We like many are going to put in a pool. What are the pros/ cons fiberglass vs liner? We’re leaning fiberglass. Thanks for any feedback
concrete ?
I am in the process of trying to remove my pool, Kids are gone and we do not use it.
It takes about $70 a month to maintain, and takes up a lot of yard.
The lowest bid so far is about $9K to remove the pool.
City regulations, it has to be taken down to 24 inches below grade.Why not just fill it with dirt ?
It's a common action.
City regulations, it has to be taken down to 24 inches below grade.
City regulations, it has to be taken down to 24 inches below grade.
Oh you also get to keep cleaning it balancing the water Ph and adding chlorine or salt depending on your pool, all long after everyone got bored with it and rarely use it. That is why a nice above ground pool is a better choice, if you get sick of it you can just take it down.In ground swimming pool? Isn't that a hole in your backyard that you fill with water and then continually throw money into?
I had a friend build a wonderful deck on top of her old pool. I don't know how large yours is. They framed it in. It looked nice. If you look up deck over pool, or decking over pool you'll see what I'm talking about. I am unsure of the expense.City regulations, it has to be taken down to 24 inches below grade.
Not much both fill with ground water, and could be dangerous to fall in.What's the difference between an unused pool and a crater?
I got bids for both, the deck folks want the same price as the demo folks (about $10K).I had a friend build a wonderful deck on top of her old pool. I don't know how large yours is. They framed it in. It looked nice. If you look up deck over pool, or decking over pool you'll see what I'm talking about. I am unsure of the expense.
I could just punch holes, and fill it with dirt, but the 79 cubic yards of dirt, would be difficult to sneak in,Buy a jackhammer and sneak it into your trash every week until the city hauls off your pool for free
I could just punch holes, and fill it with dirt, but the 79 cubic yards of dirt, would be difficult to sneak in,
and a lot of work.
Wow ouch! That's a lot! You need to befriend someone in construction. lolI got bids for both, the deck folks want the same price as the demo folks (about $10K).
Find a company building swimming pools, they always have spare dirt!Hummm.....buy an old car, bust the bottom, push old car into it so it looks like it caused damage, and call Farmer's Insurance company and say "I've got a claim worthy of a TV ad".
A freaking hurricane washed a gully on my property on one side that probably needed about half that much dirt when it first happened. I have been backfilling it with anything I can get get when I can get it since can't get a dump trump near that spot due to big trees. A lot of broken asphalt, concrete and bricks wheelbarrowed to the hole. I just top it off with dirt once I get within about a foot of the grade. Maybe a third the way done. I just don't currently know where I can snag any more free debris at the moment so at a standstill myself.
The city made the requirements to remove a pool fairly onerous, so it adds to the costs.Wow ouch! That's a lot! You need to befriend someone in construction. lol
Not much both fill with ground water, and could be dangerous to fall in.
Not much both fill with ground water, and could be dangerous to fall in.
There are other choices, I could make a fish pond! But yes I will have it removed for the back yard space.Point taken, but aside from the danger and aesthetics, I bet the city doesn't have an ordinance on craters.
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Given all the restrictions, it sounds like you'll have to bite that financial bullet or maintain the pool.
Find a company building swimming pools, they always have spare dirt!
There are other choices, I could make a fish pond! But yes I will have it removed for the back yard space.