How can you heat water that comes out of a backyard hose? I want it a bit warm for my kids' H2O slide?

Question

Don't want to spend a fortune, and don't want to use up too much energy either... yes, I want the pie and I want to eat it too!

Answer 1

what kind of kid wants to play in warm water in the summer?

put 'em in the bathtub!

Answer 2

Warming up the water kinda defeats the purpose of playing with water in summer. The intent is to cool off. Usually the want to play overcomes the coldness of the water and as they heat up from playing the water actually starts to feel good.

Now if your dead set on warming up the water. With a "Y" type connection fitting w/ valves, basically combines 2 sources (Hot and Cold) and using the valves to adjust the temp, it'll output warm water.  You may be able to get hot water from you hot water heater tank, some have a drain valve located at the bottom of the tank. You could run a hose from it and connect it to one of the "Y" connection w/ a valve, connect the cold water to the other "Y" connection w/ a valve. Run a hose to the water slid for warm water.

or

You can get a very long dark colored hose and zig zag in a sunny place, this should slightly warm up the water.

Good Luck

Answer 3

It's quicker to say waterslide, and less pretentious too.

Answer 4

No real easy way. If you want it that bad you could have a plumber install a hot water spicket next to it then run a y connection between the hot and cold so you could adjust the temp

Answer 5

use a bucket ;-)

Answer 6

i wanted to warm up my pool a bit so what i did was run my water hose to the hot water spicket for my washer. I had to run the hose through a window and down the hall but it works nicely.

Answer 7

From the stand-point of minimizing water heating costs, run a separtate 1/2 inch hot water pipe from your hot water heater or a nearby existing hot water pipe, out the top of the basement wall and provide a new/second hose bib next to your existing cold-water hose bib on the outside of the house.  Make or buy two short pieces of garden hose and install one on each hose bib.  At the hardware store, buy a plastic "Y" garden hose "slitter" fitting, the kind that has small shut-off valve handles on each side of the "Y" fitting.  Connect the two short pieces of hose to the "Y" fitting.  Run your regular hose to the water slide from the "Y" fitting.  By adjusting the little valves on the "Y" fitting, you can control the temperature of the water at the water slide.

Got to add the comment:  This project doesn't seem like a very energy conservation-type idea, but your the one paying the utyility bills.