Pool removal in Sacramento has no city handout of its own, so the Community Development Department, Building Division confirms the permit, and Pool Removal California found 11 businesses offering in-ground pool removal there, 5 with an active state licence.
This directory groups Sacramento under Sacramento and the Central Valley. Each listing below was matched to Sacramento because the business names the city on its own website, serves it through a named region, or appears for it on Google Maps. Licence numbers were checked at the Contractors State License Board lookup on 11 October 2026, and businesses with an active licence are listed first.
Based in Roseville
Licence 1117491 (C-21), held by JUNK PATROL LLC: current and active at the state board, checked 11 October 2026.
Its website has a dedicated pool removal page or section. Listed for Sacramento because its own website names Sacramento.
Based in Livermore
Licence 579261 (C-12, C-8, C-50, A, C-21), held by LASSITER EXCAVATING INC dba POOL IT OUT: current and active at the state board, checked 11 October 2026.
Its website has a dedicated pool removal page or section. Listed for Sacramento because its own website names Sacramento.
Based in Sacramento
Licence 1141839 (C-21), held by NEXT DEMOLITION LLC: current and active at the state board, checked 11 October 2026.
Its website has a dedicated pool removal page or section. Listed for Sacramento because its own website names Sacramento.
Based in Sacramento
Licence 650963 (B, C-27), held by SALEN'S LANDSCAPING INC: current and active at the state board, checked 11 October 2026.
Its website has a dedicated pool removal page or section. Listed for Sacramento because its own website names Sacramento.
Based in Stockton
Licence 985609 (A, C-21), held by FLORES EXCAVATION AND DEMOLITION INC: current and active at the state board, checked 11 October 2026.
Its website lists pool removal among its services. The site says: “Flores removes structures, pools, farm buildings, commercial sites, and concrete.” Listed for Sacramento because its website names the region Sacramento sits in.
Another 3 businesses show no licence number or only a Google Maps listing for Sacramento. They are being checked by phone before being listed.
A national referral directory currently ranks first for this city.
A pool removal in Sacramento needs a licensed contractor or an owner-builder permit, because Industry Bulletin 24-07 keeps permitted work outside the $1,000 unlicensed-work exemption. The state classification guide explains the A, C-12, C-21 and C-53 classes most pool jobs use.
Sacramento publishes no rule specific to pool removal. City Code chapter 15.44 requires a wrecking permit from the building official before any demolition, and the city's pool requirements describe pools as structures, so the wrecking permit is the likely route; the Building Division confirms it. The wrecking permit application CDD-0233 (revised September 2026) needs sign-off from Planning, Fire, Solid Waste and Utilities before issue and asks whether excavations on the lot will be filled or fenced. The city's building fee detail, effective July 2025, sets the wrecking permit at $175, and water taps cost $274 each to kill or $2,005 each to abandon.
| Permit | Wrecking permit (likely; confirm) |
|---|---|
| Issued by | Sacramento Community Development Department, Building Division |
| Published fee | $175 wrecking permit (fee detail effective July 2025) |
| City document | Wrecking permit application CDD-0233 (revised September 2026) |
| Confidence | Low |
The Community Development Department, Building Division is the office to call before any work starts. Sacramento is one of 10 cities among the 32 in this directory that publish nothing specific to pools, so the department's answer on the phone decides the permit type, the fee and the fill standard.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District treats demolitions of any size as needing notification, with a 10-day notice period and a standard fee of $435. Its rule defines demolition by load-supporting members of a facility, and its FAQ says single-family homes are usually not regulated, so the district rules on whether a pool-only job counts.
Without a pool rule, the city code's wrecking section is the closest guide: excavations must be filled level with the adjoining grade within 10 days after the work, inorganic fill such as broken masonry is allowed, and the top foot of fill must be clean earth. The city's pool requirements also warn that expansive soils are likely at any Sacramento site, which is worth raising with the Building Division before choosing between a partial fill-in and full removal.
The fill-in questions page sets the two methods side by side, with typical timelines of one to four days for a partial fill-in and three to seven for a full removal.
Sacramento has published prices: NorCal Earthworks prices full removal at $8,000 to $15,000 for a concrete pool and $6,000 to $12,000 for fiberglass, and Walberg, Inc. publishes $5,000 to $12,000 for a partial fill-in and $12,000 to $30,000 for a full removal across Northern California. City charges add the $175 wrecking permit, any water tap work and the debris administration fee.
The California pool removal cost guide covers what moves a quote, from side-yard access to fill dirt and the compaction report.
Since 15 January 2026, Sacramento's wrecking permit applicants submit a Waste Management Plan in Green Halo, upload disposal tickets and file a waste log within 30 days of finishing. Debris may be hauled only by a franchised waste hauler or self-hauled, and mixed loads go to a county-certified sorting facility such as GreenWaste Florin Perkins, L and D Landfill or Sierra Waste. The city's recycling rules require 65% diversion on all demolition projects, with an administration fee of 0.04% of valuation, from $40 to $800.
Pool water has to go somewhere before demolition starts. The Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership pool guidance hosted by the city sends it to the sanitary sewer through a sewer cleanout or laundry sink, never an opened manhole, and allows the storm drain only for water below 0.01 parts per million of chlorine, with a pH of 6.5 to 8.5, no debris and no heat. Saltwater pools go to the sewer only, and Regional San at (916) 875-6470 handles sewer questions.
Sellers in Sacramento should keep the finaled permit, because the state's seller disclosure form asks about fill on the property and about unpermitted work.
Contractors listed for Sacramento also work in neighbouring communities, including Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights, West Sacramento, Roseville and Folsom. Neighbouring cities set their own permit rules, so a job outside Sacramento city limits follows that city's building department or, in unincorporated areas, the county.
Other Sacramento and the Central Valley pages in this directory: Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Elk Grove.
Which permit covers a Sacramento pool removal?
Most likely the $175 wrecking permit under City Code chapter 15.44; the Building Division confirms it.
How soon must a Sacramento pool be filled?
City code requires excavations filled level with the adjoining grade within 10 days, with the top foot clean earth.
Can Sacramento pool water go to the storm drain?
Only below 0.01 ppm chlorine at pH 6.5 to 8.5; the sewer cleanout is the preferred route.
Who hauls pool debris in Sacramento?
A franchised waste hauler, or the contractor self-hauling, with a Waste Management Plan in Green Halo.
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