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Pool Wall and Liner Removal

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A homeowners Nightmare

What happens here

Using the CTL with the grapple, large sections of the pool's metal walls are carefully pulled outward and removed. The vinyl liner is also extracted from the pool basin. This step reinforces the principle of completely removing all man-made materials from the pool area to prevent future ground instability and create a clean site for backfilling. The discussion highlights that proper removal allows for these materials, particularly concrete, to be sent to recycling facilities.

Goal: Systematically remove the pool's metal walls and vinyl liner, ensuring all non-soil materials are taken off-site for potential recycling.

Tools and materials

  • Compact Track Loader (CTL)
  • Grapple Attachment

What they say

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little later on. [Music] When you demolish a swimming pool, you don't push it in, you pull it out. Everything has to get removed. But not every contractor understands this principle. And a lot of them, even if they do understand it, it takes extra time. It takes extra work, extra expense, and a lot of them cut corners and do things the worst way. If you've hired a contractor to come in and do a demolition and you see them burying things underground, that's your first clue that you better watch them. You better understand what's on your permit. And if pushing and burying debris in the back of your yard is not what you

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