Filling in a pool
Jan 5th 2009 | 1:29 pm
#16
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Re: Filling in a pool
Just give me $200 and I will be round with a petrol can and a match 
I have had two quotes for $1800 and $2000 just to trim off the overhanging branches. Complete removal would cost a lot more. That is the largest offending tree as there are others.
I doubt that I would look back if we made it into a lawn. Is it likely to affect the price of my property?
I doubt that I would look back if we made it into a lawn. Is it likely to affect the price of my property?
Jan 5th 2009 | 1:46 pm
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Jan 5th 2009 | 2:52 pm
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Re: Filling in a pool
I've heard ads on the radio for a company called Reverse Pools.
Apparently they can either fill it in, or can make it an underground storage tank.
Sounds interesting but no idea of cost!
Apparently they can either fill it in, or can make it an underground storage tank.
Sounds interesting but no idea of cost!
Jan 5th 2009 | 3:06 pm
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An old newspaper article that may be interesting:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/proper...836418503.html
and http://www.reversepools.com.au/
http://www.theage.com.au/news/proper...836418503.html
Someone said you had to punch a hole in the bottom. So I got someone to do that, and one in the side. Then I got someone with a jackhammer to come in and break up the bottom. And finally I ordered in some soil."
Now, the site is a thriving vegetable garden, and the family has no regrets. The baby, Emily, now in the last years of primary school, certainly doesn't miss it. And the grown-ups would far rather have the benefits of home-grown vegies than the headache of year-round pool maintenance."
"It's not a simple job. It's quite an effort. But now I have the vegie patch there, and I think it's better in the pool than in the ground. It's protected from tree roots. I had it filled with good sandy loam. "
Now, the site is a thriving vegetable garden, and the family has no regrets. The baby, Emily, now in the last years of primary school, certainly doesn't miss it. And the grown-ups would far rather have the benefits of home-grown vegies than the headache of year-round pool maintenance."
"It's not a simple job. It's quite an effort. But now I have the vegie patch there, and I think it's better in the pool than in the ground. It's protected from tree roots. I had it filled with good sandy loam. "
and http://www.reversepools.com.au/
Jan 5th 2009 | 9:04 pm
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Re: Filling in a pool
there was an item on better homes and gardens a few months ago about making into a pond - you just stop running the pump etc and adding chemicals and in about 12 months it's ready to plant up with water lillies etc - benefit also being at some point it can be transferred back to a pool (ie if you sell the home)
be ideal for the local wildlife too.
just a thought
be ideal for the local wildlife too.
just a thought
Jan 5th 2009 | 9:13 pm
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After having spent $40,000 to put a pool in, I do find it a bit difficult to contemplate the thought of filling one with soil etc.
I would imagine that a pool could be worth $20,000 on top of a property value ? So technically, getting rid of it could reduce the property value by $20,000+/- ?
I would consider discussing it with a real estate agent, to see what it would really cost to lose it.
I would imagine that a pool could be worth $20,000 on top of a property value ? So technically, getting rid of it could reduce the property value by $20,000+/- ?
I would consider discussing it with a real estate agent, to see what it would really cost to lose it.
Jan 5th 2009 | 9:20 pm
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Re: Filling in a pool
there was an item on better homes and gardens a few months ago about making into a pond - you just stop running the pump etc and adding chemicals and in about 12 months it's ready to plant up with water lillies etc - benefit also being at some point it can be transferred back to a pool (ie if you sell the home)
be ideal for the local wildlife too.
just a thought
be ideal for the local wildlife too.
just a thought
Jan 5th 2009 | 9:28 pm
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What about a cover, a sort of screened top, with sides, so it is a semi indoor pool ?
No idea of cost, just thinking out loud....
No idea of cost, just thinking out loud....
Jan 5th 2009 | 9:33 pm
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A good idea. Next door's is so enclosed. Looks dark inside. The top gets covered with all the shit that rains on my side so at least that's fair. I'll check out this option too - thanks.
Jan 5th 2009 | 11:02 pm
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Re: Filling in a pool
I am just bracing to pay for a pool - I wish I could swap our soil for your pool.
Pool companies really do have lots of earth and pay quite a lot to dump it. Call them. Also try a couple of excavation companies - we install large pylons and pay to dump earth regularly. We use these excavation companies - you can also put a big sign up saying "clean fill wanted".
Viv
Pool companies really do have lots of earth and pay quite a lot to dump it. Call them. Also try a couple of excavation companies - we install large pylons and pay to dump earth regularly. We use these excavation companies - you can also put a big sign up saying "clean fill wanted".
Viv
Jan 5th 2009 | 11:05 pm
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Re: Filling in a pool
Do pool removal companies provide this service to source "free" pool fill for you? This is all Greek to me.
Jan 5th 2009 | 11:11 pm
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Call local pool construction companies.
Ask them what they do with their earth and woudl they like to dump it.
If they use subcontract excavation people then call them and ask them the same.
Also you could try excavation and earth moving companies. They have spare earth a lot of the time.
You do though need to have a clue or otherwise you need to pay someone to backfill your pool - the earth needs to be compacted and the drainage needs to be considered.
Are you selling your fencing?
Ask them what they do with their earth and woudl they like to dump it.
If they use subcontract excavation people then call them and ask them the same.
Also you could try excavation and earth moving companies. They have spare earth a lot of the time.
You do though need to have a clue or otherwise you need to pay someone to backfill your pool - the earth needs to be compacted and the drainage needs to be considered.
Are you selling your fencing?
