Talk Delaware Blogs » delaware http://talkdelaware.com/blogs Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:09:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en Taking down my pool http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/blog/2008/07/28/taking-down-my-pool/ http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/blog/2008/07/28/taking-down-my-pool/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:09:27 +0000 admin http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/blog/2008/07/28/taking-down-my-pool/ Welp, when we moved to our house in New Castle a few years back it had a above ground pool. I was excited cause I had a pool growing up as a kid and already knew how to take care of one etc. It is a 22′ round abv ground pool, with a half deck, and it is nice and pretty new. We are so busy, I just don’t have the time to keep it maintained, cleaned, chemical balanced, etc. on top of that we don’t use it much at all so I am taking it down.

This has a few good points I see.

  • I wont have to take care of it anymore
  • We will be saving on our bills (electric, water, etc.)
  • I won’t feel like a trashy neighbor with a green pool
  • We will have more “running room” in the yard and better places for the playset and trampoline.
  • I can use the sweet brick pavers and stone for my front yard landscaping.
  • Don’t have to worry anymore about the kids sneaking in and getting hurt, or worse.

I have started already, draining the pool, that will be done today and I can start demolition. It had a nice wood deck half way around it I’m going to attempt to save and use on the back of the house.

I asked my dad what i should do with the pool, is it worth selling, scrapping, etc. He says just trash it, I don’t have a pickup to take it to the scrap yard and I don’t think the scrap yard would give me more then i would pay to rent a truck so I’m just going out with a sledge and a sawzall and going at it :)

I need a wheel barrow, bad….

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