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has anyone ever filled in/done away with their pool? how did it go? how much dirt after dumping in the decking. I know that depends on how much decking was there.
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sure would like to do ours -- we'll probably just move first.
can't really help, but ya might have to take down the first couple feet from the top if it's gunite.
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I haven't done it but several of friends have. The one thing that is necessary is to make large holes in the bottom so it can drain or it becomes a mess
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Keep in mind when determining the amount of required fill, you may need 15%-->33% more than the neat area calculates to (depending on the type of fill and after proper compaction). Soil "fluffs" when excavated, for lack of a better term...
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If you aren't going to remove it the alternative is to chip a bunch of holes in the bottom then to knock the walls in by jack hammering a line around it. Then fill it in.
Leaving the pool in place and empty it functions as a boat and will float out of the ground. That is if it's a gunnite pool, fiberglass and others seem to be pretty much immune to it.
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thooks said:
I'm right around the corner from ya....
My pool is a standard 25,000 gallons. If the dirt didn't compact, that would be about 3500 cubic feet of dirt. That's about 130 cubic yards of material. Seeing how a standard 2-axle dump truck can haul about 12 yards of material, that's going to be somewhere around 10-12 dump trucks of dirt to be hauled, compacted, spread, etc.
There's a sign on the east side of the road on Highway 85 south of Highway 16 that I believe says "Free Top Soil". I'm sure you'll need to get a truck to haul it, but...
I'd say if you get a load hauled for $125 and there's about a day's worth of tractor work to spreading, compacting, etc., you're looking at $3,000.
Pretty accurate. We had estimates of around $4,000 to fill in mother in law's pool.
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arthropod98 said:
sure would like to do ours -- we'll probably just move first.
Same here. If the monster from the lagoon came out of it one day I would not be at all surprised. I do toss in those tablets that kill the mosquito larvae, but that is about it.
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In a previous life I helped fill many pools. No matter what kind it is you need to knock holes in the bottom. We had to excavate a filled in pool where the homeowner failed to do this and he had a swampy mess in his backyard. We would break up the deck and push it in the hole. The smaller the pieces the better it worked as fill. It will take a lot of fill to fill it in so be prepared. If you can find someone in the area that is putting in a pool see if they will haul excess spoils to yours. if you run a sprinkler while filling it will help to compact the soil.
