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re: How much does it cost to get rid of an in ground swimming pool?
Posted on 1/25/19 at 3:36 pm to keakar
Posted on 1/25/19 at 3:36 pm to keakar
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if you do as the uninformed suggest and just fill it in, you are liable for lawsuit after selling the house later. just filling in a pool without removing it is treated like hazardous waste site shite, they dont play about that shite. talk to the code enforcement and check into the liability laws if you dont want to believe me
Completely untrue.
I have demolished many pools in the past 20 years. Sure, demolishing a pool without a permit is a liability but done correctly and permitted there should be no problems.
Per the City of Houston:
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Swimming Pool / Spa Demolition
A) Drain and clean pool of all water, debris and rubbish. A sanitary sewer disconnect permit and a site inspection from Plumbing Inspections is required. When applicable, a site inspection is necessary to verify that no sewer connection is present. Contact Plumbing Inspections at (832) 394-8870. NOTE: Do not drain pool/spa water into a storm-sewer.
B) Remove and properly dispose of accessories such as coping, ladders, diving boards, and diving platforms.
C) Demolish and remove existing trough gutter, trough drain, and apron. Properly dispose of demolished materials.
D) Punch 3” diameter holes through the bottom of the floor slab of the swimming pool at the lowest point approximately 4’ by 4’. NOTE: A site inspection is required prior to back-filling the pool or spa. Contact Structural Inspections at (832) 394-8840.
E) Backfill the pool cavity with a granular fill (Class 2) in uniform layers of 12-inch thickness with a plasticity index less than four (4). Compact each layer of fill to a minimum density of 90 in accordance with American Standard Testing Method D698.
F) Backfill the pool cavity with new fill material to match existing grade. Do not fill with demolition materials. NOTE: For final inspection, contact Structural Inspections at (832) 394-8840.
LINK to permit process
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Posted on 1/25/19 at 3:37 pm to East Coast Band
Dude, do not buy a house with a pool if you plan on not having a pool. I shouldn’t have to tell you this
Posted on 1/25/19 at 3:41 pm to dcbl
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we actually did this when we bough our house the pool had not been taken care of by the owners we bought from & we had a 6 year old & 4 year old when we bought (one of my favorite things to tell the kids is GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY) we spent around $6,000
So you must have really loved the house, I can’t imagine buying a house with a pool under the assumption I was getting rid of it
Posted on 1/25/19 at 4:15 pm to 777Tiger
If you fill it in, drill numerous holes in the bottom of it, place filter fabric over the holes and then fill.
Make sure the fill is well compacted or it will compact itself over time.
Make sure the fill is well compacted or it will compact itself over time.
Posted on 1/25/19 at 5:47 pm to East Coast Band
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Sort of looking at homes for sale and a few have a swimming pool that I'm not really interested in having.
Has anyone suggested you just don't buy a house with a pool?
Posted on 1/25/19 at 6:02 pm to East Coast Band
While you have the hole, just put a storm shelter in and the fill in around it.
Posted on 1/25/19 at 6:16 pm to AUsteriskPride
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While you have the hole, just put a storm shelter in and the fill in around it.
Now that is an idea I like. Just as long as I am not in a flood zone. Otherwise it would just be a large coffin or burial plot for myself and my family to drown in.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 1:02 pm to East Coast Band
Bump to an old thread. Looking at buying a house with a pool that we really don't want (the pool, not the house). Before everyone says keep it, I want a yard for my 1 and 3 year olds and we have a membership to a pool.
Seems like the cost is fairly low, maybe 2-4k (or DIY, i have operated equipment before), but in Baton Rouge does anyone know if you need a permit to do this? Pool is concrete FWIW.
ETA thought this was on H&G board, not OT.
Seems like the cost is fairly low, maybe 2-4k (or DIY, i have operated equipment before), but in Baton Rouge does anyone know if you need a permit to do this? Pool is concrete FWIW.
ETA thought this was on H&G board, not OT.
This post was edited on 9/25/23 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 9/25/23 at 1:05 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
Pools rarely help house valuation. The market of people wanting to frick with a pool is smaller.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 1:08 pm to The Korean
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My neighbor just knocked the concrete decking into the pool and filled it up with dirt, don't even know it was there. It was a little redneck and I do live in LP but it works.
Place near my house filled in their pool but left the coping and ladder still intact... It's pretty funny looking at it...
Posted on 9/25/23 at 1:08 pm to East Coast Band
Seems like it would be easier to just find a house without a pool
Posted on 9/25/23 at 1:30 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 9/25/23 at 1:38 pm to deanwelles
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I want a yard for my 1 and 3 year olds
That heck with the kids, make it a putting green
Posted on 9/25/23 at 1:48 pm to texn
That’s pretty sweet.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 2:40 pm to Hateradedrink
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Pools rarely help house valuation. The market of people wanting to frick with a pool is smaller.
not always....its offers appeal to those who want one for sure though. last house i sold about 5 years ago, cookie cutter neighborhood. we had a pool\deck added. sold ours for about 35K more than and within 2 weeks of listing while many others were listed and sat for months...in in a highly desired area\school district for "first time" buyers.
eta: you did say rarely, and we may have been one of those rare times. all depends on the buyer\wife!
This post was edited on 9/25/23 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 9/25/23 at 3:15 pm to East Coast Band
I'll take it
Posted on 9/25/23 at 3:17 pm to East Coast Band
Find a house without a pool. You're already paying a higher price because the house has a pool and then you want to pay more to fill it up.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 3:18 pm to East Coast Band
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I assume you'd rip up the whole thing and not just fill up the pool with dirt.
jack hammer(or use a backhoe,) a hole in the bottom, get rid of the decking and make sure the side wall is well below the surface, and fill with dirt
Posted on 9/25/23 at 3:56 pm to ChadJones4Heisman
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No reason not to just knock down the pool deck and first foot or so of the concrete/gunnite siding and dump into the leftover pool and fill it in.
My neighbor did this exact thing.
Posted on 9/25/23 at 4:14 pm to East Coast Band
That’s stupid.
Not once, ever, have i said man i sure wish i didn’t have my pool.
The kids have a blast swimming in it. It’s amazing to jump in after cutting the grass. Had bitches naked in it. Pool parties with friends over.
You cray to want to get rid of it
Not once, ever, have i said man i sure wish i didn’t have my pool.
The kids have a blast swimming in it. It’s amazing to jump in after cutting the grass. Had bitches naked in it. Pool parties with friends over.
You cray to want to get rid of it
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