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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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  1. Todd says:

    Hey, whatdaya want? They’ve got a disco-light-foil covered basement pole beside the pool, you should see it at night!

  2. dono1 says:

    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!

  3. Arne Kr says:

    Haha and how do they empty it ?

  4. TheLancer says:

    This going to end badly

  5. Ken says:

    The landlord only said we could have fish of a waterbed, he didn’t say nothin bout no pool!

  6. Evan says:

    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?

  7. JBD says:

    Basement hydroponic setup for what???

  8. JBD says:

    It that a basement pool deck on the left?

  9. Mike says:

    Is that urine in that pool?

  10. felix says:

    Nope, can’t see this going wrong at all.

  11. JBD says:

    It’s beer. After the party it won’t need to be emptied!@Arne Kr

  12. Homer says:

    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.

  13. Jason says:

    @Mike
    Looks like it, I think it’s just a big community toilet :P

  14. burrito boy says:

    It’s a birthing pool, totally normal.

  15. GuiGui says:

    Huuhhh…. i’m wondering about the silly “pump” besides he real pool pump … What is it …

  16. Desert Rat says:

    In no place, did the ad mention that said pool would be filled with water, apparently.

  17. s00zi says:

    Even with fancy upgrades, his homemade baptismal had gone south. Lord help us!

  18. one small step says:

    Silly! It’s a *waterbed*! They just haven’t put the cover on it yet…

  19. bubba says:

    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.

  20. leftlane-drivers-suck says:

    Are those water guns on the table?

  21. indoor pool guy says:

    @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.

    • Sir Fix-a-lot says:

      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

  22. USMom says:

    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?

  23. Rynrhoades says:

    your all wrong….its a big electric water bong

  24. molly says:

    Well… they weren’t exactly lying.

  25. Paddy says:

    Oh Lordy, if that thing breaks…..

  26. Jenn says:

    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!

  27. SCAScot says:

    The extra “pump” appears to be some sort of electric water heater.

  28. bug man says:

    I’ve always wondered what a “disco stick” is that Lady Gaga always wants to take a ride on.

  29. redwonder says:

    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.

  30. The Doctor says:

    My guess is an Acme Home Sewage Treatment Plant

  31. Ryno says:

    After my initial shock wore off I got to thinking… well at least you could swim in the winter. Oh leave me alone.

  32. Brian H. says:

    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.

  33. Megan says:

    Yep, it’s a birthing pool. I’ve used one twice and it’s quite wonderful.

  34. sixholdens says:

    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.

  35. ed_thetallguy says:

    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.

  36. saddat says:

    fancy column thou

  37. Dan says:

    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.

  38. Daniel says:

    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.

  39. Badgirl says:

    It’s the giant cauldron of pea soup. Party starts in an hour.

  40. lizardqueen says:

    What’s that on the left there? Either a gun or a saw… either way, probably trouble

  41. Jeremy says:

    Are you kidding me?!!!!???!?!

  42. PolishWizzard says:

    Dude, my only question here is; Why? Why indoors? Do you live in Siberia?

  43. DH says:

    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

  44. FixMaster 2k says:

    @indoor pool guy
    I applaud your efforts. I now christen this room “The Panty Dropper!”

  45. Daniel says:

    @FixMaster 2k

    More like “Panty Drooper” but that’s ok.

  46. dono1 says:

    indoor pool guy :
    @GuiGui
    The 2×4 in the background is not relevant.

    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.

  47. Eris says:

    Dude, that’s a birthing pool…

  48. Devon says:

    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.

  49. southerngirl says:

    @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 =)

  50. southerngirl says:

    @indoor pool guy
    what happens if the inflatable pool busts??? it happens…a lot =)

  51. indoor pool guy says:

    dono1 :

    indoor pool guy :
    @GuiGui
    The 2×4 in the background is not relevant.

    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.

    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.

  52. indoor pool guy says:

    Devon :
    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.

    Hacksaw. Used to cut tubing for water heater.

  53. dono1 says:

    @indoor pool guy
    Frankly sir, you have no shame.

  54. chris says:

    haha you know .. this is actually pretty awesome. weird, crazy, but awesome. impressed, very impressed.

  55. Dave says:

    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.

  56. Frivolous Claim says:

    I’ll call Tub Girl.

  57. Allison Chaos says:

    Eww…why’s it green?

  58. Bunny says:

    Anyone up for midnight skinny dippin’?

  59. ron says:

    Thats so cool . Ima doin that too. Just as soon as I get a basement.

  60. tomgjj says:

    redneck swingers party, anyone?

  61. Erin says:

    hmmm…..this guy has way to much time on his hands……

  62. sixholdens says:

    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.

  63. sixholdens says:

    And after I read through all the posts after yours I saw that IDPG had already noted your error.

  64. safemale says:

    @GuiGui
    engen block heater i bet

  65. mel says:

    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.

  66. Peter says:

    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.

  67. FunkMasterJen says:

    Just swim around the electric wires. They don’t hurt you unless you hurt them.

  68. Threethisweek says:

    As demonstrated here, if something needs to be constructed, deconstructed and/or reconstructed, Party Animals with Meth are very industrious, inventive problem solvers.

  69. Threethisweek says:

    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.

  70. Pungki says:

    I like “Panty Drooper”


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