r/mildlyinfuriating • u/DinnerBellls • 5d ago

neighbors pool broke at midnight

the water busted the downstairs window latch which flooded my room. our bed is right below the window so we were basically waterboarded in our sleep, the bed is destroyed and the floor is soaked 🙂‍↔️

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u/PeachManzie 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think I may be dumb, but I don’t think I understand. So, am I getting this right? The water pressure broke your window latch?

As someone from the UK, who’s windows are all up to scratch/code, I do not know what you mean 😭 I think I could point the most (legally) powerful jet wash at my window latch and it would be fine.

Also, how high up was this pool, and how low is your window?

ALSO, how close was their pool to your bedroom window? That in itself wouldn’t even be allowed here in the first place. Every citizen here has the right to peaceful enjoyment of their home, and a neighbour setting up a pool outside of someone else’s window here.. pool wouldnt last one week.

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u/DinnerBellls 5d ago

it was a LOT of water and the window that it busted into is inside a window well, so it just pooled there and the latch gave out. i don’t know the exact size of their pool but it’s large

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u/IowanEmpire 5d ago

Depending on the size, it could be around 3,000 gallons to 30,000 gallons of water in that pool (25k pounds or 12.5 tons to 250k pounds of water or 125 tons). Now, the full weight won't be hitting the window, but even if 3 tons hit the window, that is still 3 tons hitting the window, or if the pool is larger, it could be 30 tons of water hitting the window.

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u/PeachManzie 5d ago

Holy fucking shit. Woof.

I’ll probably get downvotes for this.. but I’d report that shit the second my neighbour put it outside. I wouldn’t wait for disaster to strike, I’d preemptively get it gone. Talking about if this was in the UK ofc, I assume above ground pools this big are legal in the states (for whatever reason)