Pool Removal in Mandurah — The Pool Goes, The Yard Comes Back

An unused pool costs money every year it stays

In WA, any pool or spa that can hold more than 300 mm of water legally needs a compliant safety barrier, and your local council inspects that barrier on a four-yearly cycle with the fee carried on your rates. Add pump power, chemicals to stop it turning green, and fence repairs after every winter storm, and a pool nobody swims in still bills you every single year.

Remove it properly, notify the council, and all of that stops: the City of Mandurah confirms in writing that a removed pool comes off the inspection schedule and the fee comes off future rates notices. What removal itself costs is laid out on our What It Costs page.

We remove pools and small fit-outs — nothing else

• Inground pools — concrete and fibreglass shells dug out or broken down, backfilled with clean fill and compacted in layers.
• Above ground pools — liner, wall and frame down and gone, usually in a day.
• Spas and plunge pools — small shells that big outfits don't want to quote.
• Pool surrounds, fencing and paving — coping, cracked paving and corroded safety fencing out with the pool, not left behind.
• Kitchen and bathroom strip outs — single-room interior strips ahead of a renovation.

We don't knock down houses and we don't clear blocks. Pools and small strip outs, done properly, is the whole offer.

What every quote includes — and what it never hides

Included in the written price:

• Machine and operator, sized to your access
• All tip and disposal fees
• Clean fill, compacted in layers — not just pushed in
• The mess taken away, the site left level

Not included, and said so up front:

• The council's own BA5 permit fee, paid to the council
• Electrical disconnection of the pump — that's your electrician's job

We ask the contractors we work with to hold the relevant WorkSafe WA licences and public liability cover — and you should ask to see them before anyone starts.

Straight answers

• Can I just fill the pool with sand myself? Not lawfully finished, no — the shell has to be dealt with and the council notified, or the barrier rules keep applying. See Approvals.
• Does the fence stay up during the job? Yes, until the pool can no longer hold 300 mm of water. Then it can go.
• Will the ground be buildable afterwards? Backfill is compacted in layers, and for below-ground pools the City of Mandurah asks for a compaction certificate — that's the document to keep.

We work across Dudley Park, Wannanup, Golden Bay, Secret Harbour, the Yunderups and the rest of the Peel. Call (08) 9516 1339 and tell us what's in the backyard.