Masaryktown sits on the rural southern edge of Hernando County along US 41, where roomy lots and private wells shape a pool project far more than the coastal flood rules that dominate the county's Gulf side.
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“We reached out to Big Splash to help us with detecting a leak we had in our pool. They were prompt and professional when they came out. Tentatively diagnosed where they thought the leak was coming from and had us wait a couple days until the water no longer went down. Once it stopped they…”
“⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Big Splash Pools provided exceptional service from start to finish. Rita is extremely knowledgeable, dependable, and an absolute pleasure to work with. She was prompt for our appointment and stayed in consistent contact throughout the entire process, making sure all the issues we were seeing with our pool were fully addressed and fixed properly.…”
“After a very bad start with two hurricanes and personal health issues Big Splash Pools pulled off transforming our yard into a beautiful resort like experience! We will forever be grateful to Rita with putting up with all our issues and change orders, despite her own life issues she was always there for us and…”
“I had an outstanding experience with Big Splash Pools! They recently replaced the pump on my pool, and I couldn’t be more impressed. From start to finish, their team was professional, efficient, and a pleasure to work with. They completed the job in a timely manner and kept me updated throughout the process, ensuring everything…”
“If you want to waste 2 years of your life and never get a start date for a contract signed 8 months prior...this is your company.”
Masaryktown grew out of a 1920s farming settlement on the Hernando-Pasco line, and much of it still reads that way: larger parcels, room between neighbors, and homes served by a private well and septic system rather than municipal utilities. That fact shapes who you should hire. The pool, its deck, and the equipment pad have to keep documented setbacks from the drainfield and the wellhead, and a builder who works these rural lots lays the site out around those constraints before drawing anything.
Confirm the license first. Florida pool builders are state-certified or state-registered through the Florida DBPR, and the online lookup shows the license number, its status, and any complaints on record. A residential pool contractor carries a CPC- or RP-prefixed license; a general contractor's license alone does not cover in-ground pool construction in Florida. Check that liability and workers' compensation coverage are current before you sign.
Ask about the ground itself. A roomy Masaryktown lot gives a builder more freedom on shape and placement than a tight subdivision parcel, but rural soil and drainage vary from one property to the next, and a contractor should test and grade for how your yard holds water. Larger lots mean longer runs for water, power, and pool equipment, which a complete proposal accounts for rather than surprising you mid-build.
Get more than one written proposal and read the scope, not the bottom line. In Masaryktown the price gap between two quotes usually traces to site work, the screen enclosure, and the safety barrier rather than the pool shell. Screen enclosures are common out here for keeping mosquitoes and debris off the water, and each one carries its own permit. Ask for references from other rural Hernando or north-Pasco jobs, since a tight downtown lot tells you little about how a builder handles acreage on a well.
Masaryktown is an unincorporated community, so it has no building department of its own. Every pool permit here is issued by the Hernando County Building Division at 789 Providence Boulevard in Brooksville, and applications run through the county's Tyler self-service portal. A residential in-ground pool or spa needs that building permit before any excavation starts.
The application carries a site plan showing the pool against property lines and structures, engineered structural drawings, the plumbing layout, and the electrical bonding plan. The county reviews it against the Florida Building Code and schedules inspections through construction — steel and bonding before the pour, plumbing pressure tests, the safety barrier, and a final after the deck and any enclosure are done. Forms sit on the county's building permits and forms page.
On a well-and-septic lot, which describes much of Masaryktown, placement matters early. The pool and equipment pad have to hold set distances from the septic drainfield and the well, and the Florida Department of Health in Hernando County has a say where the work sits near an onsite sewage system. Settle those setbacks before the design is final so the shell is not squeezed into the one corner the code will not allow.
Pool safety follows the same statewide rule everywhere in Hernando. Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (Chapter 515) requires a barrier at least four feet high around a new residential pool, with self-closing, self-latching gates that open away from the water. On top of the barrier, a new pool needs one more safety feature — an ASTM F1346 safety cover, exit alarms on doors with pool access, or a self-latching device on those doors set out of a child's reach.
Sitting inland on the county's southern edge, Masaryktown carries far less coastal flood exposure than Hernando Beach or Weeki Wachee, but low ground near creeks and drainage ways can still fall inside a mapped flood zone. Check the parcel against the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map before design; the county's floodplain office can confirm the zone and any elevation requirement that applies.
Two questions open almost every Masaryktown pool conversation: who handles my permit, and how do my well and septic change where the pool can go. The permit answer is simpler than in Brooksville — Masaryktown has no city hall of its own, so the county handles it. The well-and-septic question takes more care, since the drainfield and the shell are fighting for the same backyard.
The third recurring thread is space and cost. Owners on larger lots want to know how far the site work, the equipment runs, and the screen enclosure push the final number past the shell price, and whether their rural ground drains well enough to hold a pool without trouble. The answers below cover what Masaryktown homeowners ask most.
The county does. Masaryktown is an unincorporated community with no building department of its own, so every pool permit comes from the Hernando County Building Division in Brooksville, filed through the county's Tyler self-service portal. A residential in-ground pool or spa needs that permit before excavation, and your licensed contractor normally pulls it in their own name.
It drives placement. The pool, deck, and equipment pad have to keep set distances from the septic drainfield and the wellhead, and the health department has a say near an onsite sewage system. On a rural lot there is usually room to work around that, but the setbacks should be settled before the design is final, not after the shell is staked.
The same statewide standard applies in Masaryktown. Under Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act, a new pool needs a barrier at least four feet high with self-closing, self-latching gates that open away from the pool. On top of the barrier, the pool needs one more safety feature, such as an approved safety cover or exit alarms on doors with pool access.
Less likely than on the coast. Masaryktown sits inland on the county's southern edge, well away from the Gulf flood zones at Hernando Beach and Weeki Wachee. Low ground near creeks and drainage ways can still be mapped, so check the parcel against the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map before design. The county floodplain office can confirm the zone.
Check the Florida DBPR license lookup. A residential pool contractor holds a state license, usually with a CPC or RP prefix, and the record shows its status and any complaints. Confirm the license is active, the liability and workers' compensation coverage are current, and the contractor pulls the permit in their own name rather than asking you to.
Yes. Screen enclosures are common on Masaryktown pools for keeping mosquitoes and debris off the water, and each one takes its own building permit and inspection apart from the pool. The enclosure has to meet the code for self-closing, self-latching screen doors. Build it into the original contract so it is priced with the pool, not tacked on later.
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