February 25th, 2010

Fill in or remove in ground swimming pool?

NCT asked:


We have an in ground swimming pool that we would like to either fill in or remove. Anyone have any experience with this? Which did you choose, and why?
The pool is a small free-form. It is too small to swim for exercise or even float. It’s eating up resources and I doubt it would affect the value of the house much at all.

Miles
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3 Responses to “Fill in or remove in ground swimming pool?”

  1. pescador Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    Tyree

    your crazy get that thing in shape and start swimming if you fill it u will decrease the homes value by 10%

  2. Lawnboy & Luna Says:
    March 1st, 2010 at 3:55 am

    Earlene

    I have a friend who filled his in, and it looks pretty silly, since he did not take out the concrete surround. If you took that out, and everything within one foot of the surface, the pool’s existence would be undetectable. Assuming you really don’t want to swim, remove the surround and top foot, and fill. Go with 6″ of topsoil at the end, after you have compacted the clean fill as best you can.

  3. Rob Says:
    March 1st, 2010 at 7:26 am

    Abbie

    If it’s a vinyl liner you can fill it in,sidewalk and all but be aware of setteling in the future. Use alot of gravel to help avoid that. If it’s a concrete bottom You need to crack up the bottom of the pool, the deeper end mostly to keep it from holding water after you fill it in.