How much would it cost to fill my inground pool with dirt?

Question

I have a cement inground pool that I don't want. I really don't know the measurements. It;s as low as 3 ft. on one side and can get as low as 9ft. in the middle on the other side. What do I do?

Answer 1

If you go the easy way you could put a sign in your front yard or a add in the paper, needing free fill dirt.  But you could always go with a small grading business to bring some in for you.  With gas being high its gonna cost you at least 50-125 dollars each dump truck load, I would just call around to different place and go with the cheapest.  Good Luck

Answer 2

Well, a yard of topsoil is around $25 to $40 per square yard.  You'll have to make an approximation of your pool's volume.  If it's 3ft deep, going to 9ft deep on the other end, then measure the length and width, and then use 6ft as an average for the depth.

Then keep in mind there are 27 square feet in a square yard.  Divide your total by 27, and you'll have an approximate square yard value.  Then add a couple yards, or more, as the stuff will settle.

Answer 3

you can't afford it. Sell the house and get one without a pool

Answer 4

Filling any pool with dirt is not a proper thing to do.  If it rains or you irrigate the filled pool, eventually the pool will fill with water and you will have a much larger problem like quick sand!

If you do not want the pool the structure needs to be demo-ed.  Typically the bottom of the pool is removed and the sides taken down several feet all around the perimeter.  The demo-ed material is dumped in the pool and then filled with dirt.  Pool equipment removed and electrical and gas lines capped and disconnected.

You're welcome!!

Answer 5

why would you not want a pool thats 9ft deep,  thats awsome!!

Answer 6

How much depends on where you get your dirt, and how you haul the dirt to your pool.

The actual dimensions of the pool are important, as most locations that sell dirt, sell it by the cubic yard.  Nine feet deep at one end, and three feet deep at the other means nothing if a pool can be five feet wide or twenty feet wide.

The good thing is that some places offer "free fill."  That is, dirt from their own exacavations that they would have to pay to have someone haul away.  Plus, if you have the trucks, or are willing to rent trucks and can get friends and relatives to do the work of moving all that fill, then the costs could be pretty minimal.  However, it IS a lot of physical labor unless you have the equipment to use, or are willing to rent it.