How much to get rid of a swimming pool?

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chickmug wrote: »

Swimming Pools have a 50/50 benefit.

Half would love one but half see them as a waste of space. But best to keep in case the only operson interested in buying is in the 50 half that loves them.

My nephew loved his pool until he got his first electricity bill. :eek:

Grovester_2

Doesn't the water keep the sides up? Thusly you can't simply empty it and use it for storage, it needs to be filled. I read that you can fill them with polystyrene blocks.

jackieb

Grovester wrote: »

Doesn't the water keep the sides up? Thusly you can't simply empty it and use it for storage, it needs to be filled. I read that you can fill them with polystyrene blocks.

I don't know much about pools but i'm assuming a proper one isn't quite the same as an inflatable paddling pool.

Mum_of_3_3

Grovester wrote: »

Doesn't the water keep the sides up? Thusly you can't simply empty it and use it for storage, it needs to be filled. I read that you can fill them with polystyrene blocks.

No they don't need anything in them to keep the walls up.

My sister's in-laws floored over their indoor swimming pool as they found it was way too expensive to run. They were going to fill it in, but thought that future buyers may like to have a pool, so floored over it and now use it as an extra reception room.

By the way let your local water board know when you intend to fill it up, the aforementioned inlaws had a telling off from theirs as apparently the unusually big draw on water it shows up as a leek or something!?

M_o_3

g_attrill

Mum_of_3 wrote: »

By the way let your local water board know when you intend to fill it up, the aforementioned inlaws had a telling off from theirs as apparently the unusually big draw on water it shows up as a leek or something!?

Most water companies insist on pool owners having a water meter fitted.

g_attrill

Grovester wrote: »

Doesn't the water keep the sides up? Thusly you can't simply empty it and use it for storage, it needs to be filled. I read that you can fill them with polystyrene blocks.

I think some older/cheaper pools might need that to avoid the walls caving in (ground water or sheer pressure), but if it's modern and inside I imagine the walls are strong enough.

The blocks idea doesn't sound right though, maybe that is to help should somebody fall in?