14x28 inground pool

14x28 inground pool: size, cost and what it looks like

A 14x28 inground pool is 392 square feet of water with 84 feet of edge, and holds about 13,200 gallons at a 4.5 foot average depth. It sits at the small end of the 14x28 to 16x32 range that one California pool builder's size guide calls average. The pool alone runs $35,000 to $100,000 at national planning rates.

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Last updated October 10, 2026

AI concept image of a pool, the closest size we have pictured to a 14x28 and not an exact match: a rectangular pool in front of a white two-story house, with a sun shelf, a raised spa, a pergola and an iron fence

AI concept image, not a photo of a built pool.

Water surface: 392 sq ft
Edge: 84 ft
Gallons at 4.5 ft: 13,200
Fence panels long: 3.5
The pool alone, planning: $35,000 to $98,000

The free visualizer has no one-tap preset for a 14x28. Open it and set the length and width to this size.

A 14x28 next to its neighbours, at the same scale

The shaded outline is the 14x28. The others are the sizes either side of it, drawn from the same corner, so you can see what one step adds.

Outlines, smallest to largest: 12x24, 14x28, 15x30. Every outline starts at the same corner and is drawn to scale. The ticks on the top and left edges are 8 ft fence panels.

A 14x28 is where the family size range starts

The 14x28 is the bottom of the 14 by 28 to 16 by 32 foot band that one California pool builder's size guide calls average. It is 3.5 fence panels long and 1.8 wide. Put next to a 12x24 it adds 104 square feet of water, which is a different pool once you have kids and friends in it at the same time.

We do not have a picture drawn at exactly 14 by 28 yet. The one above is a 15 by 30 in a farmhouse yard, the closest size we have pictured: it is a little larger than a 14x28, by about 15 percent in water area, so read the yard around it and allow for a slightly smaller pool.

A 14x28 gives a shelf and a swim, if the yard can spare the space

One pool maker suggests keeping a pool to no more than about a quarter of the yard, and by that rule a 14x28 suits a yard of about 1,550 square feet. That is the room the pool, a deck border, a seating area and a little planting all have to share, so count the usable yard after the house, the driveway and your town's setbacks are taken out.

A sun shelf, a set of steps and a few strokes of swimming can all fit here, if the builder confirms the layout. Twenty-eight feet is enough length for short laps, and fourteen feet of width leaves room to have a shallow ledge down one side and still keep a clear lane.

A 14x28 is comfortable for roughly 4 to 6 people, says one California pool builder's size guide. That is one builder's rule of thumb, so the people table in the guide shows it next to the guide's own per-swimmer figure.

The cost of the extra size is mostly the cost of more water and more edge. The deck border, the coping and the fence all scale with the perimeter, which is 84 feet here. A plain rectangle is the simplest edge to price; curves and extra corners add coping and tile per foot.

What a 14x28 costs depends on how much of the yard you count

The table below prices the pool at published per-square-foot rates and then adds the lines a quote should itemise: coping, a four foot deck border and a pool fence. Each line shows its quantity and its rate, so you can swap in your own numbers. Rather than lean on one published headline figure for a 14x28, we show the arithmetic. The cost page explains each line and where the published guides disagree.

Planning cost lines for a 14x28 inground pool at national rates
Line	Planning range
The pool392 sq ft of water at $90 to $250 a square foot (shell, excavation, plumbing, equipment, plaster).	$35,000 to $98,000
Coping84 linear ft of water edge at $6 to $55 a foot, from plain concrete to travertine.	$500 to $4,500
A 4 ft deck border all round400 sq ft at $3 to $80 a square foot installed, from pavers to composite decking.	$1,000 to $32,000
Aluminum pool fence around that deck116 linear ft at $15 to $35 a foot installed.	$1,500 to $4,000
All of the above, if your quote includes it	$35,000 to $140,000

A planning range from published sources, not a quote. National rates; a state, a lot and the build type can move them a lot more than a few percent. Totals are rounded down and up to the nearest $5,000, so they will not match the sum of the lines. We price a 4 ft deck border; the builder size guide we cite suggests at least 6 ft clear around the pool, which adds deck and fence cost. The per-foot band is quoted for a standard pool and used here for every size. Left out: permits and engineering, land clearing, landscaping, electrical beyond the pool equipment, a heater, a cover, financing and overruns. Rates from: HomeAdvisor, in-ground pool cost, Fixr, gunite and concrete pool, Pool Research, plunge pool cost, Pool Research, pool coping cost, HomeAdvisor, travertine pavers, HomeAdvisor, pool deck cost, Fixr, pool fence.

More on size: the full inground pool size chart, what size pool do I need.

A design drawn at this size: Modern farmhouse pool with a sun shelf in Naperville.

Pricing the whole job? Inground pool cost, line by line covers every line a 14x28 quote should carry.

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Questions people ask

How many gallons is a 14x28 pool?

About 13,200 gallons at a 4.5 foot average depth, or 11,700 to 14,700 gallons if the average is 4 to 5 feet. Pool Research gives the formula: length times width times average depth times 7.5.

Is 14x28 a common inground pool size?

It is a common size. One California pool builder's size guide gives 14x28 to 16x32 feet as the range it calls average, and a 14x28 is the bottom of that band. Vinyl liner pools are often sold at 16x32, 18x36 and 20x40.

How much does a 14x28 inground pool cost?

At national planning rates, the pool alone comes to $35,000 to $100,000, and the full set of lines on this page reaches $35,000 to $140,000. That is a range from published guides, not a quote; your town and your yard move it. See what adds cost.

Sources and date checked

Links checked October 6, 2026. If one has moved or no longer says this, tell us (see our editorial policy) and we will fix it.

Every picture on these pages is an AI concept image, not a built pool, and its proportions are not measured. Where a size has no picture of its own we show the closest one and say so in the text. Cost ranges are planning numbers from published guides at national rates, not quotes. See how we write and check pages in our editorial policy.

This page is about inground pools. A 12x24 or a 15x30 is also a common above-ground oval, which is a different product at a different price.

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