ULPT: Get them to drain the damn pool

be careful with this, chlorine tablets sitting on the bottom of a plaster pool will eat through the plaster over time. don't want to actually damage their property.

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Bad_Wolf420@reddit

Then the pool will eventually drain into the earth

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Apo7Z@reddit

Then they claim to have swam in it and sue you.. murica

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Ruth-Stewart@reddit

Nah, unless you are mosquito babies the dunks won’t hurt ya.

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Prudent-Poetry-2718@reddit

My sisters neighbour had a derelict above ground (cess)pool. She’d huck the dunks over the fence a few times per year. Didn’t help the way it looked, but at least kept the bugs away.

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Peakbrowndog@reddit

Call the health department in addition to code compliance.

Keep calling them weekly.

If they don't make something happen, call your council person and Mayor.

Squeaky wheel gets the grease

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Great advice. Absolutely. Can you put an unethical spin on it? Throw piss disks over the fence just before the health inspector comes by? Or sprinkle a couple little empty vials in their yard that imply illicit drugs may be present? Something in between is what I'm trying to think of....

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Peakbrowndog@reddit

Sorry, forgot which sub.

Bait rats onto the property to encourage resolution.

Throw some dead fish into the pool and get the game warden involved.

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mrkstr@reddit

Lol. Nicely done!

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elfearzzz@reddit

Or the county Vector Control. They will want to know about the mosquito habitat for sure.

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Haggis_HotPocket@reddit

Dear god. We pay for vector control?

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dungonyourtongue@reddit

Don’t call. Email.

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JSchecter11@reddit

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Peakbrowndog@reddit

While email is great, I promise the phone calls are way, way more annoying. Spoken as someone who needs my clients to text or email instead of calling.

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TheCivilEngineer@reddit

This is what I would do. Mosquitos pose a great heath risk, so ants take green water should be replaced. I know after Katrina, they stated putting fish in old abandoned pools to eat all the mosquitos because they became such a problem.

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toomuch1265@reddit

Buy some swans and put them in the pool.Maybe the owner will get the hint.

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MalPB2000@reddit

Swans are like $500…not kidding.

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Paevatar@reddit

Needless to say, don't pee in the pool. Piss discs would be a drop in the bucket in that mess. Releasing snakes is not a good ideas because they'll come to your yard too. Ditto rats. Rigging small explosives around the yard could get you in serious trouble. Hiring a bulldozer and pushing fill dirt into the pool might be illegal. Advertising "free pool and appliances" might not be effective.

(Not unethical, but buy some mosquito dunks that have bT (bacillus thuringensis), which will kill the mosquito larvae so they can't breed. Toss a couple into the pool once in a while. Also call your local board of health. It's a serious health hazard.)

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HRHSuzz@reddit

Honestly, doing this the right way is probably better and will be satisfying for sure. Call up your city or town and find their vector department… These people monitor this kind of stuff and they will make them fix it. They have drones and other stuff they do to identify standing water that’s problematic like this and you’ve already told them where to look. They will make them fix it. For you it’s just a phone call and you don’t actually have to exert any extra effort on bad neighbors. Mosquitoes have too much stuff related to disease and cities generally, do not let this slide at all.

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frazld54@reddit

Local Code Enforcement, County Health Dept. & Vector Control I am surprised it's lasted it's long mine gets off blue i get a letter from vector control with a drone pic of pool.

They take this very serious.

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L0ud_Typer@reddit

THIS

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L0ud_Typer@reddit

Idk if this is unethical enough, but call the EPA (or your local areas similar agency). Our house was a hoarder flip, and the investors who bought it first ended up spending all their money fixing the pool when the EPA flagged it as an environmental hazard- mainly due to the mosquitos using it as a breeding ground. If you’re in an area that regularly sprays for mosquito control, they will 1000% want to shut down any breeding pools.

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PimoCrypto777@reddit

Plant bricks of coke in their house and property. Make an anonymous tip about dealing activity. If they're arrested and convicted, the property will slowly go to shit. Wait for it to be condemned and bulldozed. After it's bulldozed, buy the empty lot.

Rinse and repeat with everyone surrounding your property. Eventually, you'll get the peace you really want.

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metalflygon08@reddit

I can only get bricks of pepsi, will that be fine?

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RudeOrSarcasticPt2@reddit

Try bricks of Mountain Dew, despite suggestions.

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Tiefschlag@reddit

There once was a sub named r/illegallifeprotips - and they would have LOVED this.

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mrkstr@reddit

See, this puts the "U" in ULPT.

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PimoCrypto777@reddit

Yes. Maintaining consistent U through the process was the focus.

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react64@reddit

this is the type of scheme I wish I had the focus for.

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FLUFFY_TERROR@reddit

Wish i had the ~~focus~~ coke for.

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react64@reddit

I literally just thought this

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Charles_Whitman@reddit

You should check, where I live, the public works department hand out mosquito dunks (larvicide tablets) for free. As noted elsewhere, it’d be easy to lob a few into the pool and put a stop to mosquito problem in an environmentally responsible manner.

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hoosiernj@reddit

Just out of curiosity what area are you located in

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Charles_Whitman@reddit

Georgia. The proud “at least we’re not Alabama” state.

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RudeOrSarcasticPt2@reddit

Could be worse, you could be from Iowa, where "you are just gonna die anyway".

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Dingerdongdick@reddit

Slice the liner with a razor. It will split and look like it failed.

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AndyC333@reddit

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limited_instincts@reddit

That's not even a question. Late at night you creep over there and cut a slit in the pool in a seam at the point furthest away from your house. Pool drains, problem solved. Just be ready for a quick exit.

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SunsetAz1@reddit

get a quart of oil take the top off toss it in the pool. Problem solved forever.

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z-vap@reddit

this is the answer

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donh-@reddit

Obviously, piss disks are a no go.

Kinda makes you wonder just what they are doing in that house, huh?

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Aetheldrake@reddit

Why not? Just keep tossing them in there. Stop using the toilet and just start refilling their pool with piss.

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fate_is_a_farce@reddit

Meth if you base it on anywhere in the Midwest.

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ShitzN@reddit

This is truly sad

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sparkchaser@reddit

Dump oil enough oil in it to create a uniform slick. That'll take care of the insects. Lighting it on fire will force them to do something

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Jesse0100@reddit

Insurance companies will cancel you if your pool is empty or dirty. Can you find out which company insures their house?

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spoonybard326@reddit

Toss some baseballs into that pool. Make sure the baseballs are made of pure elemental sodium.

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fate_is_a_farce@reddit

Go ahead and add some elemental potassium to that and you got yourself a party.

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Negronitenderoni@reddit

What’s this thing y’all are doing

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fate_is_a_farce@reddit

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Lots_of_bricks@reddit

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seriouslycoolname@reddit

My neighbor has two broken cars that he’s working on, porch furniture, a stove, and a toilet. These are the ones I can identify. Many others are metal hulks in the grass.

Our properties are back to back but in different townships. I can complain to my own township but they say they can’t do anything about a house in the other township. I can complain to the other township but because I don’t pay taxes there, they won’t listen to me.

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petrified_eel4615@reddit

Tell the other town's cops you saw a partial meth lab. They'll be all over it.

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seriouslycoolname@reddit

Thanks for the tip! I might try this!

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No-Lecture6318@reddit

atthat pointt id stop framing it as an eyesoree and start framing it as a public health issue...

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redwineruins@reddit

Maybe offer to help ?

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NotAQuiltnB@reddit

When you call to express your concerns tactfully ask them the correct spelling of their name. It is a subtle way to let them know that you are going to take it all the way up the chain.

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Negronitenderoni@reddit

“Umm… D-A-V-E…?”

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GimmeShockTreatment@reddit

Have you talked to the neighbor……?

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Intelligent_Law_5614@reddit

Does your country government have a "vector control" division? If so, give them a call about the unlicensed mosquito nursery and day care center in your neighborhood.

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PtZamboat@reddit

Pretty much every country has a vector control program, give them a call and complain about mosquitoes and vermin. It’s their job to control them

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That-Wrongdoer-9834@reddit

Skip the useless bylaw officers and report it directly to the health department as a stagnant water public health hazard. In the meantime, definitely buy a pack of mosquito dunks and practice your over-the-fence throwing aim.

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ray_ruex@reddit

Get some goldfish and throw in there

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notislant@reddit

Theres laws about pools being fenced in properly to prevent stupid kids from waddling into a yard and drowning themselves.

Could check local laws there.

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Dasrule@reddit

Jello mix. Lots and lots of jello mix.

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519meshif@reddit

A call to your county health inspector would probably do it. Try DNR as well, they don't want pest insects hanging around

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mentaIstealth@reddit

Yeah so West Nile is going around again this year big time in our local reports anyway so I second everyone saying tell the health code people

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i_am_icarus_falling@reddit

the city comes around and throws a few goldfish in derelict pools here in south florida, takes care of the mosquito problem quickly.

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GotNoPonys@reddit

bleach bomb the pool and build a privacy fence

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LouisePoet@reddit

There seem to be far too many ethical tips being offered!

Save up all your food waste in the freezer til you have a LOT. Sneak over one night and dump it into the pond along with any other garbage you have. Just make sure there is NOTHING in it that could identify you (mail, prescriptions, etc).

Yes, the smell will be horrific for a while. BUT. As soon as the smell hits, call the health department, local authorities, and anyone else you can think of to report both the smell and the fact that you've seen rats, raccoons, and any other animal considered a pest where you live regularly going across the yard. If you mention that you've seen them during the daytime they'll respond even quicker. Continue throwing more in as things progress.

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AriBanana@reddit

A specific shape of black garbage bag, well taped up to really exaggerate the neck and feet sections, ought to do it without the wait.

Just toss in your wrapped up mannequin and steaks and call the police yourself.

Code enforcement will notice, even once the police have figured out the floater is a false alarm. Once the officers have to wade through it, literally, the problem swamp will be harder to ignore.

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LouisePoet@reddit

OOOOOOOOOOOOooooo, I love your thinking.

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figspen@reddit

Collect murky green water, place in freezer using piss-disk casting, repeat. Toss over fence towards neighbor’s house as often as possible.

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raustraliathrowaway@reddit

50% pool water 50% piss

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Piddy3825@reddit

If it were me, I would wait til no one was home. Then I would hop the fence and slice the bottom outta the pool liner so it drained. I'd douse the rest of the pool area with a couple of gallons of bleach. Whole process would take less than 10 minutes and pretty much take care of the stagnant water for the mosquitos to breed and the bleach outta kill enough of the mold so it doesn't smell so bad.

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Whiskeejak@reddit

I mean, you're not going to get relief via ULPT. As others mentioned dunks for the mosquitoes.

I am confused - in our town, the bylaw officers will show up, give a warning. You only really get one warning. The next time, it is a ticket. The 3rd time, the town cleans it up at the owner's expense and the cost goes directly on their property tax. If they don't pay the property tax, they lose the house.

Have you escalated with to the town leadership about the utter failure of the bylaw officers? I would be showing up there and flogging them with pictures, the health department too.

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drsoos1973@reddit

Yeah I did this mosquito dunks in their pool. Do it when dark like 3-5 it will be ok

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1questions@reddit

Have you tried actually speaking to the neighbors? Is this an issue of lack or money? Are they elderly and just overwhelmed? Maybe a community group or local church could help get it cleaned up. Some people are just lazy jerks but there are also people who are just really struggling and need help.

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LDC2335@reddit

Lots of chlorine tablets at first. Then like one a week.

Keep pestering the city.

Then a frozen piss disc on their front porch since it's hot out.

Maybe some of that deer urine rabbit spray in a super soaker so you can shoot their doorway, cars, etc. from your property.

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RudeOrSarcasticPt2@reddit

Chlorine tabs won't solve it. Good luck.

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LDC2335@reddit

At high concentrations, chlorine kills mosquitoes. That's why I said "alot". But you could also add some mosquito dunks.

It will help with the smell for sure.

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