Done with the pool? We make it disappear.
Draining, demolition, haul-off, and properly compacted backfill, so the space where your pool used to be becomes solid, usable yard again. Licensed, permitted, and documented every step.
The pool stopped being worth it.
A backyard pool can quietly turn into a money pit and a worry. If any of these sound familiar, you're in good company, it's the most common reason our phone rings.
Talk to us about your poolWhy homeowners remove a pool.
Cost & upkeep
Chemicals, pumps, heating, repairs, and rising water bills. Removing the pool ends the spending and can lower insurance and property-tax exposure.
Environmental & water
Thousands of gallons sitting and evaporating in a drought-prone region. Many owners want that water footprint, and the chemicals, gone.
Family & safety
Young kids, grandkids, or pets make an unused pool a constant hazard. Reclaiming the yard buys back peace of mind.
Space you’d actually use
Trade water you rarely swim in for a lawn, garden, ADU pad, patio, or play area that fits how your family really lives.
Aging & failing
Cracked plaster, failing equipment, leaks, and decking past its life. Sometimes removal costs less than a full rebuild.
Selling the home
An old pool can shrink your buyer pool. A clean, level yard widens appeal and removes a negotiating chip.
Three ways to remove a pool.
Which one is right depends on your budget, your future plans for the space, and your city's requirements. We'll walk you through the trade-offs honestly on site.
Partial Removal
The top portion of the shell is demolished, the bottom is perforated for drainage, and the cavity is filled and compacted. A budget-friendly path when you don’t plan to build a structure on the spot.
- Lower cost & faster timeline
- Top 18–36” broken out & buried
- Shell perforated for drainage
- Must be disclosed on resale
Full Removal
The entire pool, shell, decking, rebar, and all, is demolished and hauled away, then the hole is backfilled in compacted lifts. The result behaves like native soil: build, plant, or pave anywhere.
- Entire structure removed
- Engineered, compacted backfill
- Build-ready & fully disclosable
- Cleanest long-term result
Above-Ground
Above-ground and semi-inground pools are dismantled, hauled off, and the pad area regraded, usually a fast, lower-cost job that gives you your yard back in days.
- Fast turnaround
- Full haul-off & disposal
- Pad area regraded
- Great value
Anyone can dig a hole. Backfill is the real job.
The number-one failure in pool removal is settling, a sunken, soft spot where the pool used to be, showing up a year later. It happens when fill is dumped in and not compacted.
- We backfill in measured lifts, compacting each layer before the next
- We use clean, engineered fill, not just whatever was on site
- We document compaction so you (and future buyers) have a record
- The result is ground that behaves like the soil around it
What the project looks like.
Six clear steps, fully managed. You approve the quote, we handle the rest.
Free on-site quote
We measure, assess access, and hand you an itemized written estimate.
Permits & utility locates
We pull the demolition permit and schedule locates before anyone digs.
Drain & disconnect
Water hauled off legally; gas, electric & plumbing safely capped.
Demolition & haul-off
Shell broken out, debris loaded and removed, site kept tidy.
Backfill & compaction
Engineered fill placed in compacted lifts and documented.
Final grade & cleanup
We grade smooth, rake it out, and hand back usable yard.
Removals done right.
Our 1980s pool was leaking and the kids were getting older. Velasco removed it in four days and the yard is now the kids’ soccer field. Spotless work.
I got three bids. Velasco was the only one who explained the backfill and compaction in detail. A year later, zero settling. Worth every penny.
Fast, fair, and they handled the permit so I didn’t have to. Above-ground gone and pad regraded in two days.