Get your backyard back.
Done with the pool you have? Velasco gets it gone, clean demolition, honest quotes, and backfill compacted the right way so your yard stays solid for good. We also dig new pools and handle the site work underneath it all.
Remove a pool
Done with the upkeep, the cost, or the worry? We drain, demolish, and reclaim the space, leaving you level, usable yard.
Explore removalAdd a pool
Dreaming of a pool? We dig the foundation it’s built on, precise excavation and site prep, ready for your builder.
Explore new buildsPool removal is what we do best.
It’s our sharpest specialty and our most-requested job, drained, demolished, hauled, and backfilled to last. The same family-owned crew also digs new pools and handles the site work underneath it all.
Pool Removal
Full, partial, or fill-in removal of in-ground and above-ground pools, drained, demolished, hauled away, and backfilled the right way so your yard stays solid for good.
New Pool Excavation
Precise digging and site prep for a brand-new pool, shaped to your design and ready to hand off to your pool builder.
Learn more Site workExcavation & Demolition
Grading, drainage, trenching, foundation digs, demolition, and clean haul-off for residential and light commercial sites.
Learn more FoundationsGrading & Leveling
Re-grading a sloped or settling yard, building pads, and shaping drainage so water runs where it should.
Learn more WaterDrainage & Trenching
French drains, utility trenches, and downspout tie-ins that keep your yard and foundation dry.
Learn more The detailsBackfill & Compaction
The part most crews rush, we backfill in lifts and compact it properly so your reclaimed yard never sinks.
Learn moreA family name on every job.
We’re not a franchise or a call center. When you hire Velasco, you get the family whose name is on the truck, on site, answering the phone, and standing behind the work long after the dirt settles.
- Family-owned & operated, you deal with us directly, start to finish
- Licensed, bonded & insured in California, with permits handled for you
- We do the unseen work right, compacted backfill, not a rushed fill-and-go
- Honest, itemized quotes, no surprise charges once we break ground
- We leave it clean, debris hauled, site raked, yard ready to use
How a pool removal goes.
No mystery, no runaround. Here’s the path from first call to a yard you can walk on, six clear steps, the same every time.
Free consultation
We visit, listen, and give you a clear written quote, no pressure.
Permits & locates
We pull the demolition permit and call in utility locates so it’s done by the book.
Drain & disconnect
Water is hauled off legally; gas, electric, and plumbing are safely capped.
Demolition
Concrete is broken out and the shell is removed or perforated to spec.
Backfill & compaction
Engineered fill goes in layered lifts, each one compacted so it holds.
Your reclaimed yard
We grade, clean up, and hand back level, usable ground.
The reveal is the whole point.
Drag the slider to see a backyard come back to life. Every Velasco job is documented before, during, and after.
Neighbors who got their yard back.
They handled the permits, the mess, all of it. The compaction crew took their time, a year later the yard is dead level. Couldn’t be happier.
We wanted a pool for the kids and Velasco dug it exactly to our builder’s plan. On time, tidy, and they walked us through every step.
Honest quote, no surprises, and they left the site cleaner than they found it. This is how a family business should run.
Rooted in the Bay Area.
We work right across the Bay Area, from the East Bay to the South Bay and the Peninsula, and head out to Greater Sacramento for the right project. Not sure if you’re in range? Just ask.
Bay Area
- Oakland
- Berkeley
- Fremont
- San Jose
- Walnut Creek
- Concord
- Pleasanton
- San Ramon
- Hayward
- Dublin
Also serving · Sacramento
- Sacramento
- Roseville
- Folsom
- Elk Grove
- Rocklin
- Davis
Quick answers.
Questions? Email contact@velascoexcavating.com
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