Fill in a swimming pool

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KSsteve

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How would you guys bid on filling in a swimming pool? I pretty much have been doing gradings, backfilling type jobs for a while, but never a swimming pool. Thanks, Steve
 

perry

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There was a post about this a few years back.
http://www.skidsteerforum.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=54&frmView=ShowPost&PostID=734
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http://www.skidsteerforum.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=52&gallerypage=0&path=Swimming%20Pool%20Demo
I gave an estimate a few weeks ago, break up concret around drain so rain water can seep out, bust up about 12 inches around edge, bust up concret walkway around pool. dump all concret in pool, fill pool with 294 yards of dirt. and smooth out for planting grass.
 

Earthwerks Unlimited

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I gave an estimate a few weeks ago, break up concret around drain so rain water can seep out, bust up about 12 inches around edge, bust up concret walkway around pool. dump all concret in pool, fill pool with 294 yards of dirt. and smooth out for planting grass.
I realize I'm late coming to the party...but...
I just took a guess and doubled it ($4500 and he supplied the dirt). The pool was 14'x32' with a wading end and deep end. I had to demo 48" all around and cave it in. Owner pulled premit which cost $450. Took three days since he dragged his feet getting the dirt there. Rented a hyd. jackhammer for my skid steer to demo the concrete. The city wanted hioles punched in the bottom to allow draiage. The walls were 2' thick in places--and rerod was eveywhere--I had to drive down into the pool and do it that way. Even slid down into the deep end backward and ended up looking at the sky! Luckily I had puished material into the deep end first or it could have been a lot worse. And it was a brand new machine too.
 
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