To be fed up with neighbors oversized back yard pool?

[CarolineCoffeemugs]

With the lovely weather we've been getting lately the neighbors have decided to setup an inflatable pool in their yard right next to the flimsy wooden fence separating our two properties. It's so close that part of the blow up pool is bulging through one part of the fence into my yard. This in itself isn't a problem for me, but the way in which the pool is being used and the amount of racket that is being cause because of it is driving me up the wall.

There's kids in it from dawn till dusk and they're playing quite violently, splashing and yelling etc, and sometimes I hear the fence itself shuddering from all the impacts, there's water gushing over the side into my garden and about 6-7 times a day they come round to my door asking me to return a giant inflatable flamingo, or some other pool toy that's flew over the fence.

I've had a chat with them and asked the parents to calm it down a bit, they seemed to just shrug it off. I'm just stuck here hoping the damned pool bursts from all the playing but it seems indestructible. AIBU to consider stabbing a big hole in it overnight for some peace and quiet? I'm taking suggestions as to what sharp tool to use for such a task

The mythical land of great weather I'm in is Ireland, our weather's doing the usual thing of being wet or sunny at random intervals but we've been blessed with some gorgeous amounts of sun recently, where I'm based anyways.

All these suggestions are really giving me a good laugh and I think I'll take a few into close consideration, especially the ones about the flimsy fence poking a hole into the bulgy part. It'd be very easy to explain away. I've asked them about moving it already but the backgardens aren't very big and the pool itself takes up most of the free space from what I can see.

The mythical land of great weather I'm in is Ireland, our weather's doing the usual thing of being wet
Really I am in Ireland, we had torrential rain and wind all day yesterday, still grey sky wind and cold today.
PM where you are, I'll get the bus to you.

@hazandduck aw, thanks

I don’t smoke, but I’d buy cigarettes just so I could stub one out over that fence on that plastic pool. In fact, I’d likely find a nice fat cigar.

Or buy some Liquid Ass, so the whole garden (including the parents) clears out and leaves you in peace occasionally.

You’ve been more than reasonable. Time for Plan B.

Our old neighbors have a lovely pool. They were a bit mean and never let our kids have a single dip in 10 years - even during heatwaves. Anyway, cut a long story short - one night a fox walked by the pool and dropped a dead rat in the water (a scavenged chicken carcass would do) ...so it all needed draining and scrubbing out! What a job and such misfortune.

Well I would sit on my grass, enjoying my garden, and I might lean against the fence to relax. It would be awful though, if I happened to have a pin in my pocket, and that pin tragically pierced the swimming pool.

Smear chunky peanut butter on the side under cover of darkness. Go to bed smiling and let the local squirrels do their worst come dawn.

collect up a load of slugs and drop them in the water - that’ll gross them out!

Fill it with Fairy...

I had this problem, except it’s a permanent pool. I built a very smelly compost heap on the other side of the fence. Coincidentally, of course. Somebody also threw snails over the fence into the pool occasionally. As to the toys over the fence, I took them to municipal lost property. In a minute someone will tell me that I’m heartless to do that. But in the end I moved to get away from the racket. In your case, OP, there’s hope since the pool is movable. I’d try making things uncomfortable for them so that they move over.

Just a tiny pin prick along the seam where it’s rubbing the fence. Take ages to find to repair and could easily be a splinter from pushing on the fence. Also takes a while to deflate just slowly going down no Big Bang.

I think YABU for having sunny weather, while the rest of us are wading through flood waters and getting soaked for the tenth time today
As for the pool, take a large pin and poke it into any parts that protrude into your garden

... What?! Ireland?!

I wonder how much jelly powder it would take to turn it from a pool into a trampoline?

Mind you that might not be much better for you.

If you can get a bit of hose into it from your side you could siphon out all the water overnight.

Make sure any accidents happen when they are in it, so it looks like their raucousness is to blame.

Have a movie/vacuum cleaner/phone call on the go for a solid alibi.

I'm in Ireland too & we've had nothing but cloudy sky & heavy rain! And rain forecast for the next 2 weeks so I'd say the pool wont be used too much more!

Do you have pool fence laws in Ireland? A well placed call to the council could see it being removed.

The novelty will undoubtedly wear off. Especially if it springs a leak (there's a thought).

Where the fuck are you in Ireland that it's pool weather?? I'm in the west and it's fucking freezing.

Since it's Ireland, it should piss rain in a day or two and they won't get to use it for another year, if it was another country where the sun might be out longer a pin prick along a seam is the way I'd go. Unless the gallons of water would flood into your garden.

Failing that, a well aimed slurry tank hose in the dead of night. I could probably hook you up with some people...

Yabu. It’s done nothing but rain all week. I’d trade the rain for noisy kids in pools at both sides!

Oh! They really should move it. We had one years ago and a splinter from a really flimsy fence burst it!

Oh how awful if this happened to your neighbours' pool! Imagine! If it did happen, it would probably be a slow puncture during the day, but then tragically really get going at night. In the dark. When everyone was in bed. What a pity, such a shame.

Sploshing water into your garden is not on. I assume there are some sterilising chemicals in the water.
My vote is for 2 or three slugs overnight. More might look suspicious

Any pin picks might result in all the water ending up in OP garden!

Lol at all the Irish posters wondering where the hell in Ireland the op is!!

OP are you in the South East? If it is sunny I might drag the kids to the van for the weekend.

Raining in Dublin but it is often raining here but sunny in Wexford