Do you have a spa bath? If so, how often do you use it?
Does it have an electric "hot water pump" or "standard"? Which one is better and why?
Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry Re: Spa baths 3Mar 10, 2011 5:53 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Spa baths 9Mar 11, 2011 3:54 pm Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Spa baths 10Mar 11, 2011 6:01 pm Acrebuild - our kids surprisingly havent touched the control panel on ours (after 15mths). The 1yr old does like to pull the plug completely out when it is in the raised position - but that is as much as the three kidlets have done. Probably helps that DS1 doesn't like the noise of the pumps too much so no chance he would turn it on. They do however love the coloured lights being on - quite often that is requested during bubble baths LOL. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: Spa baths 11Mar 11, 2011 6:08 pm My parents have an outdoor spa, they use it pretty much every day without fail (dad has to be reminded that he still needs to shower even though he had a spa). They had a spa in their ensuite of the old house and never used that. I think for them, their outdoor spa is always full and always hot & ready to go, whereas the ensuite spa was a hassle filling up and wasn't long before their water went cold - they saw it as a waste of water for just the two of them. Each to their own though. The road to success is always under construction House completed April 2011 - slowly making it a home... Re: Spa baths 12Mar 11, 2011 8:38 pm Zarli I think for them, their outdoor spa is always full and always hot & ready to go, whereas the ensuite spa was a hassle filling up and wasn't long before their water went cold - they saw it as a waste of water for just the two of them. Each to their own though. Thats exactly how i feel, on our property our water is too precious, I think we would use the outdoor spa alot though is we had one of those Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Spa baths 13Mar 14, 2011 2:26 pm blueblueblue Does a pump have to be installed pre-plaster stage or can be installed after? Depends where the pump is going (though of course anything can be done with enough time, effort and money). We're currently having an issue with building our new home with regards to the spa pump. All through the design stages we expected the pump to be tucked away under the spa with access externally from the deck. Just before building starts we find out there's no room to physically locate the pump under the spa. So now we have to rejiggle cabinetry to steal space from the vanity adjacent to the spa. I want to minimise that loss of course. Problem is the builder has set out the boxing for the spa and now wants to proceed with cabinetry and tiling etc, with the actual drop-in of the spa being last. I'm saying they can't do that because until the spa is in place we can't tell exactly where the pump will go. Builder says "doesn't work that way". Not happy! Re: Spa baths 14Mar 18, 2011 11:48 am Hope the builder sorts our the spa pump issues for you dh_builder 3 3234 |