It is really too late to seed now. Late summer (around Sept.1) is the best time for seeding in Indiana, but since it's October now it is too close to your first frost date to put seeds down and hope for it to make it through the winter. I would advise you to get rid of the sand and pebble layers if you want to have a healthy lawn. If the sand layer is pretty thin you might be fine, but if it's more than a few inches then you need to remove it. Sand doesn't hold water/nutrients very well, but it is great for drainage. Most golf courses use a 50:50 sand soil mix, which is great for drainage, but they have the ability to water daily and use tons of fertilizer.

House value will go up, not down, if you completely remove a 20 year old above ground pool.

Davidahn, please don't think I'm just an angry man. Know that I've tried to adapt and deal with the situation as it is but I can't. I refuse to compromise quality and service for price and that is what it seems I must do to survive. I try to run my business in such a manner as to be fair to everyone. I pay my employees well, provide them with company vehicles, benefits etc. It's what I need to do to keep offering my customers quality service and an excellent finished product. Every time, without exception lately, As soon as I provide a quote on a specific piece of hardware my client calls to ask why I charge so much. The fact is that I mark-up my materials by what I consider to be a fair percentage but the internet shows them pricing at least equal to if not lower than my cost. My customers tend to be wealthy people, and I don't imagine that they got that way by selling products at cost or pricing their services low, but it seems that they expect me to do so. I simply cannot afford to work for bare wages. I have insurance, compensation, office staff, vehicle costs - all the things required to offer them the service they expect of me, yet they think I should install a product at their home for the price they see on the web. It baffles me to be honest. Last year I built a pool and spa for a nice fellow. I sent him to my distributor to choose his tiles. He spent some time there dealing with the staff and left with some samples he liked. I got pricing for him, again with a fair mark-up, and he price checked t on the internet. Of course, the online pricing was some 10% below my cost so he chose to order it there. When the time came, of course he expected me to measure his pool and give him quantities. Seems reasonable of course but in my estimating I used to work this into the price of the tile so now I'm essentially working for free. I give him the quantities, the tiles arrive, and we begin to install. Sure enough we're short of tile. I freak out a little, measure the pool again and check my notes...hmmm...should be enough. Talk to the owner and it turns out that he decided that I had over estimated and he knew better, cut the amounts by some 15%. So now my tile guy needs to go away and come back 10 days later, holding up the project and costing me money. Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident. In this case I had a long discussion with the client about how I priced things and why he should allow me to order the tiles but of course he knew better, at my expense. I'm not trying to get rich on every job here, just offer a good product at a fair price. Last year I made a whopping profit of about 4% after the dust settled. I've pretty much had it, it honestly isn't worth the risk anymore.

Perhaps you can point out where it actually says that in the actual LAW , MGL 143-3L FAQs Q: I would like to perform my own electrical work. Can I pull a permit as a homeowner and not a licensed electrician? A: According to Massachusetts Electrical Code, a homeowner may perform electrical work provided that: The work being done is residential, not commercial; and The person performing the work is the property owner; and The person performing the work resides at the property. All three of these conditions MUST be met in order for a homeowner to perform their own electrical work. Pepperell While a homeowner is allowed to do electrical work in their own home, we strongly encourage a licensed electrician be hired since there are constant changes in the electrical code. Carlisle Burlington Leominster Just to name a few......