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Demolish and Clear Pool Wall Panels

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How to handle a Pool Demolition that Refuses to pay in Eagan MN

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What happens here

The hard plastic (PVC) panels forming the structural walls of the pool are next to be removed. The Bobcat 325 mini excavator is deployed to exert force on these panels, causing them to crack and break apart. Due to the brittle nature of aged PVC, the panels often shatter into numerous smaller, jagged pieces. Manual labor is then required for workers to carefully pick up and collect all the fragments from the bottom and sides of the excavated pool area. It is crucial to ensure all pieces are removed to avoid burying sharp plastic debris, which could cause issues later (e.g., puncturing future landscaping, chemical leaching).

Goal: Break apart and remove all hard plastic structural wall panels of the pool.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat 325 Mini Excavator Bobcat — Breaking apart the rigid plastic pool wall panels
  • Heavy-Duty Gloves — Protecting hands from sharp plastic fragments
  • Safety Glasses/Goggles — Protecting eyes from flying debris during the breaking process
  • Hard Plastic — Structural components of the pool walls, requiring demolition and disposal

What they say

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So, the liners out. Now, next is getting this backing material. The blue material you see behind me, this stuff, that's PVC. That's plastic. We can't recycle that either. So, we take this out. It's going to shatter. We're going to try to pull it out in panels as big as possible. But, you're inevitably going to get pieces that instead of being a big panel, it's going to rip. It's going to tear and the pieces are going to fall. It's going to It's a hard plastic. And then you have to go pick those up. You have to find them. Make sure you're getting those out of there because the last thing you want to do is bury that in the bottom of your swimming pool

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