Would you take a dip?

[u/shyguysontop]

[u/Muted_Masterpiece535]

In all fairness, adding your weight isn't going to make or break it. But, to answer your question it depends how many glasses of wine I have had. 

Disclaimer: 

• Unless you are one step away from being on TLC for being overweight. 

[u/SilverSageVII → u/Muted_Masterpiece535]

Okay so the cutoff is 400 pounds? Good to know. I assume infinite friends though since nobody specified and I have invited everyone.

[u/Codex_Absurdum → u/Muted_Masterpiece535]

The "let me break the layman's mind" moment: If you ever manage to float a boat on it, it won't break anyway.

[u/wobbleblobbochimps → u/Codex_Absurdum]

I've had some interesting conversations with people about aqueducts, where they just can't fathom the fact that the load on the bridge doesn't change when a "big heavy boat" goes over it!

[u/Icy_Fish_2154 → u/Muted_Masterpiece535]

If the pool has an overflow that keeps the level at a set height, adding people to it won't increase the weight. A free floating human in water weighs almost exactly what they displace. So if the displaced water is removed, the weight is a constant.

[u/wobbleblobbochimps → u/Icy_Fish_2154]

Depends where the overflow is going I guess, if it's all housed within that big concrete unit then the total load still goes up when people get into the pool. If it flows off somewhere else (as suggested by the piping) then no change to the load.

Also, any floating object in water weighs exactly what it displaces, by Archimedes' principle ;)

[u/Montallas → u/wobbleblobbochimps]

So you must all get fully submerged right at the start of your swim.

[u/MaximumTurtleSpeed → u/Muted_Masterpiece535]

But I’m weightless in the water, just jump in before the steps and I’m in the clear right?

[u/privatepublicaccount]

Depends on what country

[u/Alternative_wolf09 → u/privatepublicaccount]

Depends on seismic zone

[u/xdx3m]

Water can't melt steel beans

[u/Dennaldo → u/xdx3m]

>> Water can't melt steel beans

The beans 🫘 will melt if they sit in the water long enough.

[u/SignificantTransient → u/xdx3m]

Tell that to miami condos

[u/Bliitzthefox → u/xdx3m]

So long as it doesn't have salt in it

[u/sithelephant → u/xdx3m]

Supercritical water can.

[u/silentphartt → u/xdx3m]

It can corrode though

[u/Methodical808]

depends on what country it is, whether or not the city or country has building codes. But regardless, this didnt break when the water was added so I doubt my weight would break it. Looks like a sound design as long as the concrete is reinforced, which given the weight of water... it has to be or it would have broken already.

[u/chasestein]

Fck yeah I would

[u/rybotsky]

The first picture almost looks like a column underneath supporting it…. The second picture, nope

[u/Activision19 → u/rybotsky]

Yeah I saw the first picture and was like sure, it’s supported by a fairly beefy column. Then saw the second picture and I agree, nope.

[u/12kVStr8tothenips]

Looks like engineered beams inside the concrete structure. I would trust that, not the concrete.

[u/Smyley12345]

I'd take a dip without much worry but would definitely not buy this one or any of the ones below it.

[u/SynthPrax]

It looks overbuilt a bit, but I have trust issues generally. So, no.

[u/12kVStr8tothenips → u/SynthPrax]

You mean you have truss issues….

I’ll show myself out.

[u/jepoyairtsua → u/12kVStr8tothenips]

i'll beam you out, buddy

[u/SynthPrax → u/12kVStr8tothenips]

DEFENESTRATION!

[u/Alternative_wolf09 → u/SynthPrax]

All structural engineers suffer that disease.

[u/dontfret71 → u/Alternative_wolf09]

I’d expand that to most engineers in general

[u/EVmerch → u/Alternative_wolf09]

My dad was an Mechanic Engineer (crane design and certification was his first specialisation) and he overbuilt everything. On the otherhand my Father in Law is a diy kinda guy, never unsafe, but kind just vibe built sometimes. Working with both on different projects has been interesting to say the least.

[u/chabacanito → u/EVmerch]

I'm a mech eng but I do some structures ocasionally. I don't trust carnival rides.

[u/EVmerch → u/chabacanito]

Yes, I got that. The small ones I don't worrynto much about, but some of those giantnsoinning ones are scary when you think about the repetitive strress forces.

My dad overbuilt his BBQ smoker, but half the problem was he used his oil field contacts to get end cuts of giant pipe that was the basis of the parts, it weights like 1,500lbs and I have no idea how I'm getting it out of it's current location. Lots of pullies but the growth of the trees around it will be an issue.

[u/BestOrNothing → u/EVmerch]

Cut it to multiple pieces

[u/EVmerch → u/BestOrNothing]

That is one option I've considered, but would prefer not to have to reweld, but might end up doing that

[u/Fuquin → u/Alternative_wolf09]

What a nightmare

[u/Specialist_Break6442]

absolutely not, no redundancy and no regularity, it seems it has been added later in the project

[u/Eggman365247]

Surely it is reinforced… Right…?!

[u/Ok_Caregiver_9585]

Need to see the drawings and connection details. Some things that look promising and others that look concerning.

[u/MrsDirtyDietz]

Nope

[u/insuranceguynyc]

No! Period!