How much access is required to build a swimming pool?

Modern building codes mean that many homes are now built on property boundaries with either no setbacks or limited setbacks. This means that full length car width access down one or both sides of a property are a thing of the past. Often when building a pool we will have as little as 800mm or doorway width to access a backyard and thus build a pool through.

Access widths are critical for the pool excavation with the efficiency / and therefore the cost of works being inversely proportional to the size of the equipment used. The larger the equipment used for the excavation works the lower the overall cost of the excavation. We can easily undertake all other aspects of a pools construction through standard doorway access.

We have our own tight access pool excavation equipment which allows us to efficiently remove all excavated materials from site. So as long as you have a doorway-sized opening to access the proposed construction area – we can build your pool.

Key points:

• You can build a pool with almost any level of access
• Minimum access requirements are a working width or opening the size of a standard doorway
• The larger the excavation equipment you use the more efficient the process
• A standard pool excavation with good access requires a 3 tonne bobcat , 4.0 tonne excavator and tandem truck. The average pool builder would allow $5,000 for excavating an 8.0 x 4.0m pool with the equipment listed above. To excavate a pool with ‘doorway’ sized access utilisng tight access equipment – a pool builder would allow approximately $8,000.