Ad Said House Had "Indoor Pool"
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Favorite Comment: Fixer bug man says, “I’ve always wondered what a “disco stick” is that Lady Gaga always wants to take a ride on.”
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Hey, whatdaya want? They’ve got a disco-light-foil covered basement pole beside the pool, you should see it at night!
Let’s make a family fun room! Disco pole? Check. Limbo stick? Check. Inflatable rubber shark tank? Check. Well, then, let the family fun begin!
Haha and how do they empty it ?
This going to end badly
The landlord only said we could have fish of a waterbed, he didn’t say nothin bout no pool!
Hey, you girls wanna come back to my place after last call? It’s just like a Carnival cruise: we have an indoor pool, a disco dance room, limbo, a cozy little fireplace…sound fun?
Basement hydroponic setup for what???
It that a basement pool deck on the left?
Is that urine in that pool?
Nope, can’t see this going wrong at all.
It’s beer. After the party it won’t need to be emptied!@Arne Kr
I just hope that pool has a good filter and a lot of chlorine. Bad things have happened in that water, I am sure of it.
@Mike
Looks like it, I think it’s just a big community toilet
It’s a birthing pool, totally normal.
Huuhhh…. i’m wondering about the silly “pump” besides he real pool pump … What is it …
In no place, did the ad mention that said pool would be filled with water, apparently.
Even with fancy upgrades, his homemade baptismal had gone south. Lord help us!
Silly! It’s a *waterbed*! They just haven’t put the cover on it yet…
The “pump” next to the real pump looks like a waterheater that you use to keep a large truck warm in the winter. It’s sitting next to a large
shop vice. Good paper weight I guess.
Are those water guns on the table?
@GuiGui
The pool is heated. Inside it is a 290 Gallon per hour immersible pump. Outside is a 1000W engine heater. The pool is now covered to prevent excessive evaporation.
We run the heater at night (when electricity is really cheap). The equilibrium temperature is around 82 Fahrenheit. Feels chilly for a few minutes, then you get used to it. And yes, the water is chlorinated and pH balanced.
If I had to drain it I would pump it out. It is 650 gallons (2.5 tons of water, 120,000 BTUs/degree to heat it).
I don’t know what’s crazier. That we put this in my basement, or that I (tried) to do the math to see how much energy it takes to keep it warm.
As for he other things in the photo:
The pole is covered in 1cm square mirrors. The previous home owner glued them on. The thing on the far left is just a wooden table (with tools on it). The 2×4 in the background is not relevant.
They should move it closer to that fireplace in the background. No need for an electric heater anymore. They would save a lot of dough on their electricity bill
WTF? What is the powercord IN the pool for? Why are there guns on the table? What is the measuring stick by the fireplace for? Wouldn’t a yard stick work in this case?
your all wrong….its a big electric water bong
Well… they weren’t exactly lying.
Oh Lordy, if that thing breaks…..
Any chance it could be a birthing pool? Most women opt for one of those inflatable jobs that are no more than 2-3 feet deep, but hey, maybe one particular woman wanted something better!
The extra “pump” appears to be some sort of electric water heater.
I’ve always wondered what a “disco stick” is that Lady Gaga always wants to take a ride on.
That extra pump looking thing actually looks like a heater that people in cold climates hook up to their radiators…Looks like a home-rigged jacuzzi.
My guess is an Acme Home Sewage Treatment Plant
After my initial shock wore off I got to thinking… well at least you could swim in the winter. Oh leave me alone.
My brother in law uses a pool like that for his Koi fish babies. Apparently you have to separate the baby fish out from the big pond.
Yep, it’s a birthing pool. I’ve used one twice and it’s quite wonderful.
That silly thing beside the filter pump is probably an ozone sanitizer, this a hot tub! I think that black cord on the right is for the heater. Not much in the way of soothing jets and bubbles but at least it’s indoors and I’m sure there is a big TV nearby to watch the game on.
You guys missed something. On the back wall is a pull-down movie screen. This is the ultimate home theater/hot tub/indoor swimming pool combination. It’s also got a disco pole and a fire place. Dudes,
this is a real dude’s rec room.
There are a few small drawbacks, but it wouldn’t be a real dude’s place without ‘em.
fancy column thou
It is people like this that the warning label was put on the hair dryer….
I just can’t wait to see what kind of new regulation or law gets made after someone gets hurt or the place gets damaged in some fashion where public services are needed (police/fire/ambulance).
There needs to be a “dumbass” catagory.
The color of that water makes me puke. And if you say it is beer, then it makes me puke twice because it is just too clear.
It’s the giant cauldron of pea soup. Party starts in an hour.
What’s that on the left there? Either a gun or a saw… either way, probably trouble
Are you kidding me?!!!!???!?!
Dude, my only question here is; Why? Why indoors? Do you live in Siberia?
Actually the more I look at this the cooler I think it is. I would so do it… if I had a basement… and that basement had a sump pump for when the pool did… and it will… leak
@indoor pool guy
I applaud your efforts. I now christen this room “The Panty Dropper!”
@FixMaster 2k
More like “Panty Drooper” but that’s ok.
Very suspicious comment. Kinda like, “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain…” I bet the body they found in the pool shows evidence of being struck by a blunt wooden object.
Dude, that’s a birthing pool…
Is that a gun handle on the table to the left? I can see it now; gun goes off, shoots hole in the pool, water runs out and shocks any and all people in the room. There could be a Darwin award in this one.
@Arne Kr
yeah…exactly what i was wondering…with all the equipment they have hooked up and the preparation it took to put a pool inside their house you would think that maybe they have already thought that through too…hopefully =)
@indoor pool guy
what happens if the inflatable pool busts??? it happens…a lot =)
Oh boy… The 2×4. Before I used an “external tank heater” and pump to heat the pool… I suspended a 2×4 over the water (on saw horses), and from the 2×4 suspended a 1150W heating element from an electric food warmer thingy that I purchased at the local junk store for $5.00. The element was submerged except for the top 1 inch or so.
I used a small pump to direct a jet of water over the element to distribute the warm(er) water and reduce bubble nucleation. Without circulation, water will boil on contact with the heating element.
This setup was inefficient – but it did raise the water from the original 40F (well water is COLD!) to nearly 65F in 3 days.
Hacksaw. Used to cut tubing for water heater.
@indoor pool guy
Frankly sir, you have no shame.
haha you know .. this is actually pretty awesome. weird, crazy, but awesome. impressed, very impressed.
I remember a few years back in college looking at a plastic-material hot tub that resembled this thing. My buddies and I measured and were sure it would be a hit on the balcony. I’m really glad we never got that one off the ground, the weight would have surely collapsed the old wooden thing.
I’ll call Tub Girl.
Eww…why’s it green?
Anyone up for midnight skinny dippin’?
Thats so cool . Ima doin that too. Just as soon as I get a basement.
redneck swingers party, anyone?
hmmm…..this guy has way to much time on his hands……
USmom, you obviously know nothing about tools. That is a hacksaw handle, not a gun and if you had bothered to read the post prior to yours, you would know there are “tools” on the table.
And after I read through all the posts after yours I saw that IDPG had already noted your error.
@GuiGui
engen block heater i bet
That is an indoor spa, my friend has one inside her house to for her medical problems. This has nothing to do with ghetto rigging anything, which is all these people are doing in the other pic.
The Pool is “green” because it is reflecting the colour of the wall, to some extent. Notice how the back edge of the pool is the same blue that the pool material is made of.
Just swim around the electric wires. They don’t hurt you unless you hurt them.
As demonstrated here, if something needs to be constructed, deconstructed and/or reconstructed, Party Animals with Meth are very industrious, inventive problem solvers.
Follow-up to my previous comment: Note that in a prior, post Indoor Pool Guy indicates that the previous owners glued each little mirrored tile onto the “Disco Stick” themselves.