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May 15, 2022 11:14 PM
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Willowknowsall
Use a horse tank for durability
Comatose1737
OP underestimates how often you need to dump out the dirt and water.
yomorider
A fire pit THAT big, THAT close to the house!?!?
realrealluckless
A firepit near wood, vinyl, or other similarly heat-unfriendly sidings is probably 'not a great idea'.
duffman3335
House gonna start lookin like a Salvador Dali painting.
Marine0311
Way too close to the house and it's more of a hazard in the ground like that.
ps238principal
Then one fateful year, they change the standard size of kiddie pools to save on materials...
Bridgiebird
Note to self, purchase multiple pools and store them on case this happens
jargonmon
Ok... but that's just a bon fire pit within 3 feet of the house.
maststick
That’s when is becomes a mal fire pit
CarlottaVonSprockett
My only concern is that these breed mosquitoes like crazy, so you need to be able to empty them. If it’s sunk in the ground and full of /1
CarlottaVonSprockett
water, it would be a HUGE pain in the ass to empty it out. I’d just as soon keep one above ground as deal with that. 2/2
catskhiker
In theory, but they get dirty so fast, you have to empty them often & then when you mow the lawn? Also a collector for wind blown debris
GandalfTheWhitest
Woah.
SuperDramaticFusion
I just saw a woman destroying hubcaps, I am not prepared for more disasters.
lazycrow
A mosquito incubator and house fire starter...all in one. At last! My desires for pestilence and destruction at a 2 for 1 price.
capughe
The colder months are when I won't sit around a fire pit either though
skathir
Depends on climate yeah
Oblok
Pools are required to have a fence for a reason. Some poor toddler drowns in that and the poster will be sued into oblivion...
JesaraB
they have a yard, with dogs, they have a fence
AusteninAlaska
Random toddler will ghost their parents, gorilla tunnel under the fence, climb the dog, ride it to the pools edge...then fall in and drown.
TheDentDad
Woah.
lukeeoin365
Woah.
EncomEmployee
As if the main usage for our firepit wasn't during the summer...
randomguy365
I do not recommend having an open fire pit that close to your house.
evilspock
Kiddy pool is going to be a bitch to empty in that pit.
LeSethX
Eh, our yard flooded last Dec, so we have a sump pump now. However, fire season is year round, so can't have a fire pit.
skathir
Sump pump, too easy. Lift empty shell out and scrub.
evilspock
I'm old school. You empty the kiddy pool by stepping on the edge. Actually owning a working pump? Not where I live (no basements).
AawesomeAardvaark
Get a boat bilge for like 40 bucks.
skathir
Yep, many cheap options like this.
skathir
Stepping on the edge? It’s below the ground level nestled in. Basements? I don’t live near no basements, ask a boat or hardware shop. Cheap.
Totallyscrewedinaustin
It's called a bucket and they're like, four dollars
skathir
It’s below ground, and it’s a lot of water to redirect elsewhere. Good luck with your back if you want a workout. Pumps can be pretty cheap.
skathir
This would need to be done regularly to clean out lol not just at the end of the season.
FlyByGRider
I've done it by getting some water trapped in the hose. Get it flowing down then put my hand over one end and stick it in the pool.
evilspock
Works if the output is lower than the input - but this pool is in a pit!
FlyByGRider
As long as the hose is running at a downward angle it will keep suction at the input. Even a slight downward angle
skathir
Huh? This is below ground. How will gravity work unless the pond is at the top of a hill?
FlyByGRider
The thing I emptied was a tiny pit in the ground for a water feature. It wasn't on a hill. As long as the hose is running slightly downward
NarratorsVoice
DangerTrain
Saying "woah" to your own statement is powerfully stupid.
LogicDude
Until your doggo forgets about the change of seasons and runs from the house, leaping into the flames...
llortamai
That's how hot dogs are made
Leonon
Doggo be like
HelpfulCorn
Craig!!
sms001
Don't forget to call Digrite or your local equivalent.
AtypicalMammal
These pools are like a foot deep. My dog digs deeper holes than that in the yard.
DatGuyOvaDare
Places fire pit 1 inch above gas line....
occiferbigboobs
Yyyyaaaassss, I love you guys :) I used to work for 811
SkinnerTBD
811 will notify utilities to have them mark out where their lines and such are. https://call811.com/
ThatWeirdishGuy
Not for me apparently, the last time I called they never showed up at all, the time before that they came 3 days late…
TorilTheBlacksmithsApprentice
But you still have the record of calling them, so they're liable if you hit anything.
ThatWeirdishGuy
…and only marked half of my fiber, since they stopped at the hole where it had been cut digging foundations for a deck
Xedi22
(They also don’t mark city water and sewer here…but it seems if you hit those the call is still CYA?)
Xedi22
We needed markings on the grass out past the sidewalk. The came and left doing nothing because the house gate was locked…unrelated to area.
WokeGhettoSpiritualist
Oh, would you look at Mr. Moneybags over here, just able to have a kiddie pool and a fire pit and a yard...
IxnayOnTheOttenRay
NO! That is clearly a doggie, not a kiddie pool
TwoStupidDogs
Stay classy
KileyBarker
You'll catch me on a cold day in hell before I dig a hole that big. Granite State isn't a misnomer. 3'' before shovel hits another rock.
twcarbon
How do you drain it? Those kiddy pools are hard to lift when they are on flat ground.
fractalsphere
Don't put a fire pit that large that close to your house!
pork4brains
Also you know at least 1 person will end up needing stitches
smokeyfantastico
Eh if you get behind on the payments on the house. Accidents happen
duffman3335
Pshhht. He's prolly got a stove IN the house, so what could it hurt?
BondHaimBond
You want that little bit of shade though.
YoSamiteSam
Or use the pavers as seating, under the pool is non flammable gravel. In the center have an enclosed fire bowl, swap them out in the summer.
Sechran
Yeah, the actual fire part is probably a small contained vessel in the center that replaces the pool, not the whole thing.
CritterrCatcher
Shushushushushushaaaa
cybermage256
Also not a cheap plastic kiddie pool. Entire premise doesnt match the pic.
Sonicschilidogs
Yeah it is, one of those blue plastic molded ones, you can get them at Walmart or dollar store for 10-20 bucks depending on the size.
taxirelaxi
That is the neighbours house
ReaperCDN
Multiply the size of your fire pit with this one easy trick!\
Donaldbain
The fire doesn't HAVE to fill the pit. Just sayin'.
fractalsphere
Yes, it does. ;)
papayaofthesun
Yes, just because we can doesn’t mean we should.
Sirius04
I would build a small fire in the center and use the rim of the pool as a bench
MarkySpaceMagnet
Wind blows flames, smoke, and sparks. Carbon monoxide can get sucked into the house. It's just a bad idea overall.
clearlyselfloving
what kind of millionaire yard owner do you take me for?
DadMatt
Waidonut
Yall got yards?!
TheDandyMan0
Yea I dont think that would fit on the parkway in front of my building
Metalhead47
Not with that attitude.
Crawmak
All you'd really need is a medium sized back yard I'd think. A project like this is more labor intensive than costly.
mikanskittles
I believe the point is for younger generations the dream of having any yard of your own is financially out of reach. Insert cry-laughing gif
Crawmak
Fair enough, I sort of blocked that reality out for the sake of my own mental wellbeing
mikanskittles
*Hugs* that's totally fair. You do you boo
SarcasticComment
I have a front, middle, and back. So 3 millions.
tootsmcclure
Doesn’t look like a typical plastic kiddie pool either. Looks like a stock tank, which is indeed a bit pricier and fancier.
vnqx
They said put it in the ground. They didn't say it had to be your ground.
comacomacomacomachameleon
dig a hole. claim it's your yard. it is now your yard. Worked for my great-great-grandfather
TitanYourButthole
Was his name comacomacomacomaCornell Walace per chance?
Soufange
See this is why y'all get caught don't even have a flag, or a gun to back it up. Fucking amateurs!!
skathir
Depends heavily on your sitch. Im a low income renter with a yard in the burbs and I reckon I could scrounge materials, my kids’d love it
skathir
ell landlord I’d fill it in when leave or else hide it cleverly when inspect
kingbudo101
maybe a little farther away from the house yeah?
CmfMttnPpl
Also check for gas/power/water lines before you dig that close to a structure
WokeGhettoSpiritualist
ctotheg2
“Fire up the barbecue, uhhh the whole house I guess!”
angelfixer
Super warm!
Munchman347
Don't want all that 'Dog Water' splashing on the siding...
thri1
Nah, this way it gets some shade.
thri1
Oh, you meant for the fire pit... Yeah, farther from the house please.
Ansph
Backstroke then backdraft
IfYouDontChewBigRedThenFYou
Life hack. Except no-life only hack
jasonboison
Ehh the siding night just hey a little discolored
HelloToe
Are you having a stronk?
ICommentWDF
Woah
MomofukuJones
maybe dont tell me what to do yeah? this is a free country yeah?
TheLeanWolf
it's so you can jump from the roof!
Malcondrion
Cannonball!
DIPPS77
I like your style
TheElicitor
NZSheeps
Into the fire pit
duffman3335
...into the FIRE PIT?
lolzomg123
Yeah gotta go out in a blaze of glory my dude.
NuclearMonk
I don't know how far YOU can push a virgin off a roof and into the pit, but some of us have back issues so its gotta be close
MeetYukes
30ft deep. That way, adding logs to the fire has the same satisfaction as pushing big rocks off a high bridge.
MrRandom314159
And it can double as a holding cell if you want someone's skin!
Carlillo
No backsies
InnerBushman
aloharamada
How else can one ensure an abundant harvest, duh?
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NotTheSameAnymore
Kinda thought the ritual sacrifice was a given.
WHEREISMYTROPHY
If that siding is vinyl. It's gonna warp from the heat if the fire pit
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Leeloothedog
it's sober mes responsibility to put the fire pit far enough away so drunk me can't burn the house down. drunk me is an asshole.
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DownVoteVerifier
You put a metal fire pit in the middle and sit on the outter edge around the fire. Not fill the whole thing with wood lol.
BearPerson
Wind.
MrWigglees
Yes embers can travel far, like through the kitchen window or up onto the roof. Use a metal cage for fire pits and keep far from buildings.
MarkySpaceMagnet
Still way too close