Pool removal in Michigan

These numbers begin with Angi's national ranges and get adjusted for Michigan construction laborer pay. That wage averages $25.54 an hour, compared with $25.02 nationwide, based on federal wage data. Michigan prices are close to the national ranges, so this table is a fair guide for your yard.

With a concrete pool, you can have it partially broken down and filled, or removed entirely. A fill in job typically keeps workers at your home for 1 to 3 days. Full removal runs 3 to 7 days, according to HomeAdvisor.

This decision can matter at resale time. Michigan's seller disclosure statement asks if you're aware of any settling, drainage, or grading issues on the property. A buyer may want to know whether part of the old pool is still buried.

Local requirements can differ. Warren specifies an open-hole inspection and a final inspection for in-ground pool removal. Warren's city demolition steps for an in-ground pool go in this order:

1. Disconnect all utilities serving the pool.
2. Take out the entire pool structure and clear away all debris.
3. Arrange an open-hole inspection, so an inspector can look at the hole before any fill goes in.
4. Backfill the hole with clean fill dirt and level it off with the rest of the yard.
5. Book a final inspection.

Bloomfield Township lets part of a pool stay in the ground if it's removed deep enough. Any pool, or any portion of one, sitting outside the required building envelope has to be taken out to a depth of 42 inches or more beneath finished grade. The building envelope means the part of your lot where the township permits structures. Finished grade means the ground's final height after the job is complete. Any shell that stays must have a drain hole in the bottom, per the township's demolition packet.

On top of that, the township requires anything larger than 2.5 inches across to come out before the rough inspection. Fill has to be clean soil matching the surrounding ground and meeting the grading and drainage rules.

Michigan law requires the excavator to notify MISS DIG (811) at least 3 business days before digging. This requirement comes from Public Act 174 of 2013. A dig ticket stays valid for 21 days counted from the start date, or 180 days when the notice states the project will take longer, under the act itself.

If the pool water can't be drained to the ground and has to flow into a storm drain or open water, Michigan has additional rules. If it needs to flow into a storm sewer, lake, or stream, Michigan's environment department wants the pool left uncovered in the sun for 2 weeks first. You can drain earlier if testing confirms no chlorine or bromine remains. Filter rinse water must never enter a storm drain or any surface water, per EGLE.

For most jobs, yes. Any contractor taking on work valued at $600 or more in labor and materials needs a state license from LARA, Michigan's licensing agency. That license has to be either a residential builder license or a maintenance and alteration contractor license, per LARA.

A maintenance and alteration license is issued trade by trade. The available trades cover excavation, house wrecking, and swimming pools; each license spells out which ones that contractor is cleared to perform, per LARA. It's smart to confirm the work you need shows up on that license.

Your exact price depends on your pool and yard, and one call gets you a written number. Call now: a local pool demolition crew will ask about your pool and yard, book a visit, and put the price in writing.