Hot tub heroes

quarky

I am thinking of getting a hot tub in the garden. Not one of the inflatable ones, but a permanent fixture. Does anyone have one? Any recommendations on companies to go with? I see Costco do some, but I would then need to arrange all of the installation and other stuff myself..

Dominic

Look for a deal where the Russian Hookers ,Champagne and Coke come as part of the package

joneve

quarky said:

I am thinking of getting a hot tub in the garden. Not one of the inflatable ones, but a permanent fixture. Does anyone have one? Any recommendations on companies to go with? I see Costco do some, but I would then need to arrange all of the installation and other stuff myself..

Check the Costco ones, but I believe some, if not all of them include installation

JohnnyPlectrum

I have a Catalina but mine came from a company that finally gave up in the financial crash due to US price hikes.
Probably the best thing I've bought for a long time and wouldn't consider not having one now.

Travisthedog

Dirty sex pond

munckee

A friend of mine says it costs over £100 a month in extra electricity unless you want to plan two days ahead to have one - is that correct?

bobblehat

A decent well insulated one should cost around £30 a month to run. If you want it piping hot everyday then it will obviously cost more. A cheap badly installed one could cost well over £100 a month.

JohnnyPlectrum

munckee said:

A friend of mine says it costs over £100 a month in extra electricity unless you want to plan two days ahead to have one - is that correct?

£24 a month plus a few chemicals for a 38 degree water temperature.
PV panels help with this obviously.
One of the unforeseen costs is a new lid every few years!

jonnyburgo

We briefly thought of having one then decided it would be used loads at first then left to go mouldy like an old trampoline

quarky

Thanks. Haven't found one that includes drugs and hookers, but will keep looking!

joneve said:

quarky said:

I am thinking of getting a hot tub in the garden. Not one of the inflatable ones, but a permanent fixture. Does anyone have one? Any recommendations on companies to go with? I see Costco do some, but I would then need to arrange all of the installation and other stuff myself..

Check the Costco ones, but I believe some, if not all of them include installation

You're right, they do!

I guess I need to just sort out some of the stuff before hand, like get a flat piece of garden, and concrete it... 

RobDavies

Why not just invite people round to share a bath?

Dominic

Or forget the hot tub nonsense.........just get the hookers and the Charlie !

Flanging_Fred

Russian hookers? I didn't know Russians even played rugby league. You learn something new every day.

Grunfeld

quarky said:

I am thinking of getting a hot tub in the garden. Not one of the inflatable ones, but a permanent fixture. Does anyone have one?

As it happens I loved my hot tub so much last night that I recorded my thoughts...

Axe_meister

Going to be hosting some swingers parties are you?

quarky

@Grunfeld , you sold it to me Of course I am not in the middle of the countryside so mine will be nowhere near as idyllic!

Axe_meister said:

Going to be hosting some swingers parties are you?

Nah. put looking forward to sitting in there on the weekend I guess.

Grunfeld

quarky said:

@Grunfeld , you sold it to me Of course I am not in the middle of the countryside so mine will be nowhere near as idyllic!

My next idea is to replace my sheds with a sauna. 

I mean basically, why not?

I love saunas!

You only get one life.  Have a hot tub.  Have a sauna. 

relic245

Bought ours from Canadian Spa company.

They used to be the Costco hot tub supplier but not sure if they still are. 

Bought at the end of the season direct from Canadian spa. Got on that had been displayed in a showroom but never actually had water in. Got about 2 grand off new price. 

Even Without that Canadian spa were half the price of an equivalent one from a local showroom. 

Its been ace, had it about 5 years now. Had one small problem with it when it was 4 months out of warranty. The company honoured it and fixed it for free. 

quarky

So tell me about maintenance. You need to do:
- the filters every week 
- chemicals every day
- change the water every 2/3 months

Does that sound right? 

The sales person we spoke to also suggested leaving the temperature up all the time (rather than turning it down during the week). I wasn't sure about that as the bigger the gap between the water in the spa and the ambient outdoor temperature, the higher the heat loss... 
 

JohnnyPlectrum

Change filters and water at 6 months.
Check chemicals occasionally.
Toss a couple of bromine tabs in every week.
You'll get to judge chemical needs by smell / foam / scum etc but you only test every week or so.
Temperature stays the same all the time otherwise what's the point of having one?

57Deluxe

make sure you get the appropriate size for your needs...

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