This is just another way to living better… on less energy.īy the way: Only the Ducky thermometer was made in China. Everything else is American. ![]() It will never cost you another penny to operate. You can build this hot tub yourself! You can maintain it yourself. You can fix it yourself. People try to sell us devices that promise to offer a better lifestyle. After all, in a world of cheap and abundant energy, you can do anything, any time you want. Right? But more often than not, these things complicate our lives. Consider the costs: The equipment, the energy, the maintenance, the filters and the chemicals. My personal experience is that we don’t use a tub every day (in California, anyway) so why pay for keeping it hot and operating all the time? Worse, when it does not work, it is too complicated for us to fix. We must call in a repairman who will probably need expensive parts. Best of all, it would eliminate electrical shocks. I would build a permanent tub in the middle of the floor of the house, keeping it hot in the winter with a floor mounted gas flame. No, this would not be sun powered. But it would not take any more energy because all the heat would escape into your house anyway. If I still lived in the Midwest, where winters can be very cold, I would probably not use this kind of tub. There are no chemicals in this kind of hot tub water. We irrigate anyway. I could cut a piece of 1″ thick white packing foam to seal the top to keep out dirt and use the water again. But it is easier to simply drain the tub onto the yard and garden. I could buy some more cement blocks and arrange a chimney to carry the smoke away. Other than dealing with smoke, I don’t like the fact that the metal sides let the cold in… or the heat out faster than I am used to with wood and plastic.īut consider the costs of a manufactured “Spa” (they call them spas today): $3,000-$4,000 will buy you a basic modern unit that is ready all the time with hot, filtered and chemical-ed water.įor a $300 total investment, a few sticks of firewood created by the sun (free, discarded Oak pallets burn well) and no other cost, you can soak in your hot tub any time you want – as long as you plan ahead, that is. If there is smoke coming from the fire, and no wind to blow it away, it can get in your eyes and nose and be uncomfortable. It is best to wait until the fire is mostly glowing embers with no smoke. Then get in. Or, if you have the self-control to wait, heat your tub to beyond 103?, drag the smoking firebox out of the way and then get into the water. It will cool gradually. After 30 minutes or so, you usually want to get out, anyway. It takes about 3 hours to heat that much water to the ideal temp, which is considered to be 103? F. Plastic stock tanks / Poly stock tanks are ribbed for strength & durable enough to stand up to hot or freezing weather temperatures. This is enough water and with two people, it does not overflow. There are plenty of ways to design your stock tank pool, though we typically focus on the outside. It takes about 30 minutes to fill the tub with water to the second ridge. As a bonus, this stock tank isn't just for a cool refreshing dip on a hot daya pool heater helps transform the stock tank into a hot tub so it can be enjoyed year-round. Son, Zak was too young to remember our previous wood fired hot tub, but he likes this one.
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