Creative Engineering Solutions Created by Ordinary People

Desperate times call for desperate measures. And this is undoubtedly one desperate measure. This person experimented with another way to heat their pool water: a flaming wheelbarrow hooked to the edge of the pool with the bottom sitting in the pool water. Where do we even begin with this one?

Look, we love a heated pool as much as the next guy, but we also are strongly committed to safety. This hack is dangerous on many levels: open flame? Check. Non-pool equipment in the pool? Check. Hanging something heavy off the edge of an inflatable pool? Sigh, check. For heaven’s sake, just wait for a warm day to swim if the water is too cold for you!