Empty my pool

[CallumWK]

I have a 6 x 11 meter inground pool, and I consider emptying it, because it is more a burden than it is an enjoyment.

The house with pool was built 15 years ago, but I very rarely use it, and I'm single. At the same time it has to be maintained, and it actually prevents me from traveling for an extended period of time, because of that.

So I consider from emptying it and covering.

I have read on the internet about pools that get lifted out of the ground, or get cracks in the floor, because of the groundwater.

My pool is tiled concrete.

What are the risks here, considering I live in a flood free area. I have a 35 meter deep bore, and I have to put a timer on it, otherwise the pump runs dry after 10 minutes.

Edited yesterday at 02:21 PM by CallumWK

[Bagwain]

12 hours ago, CallumWK said:

I have a 6 x 11 meter inground pool, and I consider emptying it, because it is more a burden than it is an enjoyment.

The house with pool was built 15 years ago, but I very rarely use it, and I'm single. At the same time it has to be maintained, and it actually prevents me from traveling for an extended period of time, because of that.

So I consider from emptying it and covering.

I have read on the internet about pools that get lifted out of the ground, or get cracks in the floor, because of the groundwater.

My pool is tiled concrete.

What are the risks here, considering I live in a flood free area. I have a 35 meter deep bore, and I have to put a timer on it, otherwise the pump runs dry after 10 minutes.

It comes down to the level of the ground water. If you had it built, then do you remember if there was any water after the dig? 

If you are going to fill it, why worry?

[CallumWK]

16 minutes ago, Bagwain said:

It comes down to the level of the ground water. If you had it built, then do you remember if there was any water after the dig? 

If you are going to fill it, why worry?

 

Not sure something was lost in translation, but where you got the impression I'm going to fill it?

I consider emptying it, and leaving it empty indefinitely.

Firstly I planned to fill it with soil and make a flower bed of it, but friends advised against that, since it would render the pool unrecoverable if I ever decide to sell the house.

I don't recall if there was water after we dug the hole, but I think not.

The info about the borehole pump, which hangs at a 35 meter depth and runs dry after 10 minutes, as I presume that is an indication that the groundwater table is very low.

The pump is on an automatic timer, which runs it for 10 minute cycles every 30 minutes, to prevent it running dry. The borehole feeds my inground storage tanks, not the pool directly.