Pool Removal and Demolition in Tucson, AZ

Are you looking for a top-rated Pool Removal expert in Tucson, AZ?

Omni Pool Builders can recycle your swimming pool into an eco-friendly outdoor living space. With six demolition options to choose from, we can help you determine if you want a complete removal or a conversion into a sustainable landscape garden. We work hard to be energy-efficient in the time we spend at your property, meaning we pay high attention to detail during the demolition process. We use recycled dirt from local businesses, like Tank’s Green Stuff, and work with skilled contractors to get the job done right. We believe that since there is already a hole in the ground, why not replace it with something new while we’re at it. We want to extend our services with our talented designers to retrofit the area after pool removal. Such replacement projects including sustainable rain gardens, outdoor kitchen, fire pit, or a golf course. Whether you simply want your pool filled or want to convert it to a pond or a water tank, we can help you fulfil your vision. Whether you want to have a native plant garden, water harvesting tanks, an outdoor living room or party space, we can help you fulfill you vision. Get in touch with our Demolition Specialist today.

Option 1

Backfill Pool & Restore Space

Option 2

18″ of structure shell
& Backfill restore

Option 3

COMPLETE POOL REMOVAL

Option 4

retrofit area
after pool removal

Option 5

install cistern

Option 6

Pool to pond conversion

Our Story and Philosophy – Why We BELIEVE in What We Do

Repurpose Your Backyard

We’ve got sustainability on the mind. If you remove your pool, think about how much water you’re saving; if you add water harvesting systems, you’re collecting free water and saving money on the household’s water intake each month; if you add a pond and a sustainable landscape, you’re saving water and creating a watering hole for local wildlife. We see the demand for pool removal everyday and we also understand that population growth in Arizona has greatly affected our water resources. A pool in Southern Arizona with a capacity of 15,000 gallons of water could go through 45,000 gallons of water per year, but we are creating innovative ways to be more water-wise in the swimming pool industry!

There is nothing more intriguing than understanding the environment we live in, and living in it without draining its resources. We have the opportunity to live in the Sonoran Desert where a little bit of creativity and knowledge go a long way. Our staff has been educated from local organizations like Watershed Management Group and the University of Arizona in topics like green infrastructure, ecological diversity, and water and resource management. With all things combined, we are striving to make our business and our community stronger in green thinking. Our biggest goal is to educate our clients on the various possibilities for sustainable living.

If you have the desire to remove your swimming pool, we encourage you to do it in an environmentally friendly by adding water harvesting systems and sustainable landscaping. Simple water-wise solutions stretch far by giving back to our local water reservoir and giving you a lush backyard without the extra expense of water. We can help you learn more about sustainable landscaping, water harvesting, and Tucson’s Rainwater Harvesting Rebate.

How much does pool removal cost in Tucson?

Pool removal in Tucson runs from about $6,000 to $200,000 and up. A small spool with full truck access, no deck and the permit included sits at the bottom. A large pool turned into a pond sits at the top. The two common methods below show where most backyard removals land when access is ordinary.

What moves the number:

Every Omni quote is written after a site visit and includes:

• The demolition permit, the fee, and the inspection scheduling
• Pool equipment removed and hauled off
• Gas, electrical and plumbing capped at the source
• Drainage holes broken through the floor and photographed before any fill goes in
• Fill placed and compacted in 6 to 9 inch lifts, then brought to finish grade
• Cleanup of the street and driveway after fill deliveries
• Repair of any wall, fence or paver section we open for access

Run the numbers for your own pool with TerraSpec, the pool removal cost calculator, which uses Tucson area water, sewer, electric and gas rates and shows what removal pays back year by year.

What a $10,000 phone quote usually leaves out

Some Tucson pool demolition companies quote a flat number over the phone without seeing the yard. The number is real. What it covers is not always. Before you compare it to a written quote, ask what happens when:

• A block wall or fence section has to come out so the excavator can get in, and then go back
• Pavers, a driveway or a patio get driven over by loaded trucks
• Fill deliveries leave dirt and debris in the street
• The permit, the fee and the inspections have to be handled
• The pool equipment, the gas line and the electrical have to be removed and capped
• There is a spa attached to the pool

On a low bid each of those is a separate charge, and they show up after the machine is already in your yard. We price the whole job once, in writing, before we start. We have been doing this in Tucson since 2012 under ROC KA-5 282151.

Do you need a permit to remove a pool in Pima County?

Yes, in every jurisdiction we work in. Filling a pool without a permit leaves an undocumented buried structure on a lot you will one day sell, and the Arizona Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement asks directly whether a pool was removed, capped or filled.

Omni prepares the site plan, files the application, pays the fee, photographs every drainage hole before fill, and schedules the inspections. You never deal with the city. The jurisdiction by jurisdiction detail is in our knowledge base article on pool demolition permits in Pima County.

Planning to build on the spot later? Tell us before we start

Fill settles. Even well compacted fill over a broken shell can keep settling for years. That is fine under turf and pavers. It is not fine under a footing.

Oro Valley’s rule is the clearest statement of what every jurisdiction expects: if the area will support any structure, which includes an addition, a casita, a garage, a ramada, a driveway or a patio, the shell comes out entirely, the hole is backfilled with engineered fill compacted in lifts, and a licensed engineer signs a geotechnical report. That is a different job from a partial removal. It is priced differently and it has to be planned with your general contractor before the first load of fill goes in.

When a removal is prepared for possible future construction, Omni:

• tells you up front that the ground will settle a bit
• has the fill dirt lab tested when it arrives on site
• places engineered fill compacted to 95 percent, with compaction tested in lifts and an engineer’s stamp

Piers, slab type and flowable fill are used only where an engineer directs them. Omni makes no claims about any future structure. That is between you, your engineer and your builder.

We would rather turn down a partial removal than fill a pool you plan to build on.

Your property tax and water bill after removal

The Pima County Assessor values a pool as an improvement to the home. Demolition permits are reported to the Assessor, and the change shows up at the next annual valuation, not mid year.

Metro Water District customers can claim a pool removal rebate of $2 per square foot of pool surface, up to $200, while funds last. Tucson Water, Marana Water and Oro Valley Water do not offer a pool removal rebate.

The bigger number is the one you stop paying every month. Water, sewer, electricity, gas, chemicals, service and repairs on a Tucson pool run several thousand dollars a year. The TerraSpec calculator adds it up for your pool and shows the payback against the cost of removal.

Get a written pool removal quote

Call (520) 222-8503 or send us your address and a photo of the pool. We come out, measure, and put the whole job in writing.

More on pool removal: Selling or buying a house with a filled-in pool in Pima County, removing a pool to build on the spot, and rebates and property tax after removal.

Wondering what happens to the ground after the fill goes in? Read soils, settlement and engineered fill after a pool removal in the Tucson basin.

Friends and Companies We Support

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