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Post by BeantownHoya on Feb 6, 2007 11:31:50 GMT -5
Kind of a strange question. Wife and I are in the process of buying a house. 1 house we are very close to making an offer, we love everything about it except....
...it has an above ground pool.
Anyone know how hard it is to get rid of/take apart one of these?
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Feb 6, 2007 11:43:50 GMT -5
The only real difficulty will be in haulling the junk away and getting grass to grow where it has been squashed by 20,000 galons of water for however long that pool has been there.
The actaul destruction of the pool could be quite fun. Get neighbors, beer and sledge hammers and let the good times roll.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2007 12:47:29 GMT -5
The actaul destruction of the pool could be quite fun. Get neighbors, beer and sledge hammers and let the good times roll. Actually did this once. Fun afternoon, although I don't think we had sledgehammers, just crowbars and a few axes/hatchets... it was one of those old wodden-sided types. But Vadie is right on: the grass below will be dead, and it will be near impossible to get something to grow there. At least at my friend's house, he tried for months to get grass to grow and eventually just gave up and had the (rather small) area "re-carpeted," as he called it. Plenty of places you can order stretches of grass/sod from. EDIT: If you really love the house and think you might be making the best offer, see if you can't work in the dismantling of the pool as a condition to closing on the house? |
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Post by HoyaInsomniac on Feb 6, 2007 19:36:49 GMT -5
Destroying the pool would be the best part of moving. Moving sucks. Put a gazebo there or something. Or dig in and make a hot tub. That'd be sweet.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Feb 7, 2007 0:14:40 GMT -5
Hot tub. Go hot tub.
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Post by Bahstin on Feb 7, 2007 0:50:03 GMT -5
Step 1: Cut a hole in the box...
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Post by VictorSkyPage on Feb 20, 2007 16:10:17 GMT -5
Step 1: Cut a hole in the box... hahaha... i too demolished an above ground pool with some family and friends once... definitely a bonding experience |
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HoyaNCCT
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Post by HoyaNCCT on Feb 21, 2007 14:11:50 GMT -5
Whats wrong with an above ground pool???
I say toss a diving board on it, getting a floating cooler and have fun this summer!
(For those of you wondering, this was a joke......
Seriously)
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Post by bubbrubbhoya on Feb 21, 2007 16:34:24 GMT -5
Why not dig a big hole and *presto*, you have a below ground pool!
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Post by JohnJacquesLayup on Feb 22, 2007 11:56:45 GMT -5
Remove the pool and go with a huge fire pit.
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Post by hifigator on Feb 22, 2007 12:54:08 GMT -5
Why not dig a big hole and *presto*, you have a below ground pool! There is an option not very far from that. I don't know how easy it is to do, or for that matter if it can be done after the fact or not. In any case, a friend of mine has a above ground pool but it doesn't look or feel like it. It has something called and expandable liner in it. The pool is halfway sunken in to the ground and then there is a deck built off the back of the house all the way around the pool. It gives you the feeling of an in ground pool. Like I said though, I don't know how feasible addind something like that would be. |
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Post by HoyaLingus on Feb 22, 2007 14:30:24 GMT -5
I believe that he asked for 'Hoyasaxa help', not UF help.
Just sayin'.
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Post by Bando on Feb 22, 2007 18:28:10 GMT -5
I believe that he asked for 'Hoyasaxa help', not UF help. Just sayin'. Oh behave! |
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