Swimming pools are great. Great in the summer and easy to maintain if you live somewhere that has a winter. You could always buy an above-ground swimming pool but if that episode of the Simpsons didn’t scare you enough then go for it. Remember that they are weak and the water in them is very heavy and every time someone jumps in the pressure changes suddenly. If you buy one you must make sure it is the best of the best brand or you may end up with a ten thousand dollar mistake. If you are true blue and want a real inground pool then you should call an excavation company because trying to do what Sean Patrick Astin was trying to do in Encino Man is not going to work. If you want a pool, just a hot tub or maybe a full Olympic swimming pool in your basement, you will need to do some extreme excavation. The process starts with something called clearing. That means, if you want a pool in your basement, you will first have to remove your house. The house itself is an obstruction to the construction of the pool. However, that is not the end of the story. The house can be lifted and set on stills or ballons. The basement can be excavated and cleared. The area can then be reduced and enlarged for the addition of an Olympic swimming pool. This process may seem complicated and expensive but it isn’t. You can have this done whenever you want. Simply add it to your budget.
If you are worried about trying to do this yourself then you can hire a professional company. If the area you are trying to clear is heavily filled, as in wooded or brushed then a professional is necessary. If you try doing it yourself you will like hit a speed bump in the process, such as a very large rock hidden underground. Or an unbeknownst concrete foundation is hidden just below the grass. Maybe there was a shed there once. Whatever it is it’s going to take a crane to get it out. So call a professional. Have them explore the property and pull up old blueprints. You will be very surprised by what you find and when you are done you will be fully ready to take on anything from a driveway to a shed to a pool to a brand new house.