Sorry ... I got this wrong. They want $1100 to refill the pool with
water after the new plaster is applied. I guess they're going to truck
it in somehow. I'm going to follow up with them about how long the new
plaster can go without water to see if this is really necessary.

Stu

SteveB wrote:

I got a second price around $14,000 and this includes $1,100 to empty the
pool.

If your pool has a backwash device, you just flip the handle, and all the
water goes down the sewer as fast as the pump will pump it. If you need to
pump it out, you can rent a pump for about $100 a day.

$1100 to empty a pool is an insult to human intelligence.

Steve