The pool nobody has swum in for three summers, and the deck built around it. Drained, dismantled, hauled, and the yard handed back level — not a crater and a ring of dead grass.
People underestimate these consistently, and so do a lot of contractors. A standard 24-foot above-ground pool sits on three to six tonnes of sand. Add the steel wall, liner, frame, surround deck, pump housing and paving stones and you are well past what a pickup and a weekend will handle. We run a commercial hydraulic dump trailer, so the base comes out in bulk rather than in bags — which is the single biggest reason this costs less with us than with an outfit running a half-tonne.
A 24-foot pool holds roughly 50,000 litres. Releasing that onto a lawn in an afternoon is how you put water into your own basement or your neighbour’s. We drain in a controlled way to what the City of Toronto permits, dechlorinated where required, at a rate the ground can actually absorb. We check the local requirement before we open a valve.
Most Toronto backyards are reached by a side yard a metre wide, or through the house, or not at all without lifting a fence panel. We plywood-track over soft ground, lift and replace fence panels where that is the only route, and protect the lawn on the way in and out. Tight access is the normal case here, not an exception.
Agents ask us for this constantly. An unused above-ground pool reads to a buyer as a maintenance cost and a safety question, and it hides the usable yard in listing photographs. Clearing it and levelling the ground reliably shows better than leaving it. Tell us your MLS date and we will book backwards from it.
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Pool, surround deck and sand base — fixed in writing at a free on-site assessment.
Above-ground pool and deck removal in Toronto runs $1,500 to $3,200. A small pool with no deck and easy access is at the bottom; a 24-foot pool with a wraparound deck, pergola, several tonnes of sand base and a narrow side yard is at the top. Having the sand redistributed across the yard rather than hauled away reduces the price.
It is drained in a controlled way to what the City of Toronto permits, dechlorinated where required, at a rate the ground can absorb. A 24-foot pool holds roughly 50,000 litres — releasing that onto a lawn in one afternoon can put water into your basement or your neighbour’s, which is why the rate matters as much as the destination.
Yes, and it is usually the heaviest part of the job — three to six tonnes under a full-size pool. Our hydraulic dump trailer takes it in bulk rather than in bags. If you would prefer it redistributed across the yard, we can do that and it costs less.
Almost always. Toronto side yards are narrow and frequently the only route, so we plywood-track over soft ground and lift and replace fence panels where we have to. We check the access route at the assessment and price it in rather than discovering it on the day.
Yes, and most of these jobs include one. Surround decks, steps, privacy screens and pergolas come down with the pool in the same mobilisation, with pressure-treated lumber routed to the sites that accept it.
Usually, and agents ask us for it constantly. An unused pool reads as a maintenance liability and hides the usable yard in photographs. Tell us the MLS date and we will book backwards from it.
Free on-site assessment. Fixed written price before anything moves.
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