Full removal or a partial fill
A full removal breaks the shell and takes it away. A partial fill, sometimes called an engineered abandonment, breaks the bottom so it cannot hold water, then fills what remains. Which one you need depends on the next use of the yard and on what that county accepts. We will not guess that on a web page. Send the address and say whether you want lawn, a pad, or an addition on top of the old pool.
Backfill is clean fill dirt, crushed concrete, or a mix. Both materials are delivered from our yard, not bought from a random truck on the day. Compaction is done in lifts so the ground does not sink after the first rain. The published finish is a grade ready for sod or hardscape, not the sod itself.
The concrete from the shell is a heavy load. It does not go in a standard $600 household dumpster. If you are doing the breakout yourself and only need a can, ask for the heavy-duty concrete container and a quote. If you want the crew, this is the page.
Every truck leaves 16297 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601. The dispatch number is (352) 238-3147. There is no second office in Spring Hill, Tampa, or anywhere else on the list. Same- or next-business-day is the scheduling goal once the street address is known. It is not a promise that ignores drive time or a full board.
Full removal
The shell is broken and hauled. The hole is then a hole, and it has to be filled or the yard is not usable. Clean fill dirt makes up the mass. Crushed concrete is the layer that locks, when the next use needs a base. Both come from the Brooksville yard on tri-axles with tickets. Compaction is in lifts. A single dump of loose fill will settle after the first heavy rain, which is why the lifts are part of the published method.
The concrete from the shell does not go into a household 20-yard at $600. It is heavy long before the box looks full. If you are breaking the pool yourself, ask for the heavy-duty can and a quote. If you want the breakout, the haul, and the fill, this is the service.
The finish we publish is a grade ready for sod or hardscape. We do not lay the sod unless that was added to the quote. Tell us if a lanai, a deck, or a cage has to come off before the shell is reachable. That is extra structure, not part of the pool by default.
Partial fill
Some yards and some counties allow the shell to stay if the bottom is opened so it cannot hold water, and the void is filled. That is not a shortcut we pick to save a day. It is a method that has to be acceptable for the next use of the yard and for that county. A future addition on top of an abandoned shell is a different conversation from a lawn. Send the address and say what the yard has to become.
Equipment, pumps, and heaters are pulled as part of making the hole safe to fill. Do not leave them for the machine to discover. Decking around the water is often concrete that leaves with the shell on a full removal. Say if you want the deck to stay.
The office is (352) 238-3147 at 16297 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville. A pool in Spring Hill and a pool in Pinellas are the same scope, with different mobilization. Old city URLs for this service redirect here.
What changes the pool bid
Full removal means the shell leaves and the hole is filled. Partial fill means the bottom is opened so it cannot hold water, and what remains is filled, only where that method is acceptable for the county and for the next use of the yard. A lawn and a future room addition are not the same answer. Send the address and say what the yard has to become before anyone promises a method.
The cage, the deck, and the equipment pad are often concrete and aluminum around the water, not part of the shell by default. If they have to go, they are in the quote. If the deck stays, the machine has to work around it. Pumps and heaters come out before the fill. Leaving them in the hole is how a backfill fails.
Backfill is clean fill dirt, crushed concrete, or both, compacted in lifts, from the Brooksville yard. Fill is the mass. Crushed concrete is the layer that locks when something has to bear weight. One thick dump of loose soil settles after the first hard rain. The published finish is a grade ready for sod or hardscape, not the sod and not the pavers.
A homeowner who is breaking the shell with their own people should not order the $600 mixed-debris 20-yard. Concrete hits the tonnage limit while the box still looks empty. Ask for the heavy-duty can. If you want the breakout, the haul, and the fill done together, call (352) 238-3147. Trucks leave 16297 Cortez Blvd. A Spring Hill pool and a Pinellas pool are the same scope with a different drive.
After the shell is out
The hole is the rest of the job. Clean fill builds the mass. Crushed concrete locks the layer that has to carry weight. Both are compacted in lifts so the first storm does not reopen the yard. A grade ready for sod is the published finish. The sod, the pavers, and a new cage are not, unless the quote added them.
If the county and the next use of the yard allow a partial fill, the bottom is opened first so the shell cannot hold water. That is a method, not a discount we apply on our own. A room addition on top of an abandoned shell is a structural question. Say so before the fill goes in. A lawn is a different answer.
Deck concrete and the cage are separate from the shell until you include them. Equipment comes out before backfill. A homeowner breaking the pool alone should order the heavy-duty can, not the $600 mixed can. The crew version of the job is this page, from 16297 Cortez Blvd, (352) 238-3147.
A pool in Hernando is the short haul. A pool in Pinellas, Polk, or Lake is the same breakout and the same fill spec, with a longer drive. The old city URLs redirect here so the scope is not copied into a hundred thin pages.
Access around the water
The machine has to reach the shell. A narrow side yard, a cage that is still standing, or a deck you want saved changes how the breakout is done. Photos from the gate to the water are as useful as the pool dimensions. If the only access crosses a septic field or a soft swale, say that before the excavator is on a trailer from Brooksville.
Full removal hauls the shell. Partial fill opens the bottom and fills the void where that is allowed. Backfill is our fill dirt and crushed concrete, in lifts. The grade we leave is ready for the next trade. It is not the finished patio. Call (352) 238-3147 with the address and what the yard has to become.
Questions
Do you fill the pool after you break it?
Yes. Clean fill, crushed concrete, or both, compacted in lifts. The material comes from the Brooksville yard.
Can I keep the pool shell and just fill it?
Sometimes. That is a partial fill, and it still needs the bottom opened so it cannot hold water. Ask with the address before you assume it is allowed.