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  1. My opinions on your latest questions are as follows. !. Filling the pool with anything other than clean fill material may be a problem where you live. In some states you may be creating a landfill by using unclean fill material. Try explaining that to a potential purchaser sometime in the future. 2.When I am hired to inspect a filled in pool, or to evaluate a pool that has been 'dug out', I can only believe the pool was filled in due to severe structural/plumbing issues. This would mean that the cost of repairs were too much for the previous owner to bear. My recommendation to the people paying me for my opinion would be to strongly consider another property. 3. Your rug rats will not always be young, someday you will like having the pool around to keep them occupied with good, clean fun. Why don't you install a saltwater chlorination system, an auto pool cleaner, and a child safety fence. These items should cost you less than your fill in or removal options. G' luck!! Hi CSI-poolspa, Wow, I know you mean well. But I am getting the exact same response from everyone around me that I've talked to about filling up the pool. I've asked a contractor to visit the pool site and evaluate different types of safety fences. You actually brought up a second concern that I had, but didn't really bring up before, which is the cost of maintenance such as monthly fee of $100 to clean and add "chemicals" to the pool, electricity to run the motor to circulate water, and of course the water (I know there is a big difference between Summer and Winter, btw I live in Souther California). I haven't looked up the saltwater chlorination system, so I am not sure if that is to eliminate the need for a monthly professional visit? Thank you.
  2. Sorry, I didn't write it clearly. I meant to say remove, as in demolition. At this point, I going to contact the city first to see what the regulations are with pool removal [demolition] or fill. At the same time, contact the loan agent to see what their policy is on removing or filling up the pool, as it does affect the value of the house. Hopefully can find a contractor that are familiar with what I am trying to achieve. Overall, I believe filling the pool with dirt (or other elements) may be the best case scenario. Considering a filled pool can always be "unfilled" (am I right?), thus if I was to sell the house in the future, the value of the pool is still within the house and future owner (or I) will only need to pay for the cost of removing the filled dirt (or other elements) to put the pool back in action. Not sure if my assumption is correct. I don't hear back from you guys, that's fine. You guys have been more than helpful already. Tks again.
  3. I don't know what to say, each one of your [CSI-poolspa; jkusmier; ps558] advices is invaluable!! I truly do appreciate it! I will look into every one of them.
  4. Hi, I recently bought (in escrow) a house that has a 300 sqft in-ground pool. But because I have 2 kids (3 year old and 1 year old), I would prefer to not have a pool. I had looked very hard at different houses that does not have a pool, but ended up buying one with it. But that's not the main topic here. I've called a couple of contractor to try to get an idea of how much would it take to remove (fill it up) the pool, and everything is around $20k. I am no expert in this area, so may I get some other inputs as to how I can deal with my dilemma? - Fence - that seems to be the most cost effective method, but there isn't enough room to put a fence around the pool, not to mention aesthetic. And I would very much rather not having to pay maintenance fee, additional electricity and water bill for something we rarely use. - Complete removal - very costly. Is it possible to drain the pool, install supports within the pool to make user it doesn't cave in and put planks on top to cover it up? Thanks in advance for any advices you can provide. Weller
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