What do you do with an unused pool?

Think it over and make a list of all the possible options and their prices, then see which is cheapest and save up for it. It may take a while but it would be worth it...

Or you could ask friends and family what they would do and take their advice into consideration :)

If the pool still has water in it, it will need to be treated with a mosquito repellent so you do not breed them due to West Nile virus. A pool company can advise you what to do in the meantime. If you are not pool people, if the pool is not secure from your children falling in, it may be best to remove it altogether. This may cost you some in the beginning but your cost of maintaining the pool will be a lot more.

My daughter and her husband did this last year. The cost was about $5000. the pool removed and dirt packed correctly so that they could plant and add a play area. They feel much safer with the children and it has added a lot of space to the backyard. If you maintain the yard and make it look attractive, this won't devalue the property unless your area has many days of hot summers and if most of the neighbors have pools. You could also ask a real estate agent their opinion.

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Your absolute most inexpensive way to deal with it is a toss up between fencing it, and getting a new cover. If it were ME, I'd go with the fence, as the NEXT ice storm (There WILL be another one!)

will make short work of the replacement cover. At my house in Florida, the unused pool was given new life when I started a new garden at the bottom of it. I'd built several rows of hydroponic grow trays, and I've not had to purchase a single vegetable since! Mine is NOT fenced, as there aren't any children to worry about. Fencing is the easiest to put in, and also the easiest to remove when you decide that you DO want the pool to be functional.

Hey I live in Jacksonville FL and you have bad advice and quotes. Trimming a tree WILL NOT cost that much. Otherwise make it a fish pond! Depends on where you live in FL but if on a Bluff it can be very easily emptied and filled. I'm a state licensed contractor and I could put an aluminum screen enclosure over your pool for, at most, $3,000 if there is some sort of foundation to fasten to. Well good luck!

I think a pool limits the resalability of a home because lots of people with young kids wont have one. Since you have kids, I'd fill it, but don't call a pool guy, call a contractor. I think a contractor would do it cheaper. It shouldn't cost more than a few grand.

I do have one of these and had the same problem...what I did was cut holes in it so I have a run off for when it rains...my husband and I turned it into a rock garden slash wild flowers garden..also I made a foot path and have a stone bench which I made out of rocks and slabs....

what you should do is measure it and draw the shape on paper then you think of how you want it and fill in what you want and then ask or pay for someone to make the holes and run off for you I was lucky cause my brother-in-law is a builder...good luck...or make a play area for your kids...

I would build deck over top of it. That way if you decide later that you want a pool, you could remove it. It would also make for a great storage area under the deck. A friend of mine built a wood-shop over his pool. He uses the pool as a basement.

I would keep the pool. Keep it covered and keep it empty. When your children get old enough they will want to swim in the pool.

Then you can get the pool going again and your kids will be very happy.

New cover should run about 500 - 750 plus ,you already have the hardware so there is saving there !

Paint graffiti in it and turn it into a skate park.