Pool fill-in

[queen of spades]

Have a cust. with an in-ground pool - she wants it filled in and prepped for grass. Pool is roughly 18' x 76', with 3' on one side and either 7 or 9' on the deep end. There is access for equipment.

Will a breaker on a 15NX-2 have enough reach to poke holes in the bottom?

How much rough fill will I need?

What's a reasonable price to charge for labor alone?

thanks!

[Ruben Rocha]

Pi*r squared* depth
For fill.

[benjammin]

Pi*r squared* depth
For fill.

???

How about 18' x 76' x [(3'+7'or9')/2] = 6,840 or 8,208 cubic feet / 27 = around 280 yards.
Assuming you are getting fill by the ton and not by the yard, assume 1 yard = 1.3 to 1.5 tons.

[benjammin]

No idea about equipment needed for poking holes or labor.
Can trucks dump into the pool? Labor will be depend a lot on the trucking and placing the fill.

[Ruben Rocha]

My fault ,I though it was a round pool for some reason.
Maybe need to get my glasses on

[Duramax8832]

I have done a few of these. Make sure you compact in atleast 2ft lifts.. If you dont have the reach, dump a few loads of fill in and ramp your way down and in..

[Junior M]

what type of pool?

And I am assuming that is an IHI mini you are speaking of?

If you cant reach the bottom from up top, make yourself a ramp down in to it and go about it from inside of the pool..

[YellowDogSVC]

do you need to collapse the sides of the pool, too, to help with drainage?

[RockSet N' Grade]

Another "on the cheap" type job. Rip that whole thing out and haul it to the dump, then fill it in properly.

[xtreem3d]

just a FWIW....check with whatever township , county ect it is in, each municipality has different regs on filling in pools and house's ect. most will allow you to poke holes in the floor..in st. louis you either have to break the sides down all the way or break them dowm 3feet below grade depending on where it is....anticipate settling no matter how good it gets compacted let the customer be aware of that ,
steve

[ksss]

The IHI would handle a small breaker. 200 pound type. Finding one might be difficult.

[Hollowellreid]

Even a small breaker is like 5 grand. We were looking at one for the little TK but it was a bit much for how much we would use one.

I think it was a Huskie?

[ksss]

Even a small breaker is like 5 grand. We were looking at one for the little TK but it was a bit much for how much we would use one.

I think it was a Huskie?


I would try and rent one. They are handy to own, for me it buys itself every year at min. Some years much more. They are expensive to buy, hard on the carrier, and expensive to go through, but that keeps every other guy from owning one. I get 150 an hour for mine.