My wife wants a spa pool

[vindy500]

but ya cant exactly hang out with your mates in a bath now can ya

[Coyote]

Spa's are awesome, wish I had one. Yes they cost roughly $1 to $1.50 a day once you warm them up.

I've always wondered, is that cost based on using the thing once a year?

[Naki Rat]

Uncle Boobs Spa advice --------> If you are wanting a 4 person spa then you need a 6 person spa, im sure you can work it out



Spa pool...........Pink Floyd..........JD's

If you were a chick, id marry ya

And if I was a chick I'd make you responsible for cleaning the 'tadpoles' out of the filters

[mstriumph]

Spend your money on a large indoor Spa bath.

Reasoning:

1. Fresh water every time you fill it = no maintenance, no chemicals, no worries.
2. Doesn't consume power when not in use.
3. Can be filled with hot water and ready for use in 20 minutes.
4. Kids can't fall in and drown when you're not around.
5. If installed properly, will add value to your house.

of course, you don't have drought over there ....................
- and who'd want to socialize in a BATHROOM?

[Naki Rat]

I've always wondered, is that cost based on using the thing once a year?

The water needs replacing at least once a year so you're going to need to heat the 1000 litres+ of replacement water from cold to spa temperature (37 degrees +/-) so expect a nasty jump in the power bill for that.

We minimise that by turning up the hot water cylinder thermostat to 80 degrees or so and then emptying it into the spa a couple of times (alternated with cold) using a hose from the washing machine taps. I figure that's cheaper than running the spa heater (and circulating pump), for almost 2 days like the first time we did it before wiseing up
Note: cylinder thermostat down again after.

[mstriumph]

2 days?
ours is ready for use about 5 hours after refilling?
- it's not huge though ......

[imdying]

but ya cant exactly hang out with your mates in a bath now can ya

Yeah, hanging out with my mates in a spa pool... not something I'm really into eh... the wife on the other hand is a different kettle of fish

[Forest]

but ya cant exactly hang out with your mates in a bath now can ya

Yes. That is something I didn't consider.

[Gibbo13p]

Spa's are awesome, wish I had one. Yes they cost roughly $1 to $1.50 a day once you warm them up. Go to a place that sells them, best way to do it. Should be able to get something with 15-20 jets and room for 4 for about $6-9k. Or if you want to spend $15k you can get all the bells and whistles. Depends on how much you want to use it, the space you have for it etc.

$1-00 to $1-50 a day NOT! After getting ours from trademe only just under 2yrs old (an aztec capri) I think that only a buck 50 a day is way out of wack with todays power prices, and your forgetting about water (if you pay for it like aucklanders) and testing kits, chemical's etc. We still use ours because of partner and her back prob's quite a bit but if your not into having a bath I could see how you'd stop using it. Reason people sold it to us was because it was only used maybe 10 or 12 times the whole time they had it. Its great on a cold night after a hard day at work. It cost us $5000 and it was near new. they were $8000 at the time we got it.