Dad shares genius hack to fill up giant paddling pool without a hose in heatwave

FILLING up a paddling pool can be time consuming – especially if you haven’t got a hose to hand. But one savvy dad named Nick has been branded “genius” after sharing his clever and rather innovative technique to TikTok. Taking to the social media platform, Nick shared a short clip where he can be seen […]

FILLING up a paddling pool can be time consuming – especially if you haven’t got a hose to hand.

But one savvy dad named Nick has been branded “genius” after sharing his clever and rather innovative technique to TikTok.

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A savvy dad named Nick has revealed his very clever hack for filling up a paddling pool. Pictured, stock image[/caption]

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Nick hooks a plastic pipe to his running tap[/caption]

Taking to the social media platform, Nick shared a short clip where he can be seen hooking up a plastic pipe to the bottom of his kitchen tap.

He then feeds the pipe through the window, aiming the end into the paddling pool below.

Nick jokes: “Tell me your kids are spoiled without telling me.”

The post has since garnered over 798,000 views and been flooded with comments from impressed social media users.

“That’s not spoiled it’s called being smart,” wrote one.

A second enthused: “Oh that’s smart!!!!”

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A third praised: “I was JUST telling my husband that we needed to figure out how to put warm water in ours from the kitchen!”

Meanwhile, another penned: “That is genius.”

Someone else quipped: “Nah, this a whole new level.”

And one more who was in disbelief simply joked: “NO WAYYYY!”

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The clever dad then places the plastic pipe out of the window, making sure to line up the bottom with the paddling pool underneath[/caption]