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Above-Ground Pool Removal in York County, PA

Torn liner, rusted wall, or just done with it: we take the pool down, haul it all off, and give you your yard back.

Same-Day Service
Upfront, No-Surprise Pricing
We Load Everything
Local & Owner-Operated
Owner-operated. William is personally on every job from start to finish.

Every above-ground pool hits the end of the road sooner or later. The liner tears, the wall rusts through at the bottom, the kids move out, and what's left is a big ring of steel and vinyl taking up the best flat spot in the yard. Above ground pool removal is how you get that spot back. We take the pool apart, haul off the walls, liner, frame, ladder, and equipment, and clean up where it stood. Small in-ground pools we'll look at case by case. Send photos, William gives you a price up front, and the two-person crew does the heavy part.

Worker inside a drained above-ground pool with the liner peeled back to the sand floor — The Junk Lord, York County PA

What's Included

  • Taking down the wall, top rails, and uprights
  • Liner, ladders, steps, and pool equipment hauled off
  • Two-person crew handling all the lifting and loading
  • Disposal at licensed transfer stations
  • Clean-up of the area where the pool stood
  • Upfront price confirmed before work begins

What We Take

  • Round and oval above-ground pools
  • Steel-wall and resin-frame pools
  • Soft-sided and metal-frame pools
  • Pools with torn liners or collapsed walls
  • Ladders, steps, filters, and pumps
  • Wood decks built around an above-ground pool
  • Small in-ground pools (quoted after we see them)

How the job goes

  1. Step 1
    Photos of the pool and the yard

    Text (717) 654-6138 a few pictures: the whole pool, any deck around it, and the route to the street. Tell us whether it still has water in it.

  2. Step 2
    A price before anything comes apart

    William confirms the price up front. If you want the deck taken too, it goes into the same quote.

  3. Step 3
    Teardown

    We pull the liner, take off the top rails and uprights, and break the wall down into pieces that load.

  4. Step 4
    Haul and clean up

    Steel, vinyl, and equipment all go on the truck, and we clean up the ring where the pool sat.

Pricing
Priced by the job — text photos for an upfront quote.
Final price confirmed before we start. What affects the price
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Why a pool is a different job from a hot tub

People lump these two together, but they come apart in opposite ways. A hot tub is one heavy, compact box. An above-ground pool is the reverse: wide, thin, and spread out over a big footprint. The work is mostly about volume, a long run of steel wall, a liner the size of a living room rug, and a dozen uprights.

The ground under the pool is part of the conversation too. Ask about the sand base or ground cover when you send photos, so we can be clear about what we're taking and what stays.

Where an old pool ends up in York County

A pool breaks down into several different kinds of waste, and the county treats them differently. At York County's Small Load Drop-Off, metal items go to a local scrap yard, while metal siding is not accepted as construction debris.[1][2]

If there's a wood deck around the pool, lumber is accepted there only in lengths of 6 feet or less. Concrete pads and pavers aren't accepted at all.[2]

Pool chemicals are the piece people forget. The Resource Recovery Center won't take them with a regular load, but York County's free spring and fall household hazardous waste events do, with registration required. Lancaster County residents can use LCSWMA's free household hazardous waste facility. Adams County has no county program.[3][4][5][6]

Small in-ground pools

In-ground pools are a bigger, heavier job than anything above ground, and no two are alike. We look at small ones case by case and quote only after we've seen the pool. We'll be straight with you about what's in the price and what isn't, including what happens to the hole.

What we don't handle

Recent Work

Pool Removal jobs from our camera roll

Pool walls broken down for disposal in York County, PA — The Junk Lord
Pool walls — York County, PA
Bare sand footprint framed by the wooden deck opening where the above-ground pool stood — The Junk Lord, York County PA
Pool removal — York County
Cleared yard after a pool removal in York County, PA — The Junk Lord
Pool cleared — York County, PA
Above-ground pool with vinyl liner staged for removal in York County, PA — The Junk Lord
Pool before demo — York County, PA
Cleared pool footprint next to a deck in York County, PA after The Junk Lord finished a removal
Pool footprint cleared — York County, PA
Backyard deck and exterior wall during a pool removal in York County, PA — The Junk Lord
Pool job — York County, PA
Real Reviews

What customers say about our pool removal

“Very kind guys! And quick and efficient got it done fast. Highly recommend!”

Elydia ChambersGoogle· 1 week ago

“William and friend were competent. Completed the job on suggested time. Great price. Offered suggestions I would definitely recommend them .”

Sandra StellavatoGoogle· 1 month ago

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Sources

  1. [1] York County Solid Waste Authority — Small Load Drop-Off Facility (accessed 2026-10-04)
  2. [2] York County Solid Waste Authority — Construction Material Disposal (accessed 2026-10-04)
  3. [3] York County Solid Waste Authority — Household Hazardous Waste (accessed 2026-10-04)
  4. [4] York County Solid Waste Authority — HHW Event Acceptable Items 2026, PDF (accessed 2026-10-04)
  5. [5] Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority — Household Hazardous Waste Facility (accessed 2026-10-04)
  6. [6] Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection — Adams County Municipal Solid Plan Update (June 2019, rev. Nov 2019), PDF on PA DEP collection service page (accessed 2026-10-04)
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