Most pool demolition contractors prefer to use a bobcat with a breaker attachment or a backhoe to remove and fill in a pool. Heavy machinery makes fairly quick work of in ground pools. But pool demolition contractors can also remove a swimming pool without heavy machinery.

Swimming pool removal “by hand” is a fairly long and tedious process. A couple of demolition workers with jackhammers demolish the surrounding concrete and use wheelbarrows or concrete haulers to haul away the concrete.

This is super-time consuming. If you need to have your pool removed by hand be prepared for a certain sticker shock. What would be a normal $5,000 pool removal can jump in price to $10,000 or more.

Are there any other alternatives to pool removal when you have a hard to remove pool? Not really. Many people suggest pulling the drain plug out of a pool, letting it drain, and filling the pool with dirt and building a deck on top of it. However this isn’t strictly legal or permissible. If you have a hard to remove pool you may consider just keeping the pool, but covering it during the winter months, or fencing it off to keep out trespassers and neighborhood kids.

Pool maintenance isn’t terribly expensive but it isn’t terribly cheap either. One can easily spend a thousand or more a year maintaining a pool. That is a slow drip of money — $10 here, $20 there, $100 over there — that can be quite frequently put to better use elsewhere.

Swimming pool demolition represents an immediate outlay of cash, but quite often saves money for a homeowner in the long run.

2. Safety

Families with young children often don’t feel safe around a pool. This is a refrain we’ve heard from multiple customers in the last couple of years. There are obviously several ways to mitigate the risk of pools pose to young children, but the ultimate solution is to completely remove a pool. For people who want to feel safe and want their children to feel safe the money spent on a swimming pool demolition is well worth it.

3. Use (or lack of)

People just don’t use their pools. So why spend time and money maintaining something they don’t use. Deconstruction’s estimators frequently encounter customers who’ve retired, no longer have kids, and who have simply aged out of having a pool.

4. The Desire to Have a Backyard

A lot of customers tell us that the main reason they want to get rid of their pool is because they have a strong desire to have a backyard, and a garden, and a place to cook out and watch their children run around in.

If you are considering swimming pool demolition Deconstruction Demolition & Disposal Inc. can help. Give us a call today at 888-666-8808

Los Angeles only requires a grading permit in most cases for swimming pool demolition. This permit costs about $200 to $300. Most swimming pool demolition contractors will absorb the initial cost of the permit into their estimate and charge you for it later. Some demolition contractors will require you to obtain a permit yourself before they begin a swimming pool removal.

The actual hard cost of swimming pool removal can also depend on what type of swimming pool demolition you need and want.

Partial swimming pool demolition, sometimes called pool fill-in, is the most common and popular form of swimming pool removal. Partial swimming pool demolition tends to cost between $5,000 to $6,000 in most cases. Plus the cost of landscaping after the pool has been demolished and filled in. 

Complete swimming pool removal is less common. The only reasons people opt for complete swimming pool demolition in Los Angeles is because 1.) there neighborhood or homeowner association requires a complete demolition, or 2.) they don’t have to have to disclose the former pool site when the house is sold.

Complete swimming pool demolition costs between $8,000 to $20,000 because every ounce of concrete and construction materials needs to be hauled away and properly disposed of by a hauling service. 

Access can also greatly effect the price of swimming pool removal in Los Angeles. If your pool can be easily accessed by heavy machinery (like a Bobcat) than your costs are going to be less than a pool that cannot be accessed by heavy machinery. 

Every swimming pool demolition is different and there is no way to determine how much your pool will cost to remove until you call a licensed demolition contractor in Los Angeles for an estimate. 

A demolition company also does concrete demolition and concrete removal, which involves removing concrete — like a driveway, sidewalk, or patio. A demolition company also does swimming pool demolition and swimming pool removal, which involves demolishing a pool and filling it with dirt.

Check on permits …

Swimming pool demolition usually requires some kind of permit from your city officials. Check with your local city code enforcement office to see what they require. Also check with your swimming pool demolition contractor.

Familiarize yourself with Swimming Pool Demolition

Swimming pool demolition comes in two forms for in ground swimming pools. Partial swimming pool demolition and complete swimming pool demolition. Partial swimming pool demolition uses some of the demolished concrete for fill and buries the rest of the pool. Complete swimming pool demolition completely removes the concrete and replaces it with fill dirt.

Get Estimates and Quotes …

Swimming pool demolition can very widely from contractor to contractor. Be sure you get written estimates from at least three swimming pool demolition contractors before choosing a swimming pool demolition contractor.

March 05, 2013