How a swimming pool is demolished, step by step
The full sequence of a pool demolition: draining, disconnection, stripping, breaking the shell, infill and levelling.
Guides: pools, garden demolition and plots in Andalusia
Technical guides for owners who want to understand the work before they commission it – written for villas on the Costa del Sol and the rest of the provincia de Málaga.
These guides explain the work behind our services in the order owners usually need it: how a swimming pool is demolished, how an infill is drained and compacted so it does not sink, and what happens to the ground and the waste afterwards. Each one is written to be useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.
A second group deals with rules. Do you need a permit to fill in a pool in Spain, or to clear a plot? In Andalusia most demolitions are now processed by declaración responsable, the town hall decides the documents, and plots near forest land carry fire-prevention duties. The guides set out what is verified and say plainly where you should confirm details with your técnico or ayuntamiento.
The rest cover the jobs that come with a pool: retaining walls on sloping plots, terraces and porches inside urbanizaciones, and what to do with garden waste once a plot has been cleared after a demolition.
Guides
Pool infill done properly: compaction, drainage and layers
Why infilled pools sink and how a correct infill is built: drainage, clean fill, layer-by-layer compaction and the right top layer.
Do you need a permit to remove a pool in Spain?
Declaración responsable or licence: how pool removal fits Andalusian rules, what Málaga city asks for and what to prepare.
Plot clearing and fire-prevention rules on the Costa del Sol
What owners of empty plots must do: clean and safe solares, town-hall orders, the forest influence zone and clearing after demolition.
Retaining wall removal: risks and precautions
How to recognise a retaining wall, what can go wrong when it is removed and the precautions taken before and during demolition.
Groundworks and levelling after demolition
What happens to the ground after demolition: foundations, buried voids, soil sorting, basic levelling and where a técnico takes over.
Demolishing a terrace or porch in an urbanización
Paperwork, community rules, access and the cut line against the house: planning the removal of a terrace, porch or pergola.
What to do with garden waste after plot clearing
How garden waste from a cleared plot is separated, reduced, reused or taken away – and the shortcuts to avoid.
Tell us what you want gone from your garden
Send a few photos, the municipality and what you plan to do with the space. We reply in English with the next steps and a no-obligation quote.