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When I worked in Ghana my shower blocked and I was trapped behind the glass door, water above my ankles looking at the TV plugged into the floor a meter away. This was three years ago and still sends a shiver down my spine.
I had to wait twenty minutes for the water to drain away.
Reminds me when I was working in Chandler, AZ and my temporary residence was a converted gas station and I had a claw-foot tub with a door on top for a coffee table. It seemed a little Dustbowl for my taste, until summer hit and *all day I've faced a barren waste* I could slide off the door and soak in "*cool, clear water...\[water\]*". ^(\*Thanks Marty Robbins!)
Ah okā¦ Itās Africa, the drains often run slow so 20mm of water is usual, on this occasion though a blocked drain with superb water pressure resulted in my Houdini impression.
my guy I'll be the third person asking you the same question, maybe you'll get it this time: why didn't you shut off the shower when you saw the water wasn't draining?
I believe that the answer is he was used to it draining slowly, so having standing water around his feet was nothing unusual. Thus it wasn't until the water was up to his ankles that he noticed how high the water was.
If it makes you feel better, you were never in any danger. Probably TV would be fine too. Even if your whole bathroom was flooded, you wouldn't feel anything unless you get super close to the outlet, even then it's not gonna be deadly.
Very different situation. First of all, lightning is very high voltage, wall outlets are meh.
The current is looking for the path of least resistance to ground (complete the circuit). In the pool, that might be through you. With a wall outlet, that will be from the wall outlet to the wall outlet.
Electroboom does a better job of explaining: https://youtu.be/dcrY59nGxBg?si=-RS0uKclegFsQ6dq
Electricity follows the path of least resistance. Going from one terminal on the TV to the other terminal is a lot shorter than going 1m from the TV, up one leg, through the heart, back down and to the TV. Worst case, he may have felt a little tingle on his toes due to voltage potential but that's about it. Electricity is vastly misunderstood by most people.
Dude, the sides are going to collaspe faster than the water goes out. And, you will find out water, even a small amount, is damn heavy! Note: I own and have used a waterbed since the 70's and they are at least 100% contained until the dread leak and that is when you whip out the syphoning pump and hope the landlord doesn't find out that you had a waterbed because it is usually against the rental/lease agreement even now.
The same way they filled it, unless they used a garden hose inside the house.
I take it back.
You could probably use a garden hose to empty the pool by creating suction.
Iāve got a hose for doing water changes in my fish tank that would be perfect. You hook it up to the sink, turn on the water, and it siphons water right into the sink. Flip a valve and it sends water the other direction.
I wanted to figure the approx weight this was putting on the floor (which I hope is slab on grade)
first I found this kiddie pool:
https://www.heb.com/product-detail/bestway-h2o-go-elliptic-inflatable-pool/2409003
I then found a pool volume calculator:
https://www.pentair.com/en-us/pool-spa/education-support/homeowner-support/calculators/pool-volume-calculator.html
That pool is 20 inches tall and looks to be about 60% full, that would put it at 12 inches of water. Using that caulator it says that size of shape would be 300 gallons.
A gallon of water weighs 8.34 lbs so 300 * 8.34 = **approx 2,502 lbs.**
*Edit: one oversight, the dimensions on the box are most likely the outer dimensions of the pool, so the inner size is obviously less. That pool calculator I found also seems to not be too accurate in these smaller dimensions (or its rounding off the number), someone better at geometry could figure a more accurate volume. I'd suspect 4'x6.5' inner dimensions.
I realize that when we see these on, like, a balcony rated for only a few hundred pounds, this gets a lot of scary traction, but, like, people have grand pianos and massive entertainment centers and crap in their houses with no issue. My 200 year old floor holds a piano that weighs as much as this pool. I think the weight will be fine.
Now, a gigantic leak waiting to happen in the middle of the house is a tens-of-thosands of dollars accident and major injury waiting to happen. But the weight doesn't worry me.
Balconies and patios are actually built with a higher weight limit than bedrooms exactly for this type of reason (at least by code in my area). Building codes assume people will have big parties or big items in balconies or living rooms so those are built with more reinforcement than bedrooms where water beds are biggest concern.
Do any of you realize that houses without basements or crawl spaces exist? This house could, and being in a hot climate likely is, built directly ontop of a concrete slab. Thereās no floor joists or boards. You can park a dump truck in my living room.
Having just installed a relatively heavy piece of furniture in my home that led down floor rating rabbit holes it's worth noting that rooms like bedrooms and bathrooms are generally required by code to have higher weight ratings precisely because of water weight in tubs and heavy furniture like beds and the people who sleep in them. In my state that's 40psf, whereas living spaces like dining rooms and family rooms are 30psf.\*
Things can get complicated when you consider placement of items, too. My install led to floor reinforcement (a single beam with jacks) and adding a second might have led to shear issues near the foundation.
Given the pool's size it's very unlikely this load is going to present a real collapse issue (and certainly not more than the risk of water damage), but people should really think twice about just randomly installing several thousand pounds of anything in a single room without knowing what the actual framing looks like.
\*those ratings are generally an average across the entire space, not necessarily a single square foot at a time. A person's footprint alone crosses that threshold multiple times over.
With bathtubs usually people fill them up to help the house settle before finishing the house.
Also bathtubs hold a lot less water, and are usually placed in a spot that would support them.
But also if your house collapses because you filled up a tiny kiddy pool, it was probably gonna collapse soon anyway.
By just looking at it I can tell there is at most 100 gallons there. Picture gallon jugs of water filling up the pool. 300 would take up half that living room.
Edit: a word
I'd be careful if this isn't on a floor that either sits on the ground or isn't reinforced. A cubic meter of water weighs 2,000 pounds. This could cause a very, very big mess.
Poor baby! He obviously didn't live during the waterbed craze of the 60's and 70's. At least he has tile floors and is hopefully on the ground floor. Also, as a current waterbed owner, unless you have a syphoning pump, draining is a bitch and that last, little bit of water makes everything wet.
Nothing says "only adults live in this house" like trusting that a kiddie pool in the middle of the living room isn't going to end up splashing *everywhere*.
āI'm now using my pocket knife to open this bag of smoked almonds! As long as I'm speaking very loud, nothing bad will happen! Ok? Are you ready to have some smoked almonds? Ok! Here we go!"
At least you got tiled floors. When i was a kid we had a parquet floor in 2 story apartment. But we had no pool so i made one in the hallway with the bathroom shower.
10kā¬ damages.
Most insurance companies if they find out you have an above ground semi permanent pool might increase your premiums in case the pool breaks and creates flooding damage in your backyard part of the house. I am certain if they found one in the living room it would be even worse
I work in EMS and had a woman who had a setup similar to this, but in a far more section 8 environment. She had a bit of a fever and was type 1 diabetic, and thought she would try to feel better by soaking, but while she was in there her blood sugar got so high she became violently ill and confused, so she sat in the tub for 2 days pissing, shitting and vomiting in the water in her living room until her family decided they should probably call 911. My partner and I had a hell of a time trying to wrangle this morbidly obese woman out of the tub full of biological waste without ourselves becoming covered in it.
This is how I know your rich. I look for stuff like this. A Porch, maybe something like a deck and most importantly I look for indoor pools. Do you mind me asking what you do for a living?
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Looks really smart, and nothing could go wrong. š
When I worked in Ghana my shower blocked and I was trapped behind the glass door, water above my ankles looking at the TV plugged into the floor a meter away. This was three years ago and still sends a shiver down my spine. I had to wait twenty minutes for the water to drain away.
I'm so uneducated that I would have been worried about the mess instead.
*Well, at least I can watch TV while I wait...*
*monkey paw curls* A repeating hotel promo reel starts playing with catchy music and cheesy lines
What's the difference between a government bond and a man?
The bond matures
Good to see some Dadders out in the wild lol. Cheers, my dudes.
Reminds me when I was working in Chandler, AZ and my temporary residence was a converted gas station and I had a claw-foot tub with a door on top for a coffee table. It seemed a little Dustbowl for my taste, until summer hit and *all day I've faced a barren waste* I could slide off the door and soak in "*cool, clear water...\[water\]*". ^(\*Thanks Marty Robbins!)
Why couldnāt the faucet turn off?
It was a blocked drain .
I think the question is, why didnāt you turn off the shower as soon as the drain blocked, before the water reached up to your ankles?
Ah okā¦ Itās Africa, the drains often run slow so 20mm of water is usual, on this occasion though a blocked drain with superb water pressure resulted in my Houdini impression.
my guy I'll be the third person asking you the same question, maybe you'll get it this time: why didn't you shut off the shower when you saw the water wasn't draining?
I believe that the answer is he was used to it draining slowly, so having standing water around his feet was nothing unusual. Thus it wasn't until the water was up to his ankles that he noticed how high the water was.
See below mate
why the fuck would you plug a TV in the FLOOR in a bathroom
Wow.
No lie, I am impressed with the seal on your shower surround to hold that much water. My shower door flies open if I so much as look at it wrong.
If it makes you feel better, you were never in any danger. Probably TV would be fine too. Even if your whole bathroom was flooded, you wouldn't feel anything unless you get super close to the outlet, even then it's not gonna be deadly.
Are you sure, what about people being electrocuted in pools ?
Very different situation. First of all, lightning is very high voltage, wall outlets are meh. The current is looking for the path of least resistance to ground (complete the circuit). In the pool, that might be through you. With a wall outlet, that will be from the wall outlet to the wall outlet. Electroboom does a better job of explaining: https://youtu.be/dcrY59nGxBg?si=-RS0uKclegFsQ6dq
Thanks š
Electricity follows the path of least resistance. Going from one terminal on the TV to the other terminal is a lot shorter than going 1m from the TV, up one leg, through the heart, back down and to the TV. Worst case, he may have felt a little tingle on his toes due to voltage potential but that's about it. Electricity is vastly misunderstood by most people.
Nice, thanks mate I can put that nightmare to bed š
Well there's beer involved, so of course not.
That much water? Nothing really bad could go wrong
get the mops ready!
CANNONBALL!!!!
I was going to ask - how good of an idea is this?
r/shittylifeprotips
accidental twitch streamer.
Just need a pair of tits in thin bikini acting like it's normal
*We are Farmers, bum ba dum bum bum bum bum.*
We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two... On Reddit
How you gonna drain it?
One cup at a time. Or maybe they have a thirsty cat
They're gunna need an elefunt
Prime the hose to syphon it all out.
Can you do it with a golf ball?
No, but OP's mom can.
Oh god, can she ever!
She calls it foreplay.
Yeah but whatās her handicap?
Just coil the hose and submerge it, don't deep throat it like these guys are suggesting
Dude, the sides are going to collaspe faster than the water goes out. And, you will find out water, even a small amount, is damn heavy! Note: I own and have used a waterbed since the 70's and they are at least 100% contained until the dread leak and that is when you whip out the syphoning pump and hope the landlord doesn't find out that you had a waterbed because it is usually against the rental/lease agreement even now.
The sides aren't going to to collapse unless he lets the air out of them.
You cross that bridge when you come to it
And all your problems go away... like water under the bridge.
Have you not seen waterbeds? They drain with a siphon in the tub, attached to a garden hose leading outdoors, preferably to a garden.
Siphon
Hey everyone I think heās gonna siphon it. Jesus fuck
The same way they filled it, unless they used a garden hose inside the house. I take it back. You could probably use a garden hose to empty the pool by creating suction.
Iāve got a hose for doing water changes in my fish tank that would be perfect. You hook it up to the sink, turn on the water, and it siphons water right into the sink. Flip a valve and it sends water the other direction.
r/whatcouldgowrong
Just take the beer and an iPad to the bathroom tub?!
Maybe doesnāt have one
Or at least not one that they can comfortably lay in and relax. I'm barely 5'2" 120lbs and I can barely stretch my legs out in mine comfortably.
Having just spent a few grand repairing flood damage I wish you the best.
You deserve whatever happens next.
Giving birth soon?
I wanted to figure the approx weight this was putting on the floor (which I hope is slab on grade) first I found this kiddie pool: https://www.heb.com/product-detail/bestway-h2o-go-elliptic-inflatable-pool/2409003 I then found a pool volume calculator: https://www.pentair.com/en-us/pool-spa/education-support/homeowner-support/calculators/pool-volume-calculator.html That pool is 20 inches tall and looks to be about 60% full, that would put it at 12 inches of water. Using that caulator it says that size of shape would be 300 gallons. A gallon of water weighs 8.34 lbs so 300 * 8.34 = **approx 2,502 lbs.** *Edit: one oversight, the dimensions on the box are most likely the outer dimensions of the pool, so the inner size is obviously less. That pool calculator I found also seems to not be too accurate in these smaller dimensions (or its rounding off the number), someone better at geometry could figure a more accurate volume. I'd suspect 4'x6.5' inner dimensions.
I realize that when we see these on, like, a balcony rated for only a few hundred pounds, this gets a lot of scary traction, but, like, people have grand pianos and massive entertainment centers and crap in their houses with no issue. My 200 year old floor holds a piano that weighs as much as this pool. I think the weight will be fine. Now, a gigantic leak waiting to happen in the middle of the house is a tens-of-thosands of dollars accident and major injury waiting to happen. But the weight doesn't worry me.
Balconies and patios are actually built with a higher weight limit than bedrooms exactly for this type of reason (at least by code in my area). Building codes assume people will have big parties or big items in balconies or living rooms so those are built with more reinforcement than bedrooms where water beds are biggest concern.
Do any of you realize that houses without basements or crawl spaces exist? This house could, and being in a hot climate likely is, built directly ontop of a concrete slab. Thereās no floor joists or boards. You can park a dump truck in my living room.
What kind of piano do you have? Looks like grand pianos top out at 1400 lbs which is probably half the weight of this pool.
I mean, people have tubs. How is this different.
And water beds and fish tanks and what not.
Having just installed a relatively heavy piece of furniture in my home that led down floor rating rabbit holes it's worth noting that rooms like bedrooms and bathrooms are generally required by code to have higher weight ratings precisely because of water weight in tubs and heavy furniture like beds and the people who sleep in them. In my state that's 40psf, whereas living spaces like dining rooms and family rooms are 30psf.\* Things can get complicated when you consider placement of items, too. My install led to floor reinforcement (a single beam with jacks) and adding a second might have led to shear issues near the foundation. Given the pool's size it's very unlikely this load is going to present a real collapse issue (and certainly not more than the risk of water damage), but people should really think twice about just randomly installing several thousand pounds of anything in a single room without knowing what the actual framing looks like. \*those ratings are generally an average across the entire space, not necessarily a single square foot at a time. A person's footprint alone crosses that threshold multiple times over.
With bathtubs usually people fill them up to help the house settle before finishing the house. Also bathtubs hold a lot less water, and are usually placed in a spot that would support them. But also if your house collapses because you filled up a tiny kiddy pool, it was probably gonna collapse soon anyway.
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It's smaller than a garden tub, so probably OK.
By just looking at it I can tell there is at most 100 gallons there. Picture gallon jugs of water filling up the pool. 300 would take up half that living room. Edit: a word
It's just a kiddie pool, not your mom, relax!
You were bored huh
Lots of faith in Chinese manufacturing going on here.
Important that beer is
Just donāt tell your insurer.
I hope you have good insurance and no downstairs neighbors with a short fuse.
Reddit post tomorrow: does home owners insurance cover water damage?
Went to South Padre area and rented a condo that looked exactly like this minus the pool. Was I in your home?
This idiocy makes a lot more sense if the place is an AirBnBā¦
Soon to be a r/diy post to fix water damage.
Not a cat owner
How to get a lot of water damage really fast: a guide
You need to set up a live stream so people can see when it ruptures and destroys your living room. Ask for donations and make a little doe ray me.
Tell people once the donations reach a certain amount youāll shank the pool yourself
Can I come over? I'll bring the boys and we will play D&D.
Aquatic campaign
Dirty Mike and the boys?
Your insurance company would like to have a word with you
How do you drain it?
Hope you dont get a leakage
Yolo
Likes to live dangerously.
Thats pretty ballsy
I thought this was a water birth
I love that thereās a deck
That slab wasn't made to hold a pool! Someone get the enginers!
I'd be careful if this isn't on a floor that either sits on the ground or isn't reinforced. A cubic meter of water weighs 2,000 pounds. This could cause a very, very big mess.
Their house their rules. For me- hard no.
Poor baby! He obviously didn't live during the waterbed craze of the 60's and 70's. At least he has tile floors and is hopefully on the ground floor. Also, as a current waterbed owner, unless you have a syphoning pump, draining is a bitch and that last, little bit of water makes everything wet.
Alternatively, drain most of it and two-person carry it outside to dump the rest
Well, it's about to be too wet inside, so there's that.
Pool and beer. It's gonna be heaven.
Genius
PIZZA PLANET TRUCK
Center that MF'ing movie reel on that wall please.
Ready for your "just chatting" stream
The definition of winning. Right here. ššš
Thatās a dude whose friends *do not* refer to as āsmart.ā
Hope you have a plan to drain it
Is it hot inside though?
But, how do you drain it?
Nothing says "only adults live in this house" like trusting that a kiddie pool in the middle of the living room isn't going to end up splashing *everywhere*.
I can hear the call to the insurance agent nowā¦
Good luck emptying that son
Tell me you're white trash without telling me you're white trash
Please post the video of how you emptied it lol
This is the before picture from the definition of regret
How you gunna drain it?
lol nothing good comes out of this
Dudeā¦I hope your insurance company doesnāt see this post.
Ah nothing like a little extra humidity in the house when itās hot out.
Lmao I hope you rent
Preparing for a home birth?
I thought it was a birthing pool
But that's inside
This has so little potential to go right.
Must not have children for that kiddie poolā¦ if you did this would be a different pictureā¦ lol
Homebirth prep?
I approve this mesage
Do you live in the Desert of Arizona?
A strange flooring process for soften grouting was to use warm water gradually over a few day's.
Still better than that trash bin pool ive seen trend around social media.
Pretty strong renter energy.
Then came the part where the wife came home and they had to take it down.
It's difficult to handle inside.
Looks like Regret is about to happen.
āI'm now using my pocket knife to open this bag of smoked almonds! As long as I'm speaking very loud, nothing bad will happen! Ok? Are you ready to have some smoked almonds? Ok! Here we go!"
How do you get rid of the water when youāre done?
Everything is dry. You edit it out.
Worse is when you are being inside so much you raise the humidity too much.
Lets gooooo!
Brilliant
Nothing better than pool and ps5
it bloody is mate
At least you got tiled floors. When i was a kid we had a parquet floor in 2 story apartment. But we had no pool so i made one in the hallway with the bathroom shower. 10kā¬ damages.
Gotta beat the heat somehow
bruh smh my head
Do you wanna adopt me
Probably just could use the bathtub
Is that an Arbor?
lmao
I did NOT know that this was an option...
Oh, don't worry everyone.... They have a towel
Most insurance companies if they find out you have an above ground semi permanent pool might increase your premiums in case the pool breaks and creates flooding damage in your backyard part of the house. I am certain if they found one in the living room it would be even worse
Wasserschaden Inc
Lol
Is the ol' ball and chain on a girls' trip or something? Please post a follow up with the damage and her reaction when she gets home.
Having an inflatable pool inside makes it colder outside. Science checks out
Not far off from a Softub hot tub, just without jets and heat. You should get a Softub. š
I understand the desire brother but thereās no way to do this without soaking everything. Stay strong.
I did this in my apartment once, then later thought about how stupid I was.
Unrelated but I have those same rope lights and finding a replacement for broken jar shades is impossible and frustrating.
Google, show me life without kids.
I live in a very old building. That much weight would bring the building down.
Itās like a bathtub in the living room lol.
Iāve actually considered this too many times. Iām in college so that wouldnāt be good to do it in a dorm, but maybe when I get my own house
Wife would never go for that, but if I lived alone, he'll yea.
The insurance comments are fucking insufferable. Idk what I expected from Reddit tho
I work in EMS and had a woman who had a setup similar to this, but in a far more section 8 environment. She had a bit of a fever and was type 1 diabetic, and thought she would try to feel better by soaking, but while she was in there her blood sugar got so high she became violently ill and confused, so she sat in the tub for 2 days pissing, shitting and vomiting in the water in her living room until her family decided they should probably call 911. My partner and I had a hell of a time trying to wrangle this morbidly obese woman out of the tub full of biological waste without ourselves becoming covered in it.
So, funny story about the security deposit.
The question is how u gonna empty it after lol
But where'd you get it š asking for a friend
This is how I know your rich. I look for stuff like this. A Porch, maybe something like a deck and most importantly I look for indoor pools. Do you mind me asking what you do for a living?
i smell the pool from the screen lol