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Thinking About an Indoor Hot Tub?

More homeowners today than ever before are buying hot tubs. The amount of sales for hot tubs is rising as we speak. One of the first questions you must answer when buying a hot tub is if you would prefer an indoor hot tub or an outdoor hot tub. Majority of the time they were found outside, if you had looked several years ago. Now, the popularity of indoor hot tubs has risen.

There are many conveniences that indoor hot tubs offer a homeowner rather than an outdoor hot tub. Privacy would definitely be considered as one of them. You will not have to worry about your neighbors peeking at you while you are in your hot tub as long as you are indoors. You are not viewable by anyone at all so you will feel comfortable while relaxing in the indoor hot tub.

Have you ever been in an outdoor hot tub when it comes in raining? Obviously, it probably wouldn’t be much fun. The weather is another reason homeowners are purchasing indoor hot tubs instead of outdoor hot tubs. Outdoor hot tubs can really only be used during the summer months and maybe into the fall or spring. You will have to adjust the time you use your outdoor hot tub with the weather. However, with an indoor hot tub, you can use it every day if you wish, regardless of the weather. Read more

Hot Tub Installation Planning Guide

Now that you have made the decision to purchase a hot tub, you need to think long and hard about where you will place your new hot tub. Basically, you have three choices for a location; indoors, outdoors or inside a screened in porch. The choice is completely up to you as to where you put it, but there are many considerations that you should take into account before you make your decision.

Plan Ahead For Strength And Safety

No matter where you decide to place your hot tub you need to make sure that the location has a solid foundation. What this means to you is that the foundation must be a uniformly firm, continuous, and it must provide a level setting. The recommended foundation is a concrete pad with a minimum thickness of 4 inches with steel reinforced cross bars throughout.

When installing your spa on a wood deck or balcony, the same load requirements must be met. Total load may be as much as 90 pounds per square foot. Remember that your hot tub weights about 700 pounds on its own, then when you add water and people, it could have a total weight of up to 4,000 pounds.

Regardless of the location that you decide upon, you need to be sure that the hot tub is not within 10 feet of overhead power lines and that you leave access to the internal equipment. Read more