Concrete Pool Excavating Help Please

Question

Good Day folks,

Here is my situation and I know that some one here will be able to shed some light on this.

I bought my house 11 years ago and I was told that their is a concrete pool that is buried in the yard, when I was bulding the deck I had them search for the pool and we found it it is 20 x 40 and the vintage of the pool is from the 60's maybe 70's. When we excavated the perimiter we saw that the pool was back filled with soil and general construction junk we now want to put a pool in the yard but the exsiting pool is in the way so I have some opptions

1. Excavate the exsiting pool and drop a new one in, or

2. Remove part / all of the old pool and go net new

Any body ever been faced with a situation like this before? The cost is an issue and finding some one to do this is also an issue.

I would lean to rip the old one out but I am scared of what cost I will encure as the age of this pool one would think that beside the concrete the metal would be a big issue, heck I have no problem as I have time on my hands to try to dig this thing out but the demolishing part has me thinking.

Any suggestions?

Oh just in case I am located in the Toronto Ontario Canada area.

Thanks,

Answer 1

I would,first of all dig out the perimeter down a couple of feet to check the extent of any damage-you may only have to repair the surrounding concrete block lip or put in a liner-which last for many years. If you hire a backhoe operator the debris may damage the existing lining and or concrete. Get a wheel barrow and have them dump a dirt box in front of your home and have at it. You may find the concrete has be cracked, rendering it useless, as far as I know, but at least you will have a template for a gunnite crew to spray on a new lining. In either case it will be costly but far cheaper to save the old pool if possible.

Answer 2

Simple as do you want to spend more or less money?

I am not a big pool fan so, hard for me to be fair.

I would probably put in a top of the line above ground with surrounding deck, changing room,etc. but you might need in ground due to the extreme winter.

Ask a realtor about resale value- sometimes a pool can hinder the sale.

Answer 3

my question is what is the condition is the pool in if there is no visiable problems with it i would think it would be all right but just the same i would have it checked out by a relibale pool company.i own a pool company in texas for eleven years now