuing a residential pool permit unless a pool alarm is planned. Buy the alarm before applying and keep the receipt with the permit paperwork.
Are sinkholes a problem in Nashville?
They can be. Nashville sits on Ordovician limestone in the Central Basin, which WPLN has described as a sinkhole hotspot, and USGS data show about 3.7% of the Inner Basin with sinkhole density above 10%. That is a reason to check soil and drainage on site before any pool or footing is placed.
What does an outdoor living space include?
Typically a covered kitchen, a pergola or covered seating, a fire feature and lighting, laid out on a patio that connects to the house and, often, to a pool. Each piece is drawn in one plan, so footings, gas, power and drainage go in before the paving instead of being cut in later.