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The Daily Mail reports that teenagers combating a 34°C heatwave have converted a living room into a swimming pool. Commentators note that it could be dangerous move for many reasons:
As well as posts congratulating the boys' creative way of keeping cool in the summer heat, there were others who branded them 'idiots'.
'The water is about half a metre high, which means it is about half a ton for every square metre. I wonder if their neighbours will gather altogether to give them a good lesson?,' one said.
'I hope the electric plugs are way above the water level,' another added, while a third person said: 'I hope they cut their nails really well before going inside...what if they break the film.'
Regardless, the pictures are funnier than the hottub Cadillac.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Covalent on Sunday August 03 2014, @04:43AM
OK, the weight problem has been pretty well hashed out. Obviously a collapse into the basement would be the worst case scenario. But there are many more likely problems:
1. The film leaks and water slowly impregnates pretty much everything underneath the plastic. This is particularly problematic for drywall, carpeting, electrical, padding...hell, it's problematic for everything.
2. Someone already mentioned bleach, but yeah, this water is gonna be funky.
3. Drainage. The hose into the toilet / out the window will NOT work well. Reason? It will only work until the water depth is less than the diameter of the mouth of the hose (usually 1 inch in the US, probably 2.54cm in Europe...haha). After that suction will be lost and you'll be left with 1/12 ft. x 10ft x 10ft (guesses) = about 8 cubic feet of water. This is almost 500 pounds of water, so you're not balling up the plastic like a bag and carrying it out. How do you get rid of it? Millions of sponges?
You can't rationally argue somebody out of a position they didn't rationally get into.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by VLM on Sunday August 03 2014, @11:56AM
Settling and cracking issues will set in well before the whole works lands in the basement.
Depending on construction quality, etc. All you need to do is crack "a" joist and there will be enough deflection to break plaster, etc, even if the whole works doesn't land in the basement.
Damn plumbers really butcher the carpentry sometimes. Or rephrased, some architects think the wifi equivalent of plumbing exists so the plumbers have to butcher the framework sometimes. Ditto the HVAC guys.
My suspicion is before they end up in the basement, the whole works will drain thru a HVAC duct or a small collapsed hole due to plumbing structural modifications.