Bobcat Hammer

Posted September 13, 2009 By Heavy Equipment

Bobcat Hammer

I want to fill in my swimming with dirt and stone.?

I am sick of the pool. How much of the bottom do I need to bust out so water will not collect? I was planning on renting a jack hammer to tear out the deck and throw all this into the pool. The bottom is gunite, sides are fiberglass.
My buddy has a Bobcat so we can fill in the balance of pool with gravel and dirt.
I will probably plant a few trees and landscape over the filled in area.
I live in Dallas so freezing weather in not a problem.

as a poolguy who has been in the biz 20 years i will tell you this,, you just cant bury a pool,, you need a permit to dig it and in alot of areas you neeed a permit to bury it,, the bottom has to be knocked out and the dirt needs to be compressed by a stamper,, and this is done in stages,, its for safety so the dirt will not collapse when you walk on it,, and the inspector needs to check it out,, i have removed lots of pools and it usually cost about 8000 dollars for the whole project, different areas have different laws,, and if the pool is on record in your county and you remove it without notifying the county then one day when you sell the house they will a come a knocking,, because they will look at the records ang say oh you have a pool on record, and you will say i got rid of it and then they will ask for your permit number and if you dont have one you could wind up in court for violating city or county codes,, so please check it out before you find yourself in some deep doo doo,, best of luck ,, arthur,, a retired pool dude

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