And I wanted more garden-space, and room for some chooks - rescued battery hens, of course.
So I made a few calls and found John and co at Palm City Pools.
John came and had a look at the pool, which was in our backyard behind our tall house in a narrow street - and said if we could empty it and remove the capping and some of the bricks around it, he could get it out, crane it up over the house, give it a clean-up and sell it to another family.
Here are step-by-step pix of the process, which took a few weeks, but was well worth it. Another day I'll write a post about turning the sandpit into a garden.
The pool emptied, capping and bricks removed, viewed from our top deck |
Crowbarring the pool out. It's attached to the crane already |
Our pool, airborne! |
Jenny, Jason and Nick -- job done and pool on trailer ready to be taken away |
Barney the bobcat driver supervising the delivery of one of three loads of sand to fill the hole where the pool was |
My grand-dogs enjoying having a sandpit in the backyard instead of a pool |
Stay posted to see the transformation of the garden.