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The Sun
3 days ago
- Climate
- The Sun
How to get a warm paddling pool instantly WITHOUT lugging buckets from the kitchen OR using the kettle
PUTTING a paddling pool up over the summer is all fun and games until people are complaining that the water is too cold. Thankfully there is an easy hack to get your pool full of warm water in minutes. 4 4 While many people rely on an outdoor tap with cold water to add the water, you should go directly from the warm tap inside. If your hose doesn't attach to your inside tap, a mum shared how she gets around this issue. TikTok user @healthandlovingmyself shared how you simply need to fill up a watering can with warm water, and put the hose inside the nozzle. The water will then travel down the pipe and fill up your pool with the hot water. The best part of the hack is you don't need to spend hours lugging buckets of warm water outside - and don't need to constantly refill the kettle. Many people were very impressed with the hack and wondered why they hadn't thought of it before. One person wrote: 'I was 40 years old.. Thnx.' Another added: 'Smart.' However, one user commented: 'The water bill.' And a second said: 'More fun when its cold.' The clever way you can ensure your paddling pool is kept warm BIN BAG HACK We previously shared how a woman has come up with the ultimate hack to heating up the water in her chilly paddling pool - and it just requires a bin bag. She told Tyla how she was fed up of going back and forth with kettles to keep the water warm outside. Lainey Thomson decided to instead place a bin bag on the top to attract the heat from the sun. 4 She revealed: "I did this because I only have a cold outside tap and I was using buckets and the kettle to warm up the pool. "By putting black bin bags on top it attracts the sun and it warms it up very quickly. Within about 45 minutes the water is warm and stays warm all day in the sun." The idea was first floated on the Mrs Hinch Made Me Do It Facebook group, when one woman asked for advice to heat her 8ft freezing cold paddling pool. One person advised: "Fill with cold from outside tap then cover with black bin bags. Leave for an hour!" 'The sun is drawn to the black bags and heats it up. Works a treat every time," one person commented.
The Sun
5 days ago
- Health
- The Sun
It's too hot to sleep so I made my own DIY air conditioner for just £1 & it cools down the whole room in seconds
THERE'S nothing worse than trying to fall asleep in a hot and stuffy room. However, a simple hack may be able to help, keeping you cool and refreshed throughout the night. Since most UK households don't have air conditioning, many resort to using fans or other gadgets in the warm weather. However, fans only help to cool down your body temperature, not the temperature of the room. If you want to elevate this and feeling an instant cooling effect, a simple step can help. The official TikTok account for Iceland Foods shared a handy hack for creating a DIY air conditioner in your home. "Is anyone else finding it impossible to sleep at night in this heat?" they asked. The Iceland Foods rep told TikTok users to try a "viral DIY air con hack" using thieir fans "for a much-needed gust of ice-cool air". They revealed that three simple steps can be taken to transform your fan into a "homemade air con". First, the home experts recommended placing a handful of ice cubes in a bowl. They then placed the bowl in front of their fan and turned it on. According to the TikTok video, this will help you to "stay cool" in the summer heat. And it won't cost you much, a 2kg bag of ice will set you back just £1 while the cost of running your fan overnight can be broken down with a simple step. Is this self-cooling can the future for Coke and beer? This trick works creating a localised cooling effect, similar to a personal air cooler. According to experts, ice absorbs heat from the surrounding air as it melts. This is why placing ice in front of a fan can help to lower the air temperature. The fan then helps to circulate the cooled air, ensuring that the cooling effect isn't limited to just the area directly around the ice. And while this hack have the same effect as an actual AC unit, it can provide a noticeable and refreshing breeze in the immediate area. How to keep cool in hot weather Most of us welcome hot weather, but when it's too hot, there are health risks. Here are three ways to keep cool according to the NHS... Keep out of the heat if you can. If you have to go outside, stay in the shade especially between 11am and 3pm, wear sunscreen, a hat and light clothes, and avoid exercise or activity that makes you hotter. Cool yourself down. Have cold food and drinks, avoid alcohol, caffeine and hot drinks, and have a cool shower or put cool water on your skin or clothes. Keep your living space cool. Close windows during the day and open them at night when the temperature outside has gone down. Electric fans can help if the temperature is below 35 degrees. Check the temperature of rooms, especially where people at higher risk live and sleep. It is also more cost-effective than running an air conditioning unit. However, it is also worth noting that this method can increase the humidity in your room. And a doctor has revealed the exact time to shower to keep cool in the hot weather. Plus, six methods for keeping cool in the hot summer conditions, including repurposing your hot water bottle. Or there are savvy steps you can take to keep your space cool without breaking the budget. 2
The Sun
16-05-2025
- Climate
- The Sun
The clever way you can ensure your paddling pool is kept warm even on cold days and there's zero kettle-runs involved
"MUM, it's freezing!" is a phrase you'll likely hear more than a few times over the summer. And it usually comes when you've spent ages setting up the paddling pool and filling it with water. 5 5 5 But to avoid any whining, one man has shared his clever way to keep the pool feeling warm whatever the weather - without having to run backwards and forwards with the kettle. He took to TikTok to share the nifty hack, as he explained that you first need to make a hole the size of the end of the hose in an old plastic bottle. Pop the hose through the hole, and turn the hot tap on. Then, make your way to the end of the hose, and "suck and siphon the water until it comes out of the hose". "You will get spurts of air until the water is cleared," he added. He then showed what the setup should look like at the end - "free flowing water going through the hose with no water coming out of the bottle". "This is so clever, I love it! Thank you," one person wrote in the comments section of the video. "You're a lifesaver for this!!" another gushed. As a third raved: "This is awesome, love it!" "Game changer," someone else said. Mum shares the £64.99 paddling pool that won't leave you puffed out blowing it up & it's perfect for the warm weather But there was one aspect of the hack that caused issues for many people. "Ewww my hose has been outside all winter!" one wrote. "No way I'm sucking that till clean water comes out." "Was a great idea till this," another added. "Now I just see gob fulls of spiders and dirt!" "I was all in for the idea until you had to put the hose in your mouth," a third commented. "I turned my hose on once and earwigs came out of it," someone else revealed. "Wouldn't recommend sucking the hose!" "I can't lie, I wouldn't never of known to suck it and would still be waiting to see the water come out the other end!" another wrote. While someone else added: "Or better still just put the plug in the sink and run the tap!" 5
