Custom Pool Water Features
Elevate your pool design with luxury water features—from mirror-like Lautner Edge pools to elegant scupper water features and more
Pool Water Features in Charleston and Bluffton, SC
A custom pool is more than just a place to swim — it’s the centerpiece of your outdoor living space. At Aqua Blue Pools, we believe a water feature is an addition that creates a unique visual and auditory experience above and beyond simply relaxing in the water.
Whether you’re looking to obscure unwanted neighborhood noise with the soothing sound of bubblers and scuppers, or you want to create a jaw-dropping architectural statement with a seamless Lautner edge overlooking the marsh, we as Master Pools Guild members can design and install the perfect water features for your Charleston or Bluffton home’s swimming pool.
Our design philosophy is rooted in purpose: simplicity, functionality, and long-term sustainability. We encourage homeowners to ask, “Who is the water feature, and what is it for?” — because the best water features add lasting value to your family’s lifestyle.
Explore Water Feature Enhancements for your Pool
Our pool design team can help you select water features that complement your swimming pool design, architecture, and surrounding landscape. We can also help coordinate premium finish materials, with options such as brushed copper and stainless steel offering a refined look for Lowcountry pools. Explore the water feature options below to find inspiration for your custom pool.
INFINITY & VANISHING EDGE FEATURES
Infinity Edge Pools
Also known as disappearing edge or vanishing edge pools, infinity edge pool designs are the ultimate expression of waterfront luxury. Water flows effortlessly over the infinity edge, creating the breathtaking illusion of a pool that blends seamlessly into the horizon.
Estimated starting price: ~$50,000
Perimeter Overflow Pools
The height of architectural elegance. Perimeter overflow pool designs allow water to flow seamlessly over every edge, creating a perfectly level, glass-like surface with striking visual impact.
Estimated starting price: ~$60,000
Lautner Edge Pools (Zero Edge)
The pinnacle of modern design. Lautner edge pool designs, also known as zero-edge pools, sit perfectly flush with the surrounding patio, creating a mirror-like surface and seamless connection between the pool and landscape.
Estimated starting price: ~$80,000
WATER MOVEMENT & DISPLAY FEATURES
Bubbler Fountains
A favorite finishing touch, bubblers create gentle movement, soothing sounds, and a resort-style ambiance you’ll enjoy every day.
Estimated starting price: ~$4,000
Deck Jets
Graceful arcs of water create a captivating display, adding movement, soothing sounds, and timeless elegance to your pool.
Laminar Water Jets
Smooth, glass-like arcs of water add a precise, contemporary display that can be positioned along coping, decks, or raised architectural elements.
Water Curtains
A broad, continuous sheet of water creates dramatic movement and sound beneath an architectural overhang, wall, or custom pool structure.
ARCHITECTURAL WATER & FIRE FEATURES
Raised Walls with Scuppers
Raised walls bring architectural definition, dimension, and visual interest to the poolscape. They also provide a backdrop for scupper-style water features, allowing water to cascade from the wall and become an integral part of the design.
Estimated starting price: ~$10,000
Fire & Water Bowls
Where fire meets water, these stunning features create a dramatic focal point with warmth, movement, and unforgettable evening ambiance.
Estimated starting price: ~$5,000
Modern-Inspired Water Features
Custom stainless-steel water sculptures and contemporary spillways bring clean lines, reflective materials, and a distinctive architectural focal point to the pool environment.
Estimated starting price: ~$4,000
Designing Water Features with Purpose
Our goal is never to add complexity or cost just for the sake of it, but to increase visual impact and functionality while keeping your pool sustainable over the long term and maintenance to a minimum. Through our custom pool design process, we integrate the pool structure into your home’s architecture to create a seamless indoor/outdoor living experience.
Homeowners customize their water features through material selections, lines of sight, focal points, kid-friendliness, budget, and resale value. Every decision is guided by your lifestyle and the unique characteristics of your property.
Creating a Complete Pool Experience
Water features are most effective when they work together to shape the entire experience — how the pool looks from the home, how it sounds from nearby seating, and how it feels throughout the day and evening. We recommend pairings that create this sense of cohesion rather than treating each feature as an isolated addition.
For layered movement and sound,
bubblers can be paired with deck jets or laminars to balance low vertical motion, smooth illuminated arcs, and gentle white noise.
For an architectural statement,
raised walls with scuppers or a continuous water curtain add visual structure while producing a soothing, consistent flow of water.
For a modern estate setting,
a Lautner edge paired with fire-and-water bowls combines a mirror-like water surface with a dramatic evening focal point.
Where Can Water Features Add the Most Impact?
The right location depends on the pool’s structure, sight lines, and how you want the water to look and sound from the home, patio, and yard. Thoughtful placement helps each feature feel integrated rather than added on.
Along Pool Coping and Deck Edges
Deck jets and laminars work well along the coping or surrounding deck, where they can send controlled arcs into the pool without requiring a large raised structure.
On Raised Walls and Architectural Elements
Scuppers and water curtains are ideal for raised walls, overhangs, and focal structures where gravity can create a clean drop, broad sheet, or rhythmic series of flows.
At Shallow or Social Areas
Bubblers add movement and sound to shallow areas or existing ledges while keeping the display low, playful, and visible from nearby seating.
At View-Facing and Perimeter Edges
Infinity pool designs, perimeter-overflow systems, and Lautner edge pools belong where elevation, views, and surrounding architecture can support their seamless water-line effect.
Adding Water Features to an Existing Pool
You don’t need to build a new pool to enjoy the luxury of moving water. With the right budget and engineering, many water features — from raised walls with scuppers to new laminar jets — can be added during a comprehensive pool renovation.
Our renovation team specializes in seamlessly integrating new features into existing concrete pools across the Lowcountry. Whether you want to add bubblers to an existing shallow area, install a dramatic fire-and-water feature on your pool deck, or engineer a full negative edge on a waterfront property, we have the expertise to make it happen.
Popular renovation additions include bubblers and laminars, raised walls with scuppers, and fire-and-water bowls — all of which may be possible without a full pool rebuild.
Custom Pools With Water Features Across the Lowcountry
Aqua Blue Pools designs and builds custom pools that can incorporate a wide range of water features, creating cohesive outdoor environments for properties throughout the Lowcountry:
- Waterfront properties on Kiawah & Seabrook Islands, Hilton Head, and the Isle of Palms
- Luxury properties in Charleston, Mount Pleasant, and Daniel Island
- Coastal communities in Bluffton, Beaufort, Hilton Head Island, and Savannah, GA
- Growing neighborhoods in Summerville, James Island, and Sullivan’s Island
We recommend specific features based on your property type: negative edges for water or marsh views, bubblers and scuppers for higher-traffic properties where you want to obscure road noise, and fire bowls to increase backyard ambiance in urban areas.
We serve the entire Lowcountry from our Charleston and Bluffton offices — including Folly Beach and Edisto Island.
Request a Consultation
Ready to incorporate the sight and sound of water into your pool environment? Whether you’re planning a new custom pool or renovating an existing one, contact our Charleston or Bluffton office to discuss how water features can be incorporated into the overall pool design.
SCHEDULE A DESIGN CONSULTATION »Frequently Asked Questions About Pool Water Features
For homes with water or marsh views, a negative (infinity) edge is the premier choice. It creates the illusion that your pool water is dropping directly into the natural body of water beyond. For flat waterfront properties without a natural drop-off, a Lautner edge creates a stunning mirror effect that reflects the surrounding landscape.
Maintenance depends on the feature’s hydraulics, finishes, and exposure. Aqua Blue Pools can maintain and service every feature it builds, including complex negative-edge and Lautner-edge systems.
Yes. Bubblers, scuppers, deck jets, and spillways create a consistent layer of moving-water sound that can help soften traffic and neighborhood noise.
With the right budget and engineering, many water features can be integrated during a comprehensive concrete-pool renovation, including bubblers, laminars, raised walls, scuppers, and fire-and-water bowls.
Costs vary by scale, materials, hydraulics, elevation, and structural engineering. Estimated starting prices are shown on applicable feature cards; a design consultation provides the most accurate project budget.
Projects are custom-engineered in steel-reinforced concrete and finished with premium materials such as porcelain, glass tile, natural stone, granite, and copper.
Popular pairings include bubblers with laminars, raised walls with scuppers or a water curtain, and Lautner edges with fire-and-water bowls. The best combination depends on sight lines, sound, lifestyle, and the architecture of the property.
