My neighbors mosquito infested pool. Where to get help in Mansfield. (Pic inside)

[sc281]

Damn!

lol


Step 1 kills any shit or disease that's growing in there now.
Step 2 kills mosquitoes that have been breeding in the pool.
Step2 also makes cleaning step 2 out of the pool a motherfucker, thereby teaching the neighbor to keep his damned pool clean!

["MrEd"]

well if there is electricity to the pool you could just go over there and do a back wash and drain the pool.
shut off all the valves that run the skimmers and open the back wash drain and turn on the power to the pump.
if this is really effecting you that bad.

[LANTIRN]

Every morning before work throw a dead animal into the water and see how fast he cleans it up when it starts to ferment. 1 small rat cant make a lot of stink. Of course that would only come back and stink up your own house.... might make the other neighbors get more serious about their complaints, though.

[UserX]

And when you talked to him about it, he said. . . . . . ?

This. I always prefer to talk to someone myself, rather than just ratting them out.

[Geor!]

on a serious note, that is insane. it's a good looking pool otherwise, seems like it is either fairly new or has been updated (coping looks great). if i had to guess, i'd say that they probably fell on hard times or something and the pump failed and they just threw in the towel on it. i'd say throw a few shock packages in it, but without a way to circulate the water it won't do any good. that pool needs to be drained/refilled imo (prob. could bring that water back but it'd be a pita).

shame, see this type of stuff with abandoned foreclosures too.

Nonsense. Yale can do it in an hour dude.

[Captain Crawfish]

put a note on the door. if that doesnt work call the city and they will contact them and if its not fixed the fines will start.

[Darren M]

So you don't like my lagoon? Jelly?

LOL, I know it's not you. You and I would probably get along.

Go to the City's webbsite, maybe they have a complaint form you can fill out, say it is a hazard since they can carry diseases. Did a search for skeeters, and got this, so they are spraying for them at times it seems.

http://www.mansfield-tx.gov/apps/search/search.php?template_demo=&query_string=mosquitoes

Edit: Found on the link above, clicked the first topic!

Enforcement
The City of Mansfield has ordinances covering tall grass and stagnant water. If you are concerned about an area being a breeding site, you may contact the City's Public Works Department at (817) 276-4243.

THANK YOU!

And when you talked to him about it, he said. . . . . . ?

I actually went that route. His response, verbatim. "Fuck you, get the fuck off my property and get out of my business."

put a note on the door. if that doesnt work call the city and they will contact them and if its not fixed the fines will start.

While I do not believe I owe him the favor of the note on the door I will be the better man and do just that. Give him 1 week and then start hitting the number above.
It does suck. It's a nice pool, was a great backyard, and yes, I believe they fell into some bad luck when the housing market went to shit. However, as previously noted, it is a rather new pool, less than 3 years. Just a bad decision. However, it's like having a kid. Don't want to maintain it, don't screw around and get pregnant!

Thanks for the advise, laughs, etc! I'll post up what ends up happening.

[71chevellejohn]

4 large bottles of clorox. Pop the caps off and throw them over the fence.

[Darren M]

For the record. All of the ideas of actually handling the pool issue myself, clorox, pumping, oil, etc, while extremely entertaining and some I REALLY like, I can't afford any possible kind of recourse from this Bozo. I believe he could do something stupid to my place, dogs, cars, etc. I just don't want to take that chance. So, I'll take the Gentleman's approach and then let the City do their thing.

"A wise man prepares for war, he does not seek it."

[BradM]

If you decide to go militant, I have a manhole pump that will empty that pool in less than 10 minutes.

[46Tbird]

Man, my pool pump died six days ago. It turned green within 24 hours. I have been putting granular chlorine in that motherfer every day to the tune of ~30lbs and it keeps getting GREENER. Fuck!!! That is about $100 of chlorine.

I ordered the new pump off ebay to save about $550 over buying it local, but damn it's going to take a long time to get it clean again.

[CexMashean]

Wow, sounds like the guy has problems.
In that case, add to them.

[Darren M]

Damn you people! Yall are going to get me arrested for trespassing, or worse!
Seriously, thanks for the offers of pumps!

[Baron Von Crowder]

I'm making a koi pond dude, chilll out.

[Darren M]

If my neighbor ran a Lemons car and let me drive he shit out of from time to time, in anger, I'd probably help keep his pool clean, if he asked. I'm damn glad that isnt you!