You have several options.
Can you get rid of an inground pool.
Best left to professionals removal of an inground pool can cost as much as 15 000 but allows complete recovery of yard space and permanently puts an end to the maintenance costs of a pool that accrue even when not in use.
You can spend anywhere between 9 000 and 19 000 to physically remove a swimming pool while covering one runs an average of 5 000.
If the mechanical equipment is still operational you can put it to use.
The most common way to eliminate an inground is to conduct a backfill either overseen by a licensed engineer or independently.
They work by clumping particles together and sinking them to the bottom of your pool making it easier for you to clean up and filter out.
Convert the pool into a garden pond.
No not the used one but a new clean plunger of course.
After adding it to your pool give the flocculant some time to settle in.
However above ground pool removal is less complicated involving just draining the pool tearing it down and hauling it away.
If you do a partial removal you cannot legally build an addition or any other major structure there.
It allows you to avoid the expense of removal.
If you do decide to go this route hire a demolition contractor or a company that specializes in this service to demo the in ground pool.
It would be considered a partial removal that s where you punch holes in the bottom of the pool collapse the walls in and fill the remaining area with dirt.
Options for getting rid of an inground swimming pool.
Let s review a few beginning with the least expensive.
Converting the pool to a peaceful garden pond is probably the least expensive option.
The plunger will help flatten and smooth out the liner by repeatedly pressing the plunger beside the wrinkle in the direction where you want the folded liner to go usually at the corners or sides of the floor.
Use 1 2 treatments of pool flocculant depending on the severity of the pool algae.
You no longer use it.