We had a pool in the backyard growing up. When all of us kids left for college my dad got tired of paying for chemicals and cleaning it. So he drained it and built a “kidney shaped” deck. He built some shelves in the deep end stored various camping gear/yard equipment.
That got old – so he got a permit to remove it about 8 years later. He hired some guys to punch the holes in the bottom. He also had the pumps & old gas heater removed and the gas line capped.
He had them chip away the coping and top foot of the concrete and toss it in the bottom. He had the concrete decking changed from kidney shaped to a large rectangle and that concrete was also tossed in the bottom. One of the big expenses is the fill dirt… He paid to have gravel put in. Then looked for fill dirt for free… and filled it in himself, one pickup load at a time. Finally – he got free soil and mulch from the Miramar landfill – layered that on top…
It’s now a nice area with flowers, fruit trees, and a veggie garden.
Even though my dad did the permit/inspection route – it still shows on the city/county records that we have a pool. We get lots of ads for pool equipment and zillow says we have a pool. I’m not sure how to correct that… it was taken out 20 years ago and I’ve owned the house less than 10 years.
