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Can I go swimming inside of my friends chlorinated pool with mild hot tub folliculitis?

I have had a mild case of hot tub folliculitis for five days now, and I was wondering if it would be safe to go into my friends chlorinated, cold pool without risk or spreading it or irritating it. Thanks!

If the pool has a minimum of 1ppm free chlorine reserve than any water bourne diseases and bacteria is dead within a 60 second time frame with the exception of cryptosporidium. So from a technical perspective it is likely to be fine however out of respect for the other swimmers I would say no. If you need a dip then just wait until the other bathers are done before you go in.

Has anyone suffered from "hot tub folliculitis"?? If you did, what drug worked for you to cure the outbreaks of skin pustules??

This will help you understand . But if your symptoms persists, you will need to see a Dermatologist.

Hot tub folliculitis is a bacterial, normally, infection your skin, ie. A really bad skin rash. How contagious you are depends on a bunch of things like: what bug caused it and if other people are immunocompromised. So consult your doctor.

I have red and white painful bumps on my labia and between my legs I noticed them after I had sex in a hot tub?

the bumps are very painful and burn. i only noticed them after i had sex in a hot tub about 3 days ago. ive looked around and found something called hot tub folliculitis that sounds about like what i'm experiencing. and was wondering if anyone knew anything else it could be?
When I got out of the shower last night, I looked at them again and they were white,and larger. I woke up this morning, and I guess they popped while I was sleeping, and now I have a very large red bump above my clitoris. I called my doctor today and am trying to make an appt.
Still very painful.

DO not pop them. You can spread infection or get them infected.
Whether you are sexually active or not, if you have had them that long, you need to be finding out what they are. See a doctor! Could be not much. Could be something a bit worse.

We can't and won't look at you to diagnose your medical issue. Do yourself a huge favour and get a doctor to diagnose and treat them. And leave them alone in the meantime or you could make things much worse if it spreads infection into your vagina or urethra.

Hot tub folliculitis is an infection of the hair follicles because of contaminated hot tub water. It is impossible to tell from a description though. The rash of hot tub folliculitis consists of several small half - 3 cm red papules or wheals with a central pustule. The rash can erupt *anywhere* on the body that has been in contact with the contaminated water. Areas that are in contact with wet clothing tend to have more lesions. The rash usually resolves on its own in 7 to 10 days leaving a hyperpigmented (darker) lesion that resolves over months. Some people experience fatigue in the first few days of the rash, but fever is uncommon.

I think I have Folliculitis. It was caused from my hot tub or shaving.
Any treatment plans??
Anything I can put on it to make it go away??
I've had it for several days

FAQ Hot Tub & Spa Assistance

Carol asks…

Can any one find prices for hot-tubs?

I’ve gone to at least 7 hot tub sites and found many nice hot tubs , but not a single price. Can any one find prices for the sites or just for these products???

http://www.subzerospas.com/spas/athena.htm

http://www.arcticottawa.com/product.php?product_id=150

http://www.clubpiscine.ca/spas/produits/produit_46_fr.aspx

Thank you!

Graeme Renwall answers:

Try calling arctic spas, they might be able to help you

http://www.arcticspas.com/index.php/en/get_links/2/2/

Ken asks…

Where can i get low priced hot tubs ?

i want low priced hot tub
i want to have 5 6 or 7 seatings HELP!!

Graeme Renwall answers:

Good luck. One thing to keep in mind is that if you buy a piece of crap, a piece of crap is what you will have. This is a “luxury” item. If you can’t afford it, well. If you think you can afford it and are willing to take the time to learn how to balance the chemicals and do the repairs then go right ahead. Even expensive, high quality hot tubs are not maintenance free. If you buy a cheap one I will almost guarantee you that you will be learning about pump motors, clamps, leaks in PVC materials, and no telling what else. You will be learning those things because after you hear what I will charge you to come out and do the repairs, you will either pay, learn, or do what most people do, sell the piece of crap on craigslist or ebay. I guess you are looking on ebay. Good luck!

Jenny asks…

Why cant I find hot tub prices online?

I shop online for everything. I don’t necessarily purchase online but I do price everything before I decide. I bought my house this way and two months ago my newest vehicle. When I go looking for a hot tub there is zero price info that I can find. For example enter “Chevy Silverado” in a Google search and hundreds of sites will be listed, enter “jacuzzi tub” and there are just come-ons trying to get you in. No prices. Why can I price homes and cars online but a hot tub is a set-up for bait and switch? Is anybody familiar with a website or store in the Dallas area that provides a price online? This seems to be a product that is associated with a lot of snake oil salespeople.
or are all such commodities

Graeme Renwall answers:

Find a phone number for the establishments that carry hot tubs and call them and complain!

Robert asks…

Best online hot tub filter prices?

Graeme Renwall answers:

Never needed to buy one

Susan asks…

Prices on installing a hot tub?

I need to know what the price would be to install the hot tub…. I already have one but i have no idea how to install it.

Graeme Renwall answers:

There are too many variables to answer your question. I recommend you call at least three local electrical contractors for estimates. Make sure permits are pulled.

how do you check a hot tub heater element?

won’t heat the water,the heating element only gets hot at one end, is thier an ohm test I can do? anything else it might be?

Graeme answers:

If it is completely disconnected (both terminals/ends) an ohm meter should show a very low, but noticeable resistance. It won’t be exact, but if you know its expected output (watts) and your voltage, it should be roughly R=Vsquared/P. For 3000W and 120V that would be 5 ohms—a good digital ohmmeter should show this.
By the way, I messed up this answer first time around—hope you see this corrected version.
Also, most heating elements fail when they burn out–if you have a very high-powered ammeter (might be 30Amps!!!!), you could check current flow. Alternatively, if its 120 Vac element, connect a light bulb IN SERIES, and see if the light will illuminate at all (won’t be usual brightness, but will indicate current flow).

How can I remove a cracked fitting from my hot tub heater?

On one end of the heater elementtube, the fitting has cracked and is leaking. I have been unable to remove it due to the adhesive – I am assuming it is a type of epoxy- Is there a chemical that will ‘melt’ the epoxy so that we can remove and replace the PVC fitting?

Graeme answers:

how to heat home made hot tub?

I want to make a hot tub out of a large kiddie pool (12′ diameter- 3″ deep). the problem is how to heat it without buying an actual hot tub heater. I was wondering about floating a space heater (with electronics above water level) to create the heat necessary. Any other suggestions would be great.

Graeme answers:

Don’t do that! That is very dangerous! Never use electrical appliances around water. The way the weather has been lately (very warm), the sun should heat any pool 3′ deep fairly quickly. Once the sun has done its job and you have just finished relaxing in the pool with the water still very warm, put a solar blanket over the pool. This will keep the warmth in overnight and the pool will be ready to use in the am. When pool not in use, keep the solar blanket on to suck in the sun’s rays for an even warmer pool. I believe you can pick these solar blankets up at any pool supply store. Have fun!

if the hot tub heater provides 5900kJ/minute, how long, in hours, will it take to heat the water from 16.7 to?

a hot tub is filled with 450 gallons of water
A) what is the volume of water, in liters?
B) what is the mass, in kilograms, of water in the tub?
C) if the hot tub heater provides 5900kJ/minute, how long, in hours, will it take to heat the water from 16.7 degrees Celsius to 40.6 degrees Celsius?

Graeme answers:

where:
q = heat needed
m = mass = 1720 kg
C = heat capacity of water = 4.18 kJ/kg*C
∆T = change in temperature = 40.6C – 16.7C = 23.9C

I own a older Jacuzzi hot tub the heater won’t work wondering where the heater element is, trying to save $.

The tub works but makes a buzzing noise also the heater won’t work. I’m told that it could be the element, the controller or the thermistat, does anyone out there have knowlege about the older model jacuzzi hot tubs. I’m trying to save my landlord some money on the repairs so we can get it running soon. Thanks for your help! Carol K

Graeme answers:

I have an older one (1986) and I have not been able to find a part for mine but this site might have yours -

Where I can buy just the top of hot tub gazebo. My wooden gazebo is fine except the top is rotted.?

A repairman said it would cost $800-$1,000 to repaire, but the pieces holden the lattece work are so rotted it might last only 8 months

Graeme answers:

What brand of hot tub/gazebo is it? There are five major companies that make them, assuming that it was bought with the hot tub. I hate to tell you that a grand is about right for all of them. I would not go back with a wood cedar shake roof and opt for the metal roofs since they do not leak as much. (Notice I said much)

What kind of plant can I grow near a hot tub?

I have 2 small planter boxes that came with my hot tub gazebo. What can I grow in them? Full shade. I don’t want anything too tall. I would prefer color. I guess fern is OK to. What kind though?

Graeme answers:

Geraniums come in a wide variety of scents and colors and tolerate shade. Hostas thrive in damp and shady conditions and have nice leaves, not as much color. For fragrance try Honeysuckles or Sweet box. Ferns are good – Spider plants are also good in the shade. Sorry, I couldn’t find too many color plants for you. You might want to plant bulbs in the planter boxes in addition to your plant because if it dies off in the winter, when spring comes around you will get some sweet and colorful surprises in your planter boxes. Narcissus, freesia and lillys are colorful and fragrant bulbs. Plus they will multiply yearly if you leave them in there (fertilize) and you can separate them and plant extras in your yard

How would you suggest we go about removing a 6 foot black rat snake from our hot tub in our gazebo?

Just what I said. There’s a 6 foot rat snake apparently living in the gazebo inside of the hot tub. There’s stuffing removed from the hot tub cover and everything. We’re trying to figure out what the best way to remove it would be since none of us want to get too close to it even though they’re fairly harmless.

Suggestions?
Well, Crystal, being cautious about a snake has nothing to do with being “grown up”. Maybe you should take your own advice.

Thanks everyone else. We ended up just making a team effort and we got it out of the hot tub cover and into a bucket. We drove it to a forested area and let it go free there.

Graeme answers:

Obviously, you don’t want the snake to hurt you. You, on the other hand, don’t want to hurt the snake either. There should be an animal welfare or someone at the health department, who could give you some quick assistance. I wish you much success and that the animal people come shortly too. Peace!!!

What is up with the older couple resting in the bathtubs in Cialis commercial?

I am wondering if anyone knows what is up with the older couple resting in the bathtubs at the beginning and end of the Cialis commercials. I understand them resting, watching a sunset, but why are they sitting in bathtubs rather then a beach chair or something? Why not in a gazebo or a hot tub as opposed to a regular tub? NE1 got a guess? I am open to any answer.

Graeme answers:

Don’t you get it?
They started taking bath together.
They did it – yup because of Cialis.

You see, older people have this problem getting erection and keeping it on. Then to have … Hmmm… Hmmm… You know…….. Is even tougher.
(You will understand it, when you get old).

So, they continue where they left off with taking bath after….. Hmmmm…hmmm…. You know……

So the commercial goes on to say, it is because of Cialis. That’s all there is to it.

How do I remove an electrical breaker box from my yard?

I’m buying a house with a hot tub that sits in a sort of portable gazebo about 50 ft from the house. Right now we’re negotiating who gets the hot tub.

There is a breaker box outside the gazebo that attaches the electricity to the hot tub and a ceiling fan. If they take the hot tub, what can I do about the breaker box that’s just sticking up in the yard? Any ideas of cost to remove? I may tell them to pay it.

Graeme answers:

I think you should leave the breaker box in it’s place. Are you afraid of getting electrocuted? It’s no more dangerous than any other outlet.
If I was buying that house, I wouldn’t want the hot tub, but I would use the breaker box to power my tools, and create a little workshop shed.
The you will have a good power source in your shed. You can plug in a heater in the shed and work on hobby projects in the shed , even in the winter.
You will also have a good place to plug in electric hedge trimmers.
It would also be a good place to charge an electric motorcycle, or electric garden tractor.

Your Questions About Inflatable Hot Tubs

Water bed heater to supplement inflatable hot tub inflatable spa heat?

Just got one of those inflatable spa / inflatable hot tubs. It works pretty well, I was surprised, but the water temperature is a little week. Anyone think a waterbed heater might help it reach optimal temperature? The spa walls are made of a vinyl product.

Graeme answers:

Unfortunately you just found out why they are cheaper. The heaters are 115v and can only make the temp go up around 1.5 degrees an hour. The nice thing is that they are cheap to operate with the coil heater around the pump. The sad part is that they are expensive to fix and there isn’t any way to suppliment the heat. I have played around with some of our soft tub customers for years. I don’t think much of the product. Wish i could help you. Be careful and do not let any type of immersion heater if you go that route neary the walls or you can melt them.

What is the cheapest brand of INFLATABLE hot tubs. INFLATABLE ONLY!! Please?

rumors have it theres a $400 one but i cant find it anywhere..its not the one for 250 on ebay that one is a scam.

Graeme answers:

Spa2Go is $799 – you can get free shipping. This is the cheapest I could find.

How much does it cost on average to run an inflatable hot tub?

Graeme answers:

It also will depend on were you live.
Here is a topic I found that was simular to yours.

Answer: In regards to your questions for the spa the electric charges I cannot tell you exactly because electricity is charged differently everywhere. What I can tell you is that it uses as much electricity as a 75 watt light bulb if you were to leave the electricity on all day and night. You can check your electric bill and see how much they charge you per watt and find out cost from there or call your electric company and they will give you a cost.

http://www.activeforever.com/p-1672-spa2go-portable-spa.aspx?source=google-adwords&engine=adwords!9444&keyword=%28inflatable+hot+tubs%29&match_type=&gclid=CMSS7p_19Y0CFQqgYgodXyD6MA

does anyone have an inflatable hot tub?

Graeme answers:

There is a company that makes one called Soft Tub. I’ve used them and they are terrific. Here is a link. Http://www.softub.com/

looking for inflatable hot tub?

Hi there i am in a desperate need for an inflatable hot tub, as its my sons birthday and he wanted one. Can some one help me with it.

Graeme answers:

You should go to your near Local market and shopping mall where you buy this tub..

How much electricity do you need to hook up a hot tub heater and pump?

The pump asks for 240 volts, the heater asks for 230. What do I need to do electrically?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You need to contact an electrician to run the 240 volt line to your hottub. You’ll need a circuit breaker suitable for the hottub and I suspect a GFCI or whatever they are called now. I’d go run out to the garage to see what we have, but it’s just better to call an electrician.

Hot tub pump causes the GFCI to trip, any ideal why?

We have a hot tub. 220v Hardwired into a gfci. Once I overfilled it and it tripped the circuit and I had to use fans and such to dry out everything down in the ‘guts’ of the system, took about two days. Its ‘tripped’ its self at least 3 times in two years, but each time the kids were splashing and I figured it was just water causing it. Wait a hour or two and it would reset. This week I cleaned and refilled the tub. Now the pump was working fine until I tripped the breaker so I could refill it. I was very careful not to overfill this time, but when I turned it on, it tripped the breaker over and over. I let it ‘dry’ even though it was not wet for three days again. Still tripped as soon as I turned the breaker on. Now keep in mind, the pump will not come on for about 30 seconds after you restore power, but it tripped any way. I went and started unhooking each circuit on the system, Starting with the pump. As soon as I unhooked the pump, the circuit stayed hot. Just to see if the pump had locked up, I removed the gfci and wired it straight up, turned on the power, and everything came right on. I know that dangerous. I waited about an hour, let it run, then put the gfci back in and turned it back on, everything worked fine.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I see the following scenarios:
1. The pump is overloading the circuit therefore causing the GFCI to trip. I.e. The pump is drawing more power than the gfci or wiring is designed for..

If you have the resources to do the following:
- Check the current ratings on the pump & GFCI
- Check the voltage between Nuetral & earth (ground) if present this may be your issue … There is a leakage causing the GFCI to trip

Alternatives?
- Replace GFCI (this would be the easiest/cheapest I believe)
- Replace Motor
-Replace Wiring

Is my hot tub pump supposed to Shut off?

Ok i have a Hot tub that is about 10 yrs old, its a Regency spa, I have noticed that the circulator pump will not shut off (i was under then impression that is was like a pool pump on a timer) but when we set the timer the pump does not shut off i’m not sure if the heat does or not, so i have it unplugged because i don’t want to burn the pump up by running it all the time, my husband is good and fixing things but even he cannot figure out what is wrong with it..anyone have any ideas??
we bought it from someone and as far as i know the timer hasnt worked since we’ve had it, of course the people told me everything worked, i know the control board shuts off the lights jets and airators, but i dont think the button that shuts off the heater works, its an old timer that has little peg type things to insert into different places (times on the timer e.g. 8:00)

Usedhottubsstore answers:

What about checking for time settings e.g. If you want to shut off at 20:00hrs and it doesnt switch off, if its not using a 24 clock that might be for 08:00am.

Why are there large air bubbles coming through by heat pump in my hot tub?

I just noticed this happening and it seems like it happened for no reason. The heat works fine, but this is something I’ve never seen in the 2 years I’ve had my hot tub. I would hate to say there’s a leak in the line somewhere.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Even though you hate the idea, you have a leak in the plumbing that is drawing air into the system.

Can you use a hot tub heater/pump to heat water for a radiant in floor heating system?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Yes you could as long as you keep the water moving. It will take a long time to warm the water, but once its warm it should stay warm . You will need some way to control the temp. That is all controlled by the mother board in the hot tub as well as safety switches to prevent over heating. You will all so need a pressure Relief valve in the system

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

how do I take care of an outdoor hut tub do I drain water in winter if I do not use it?

this outdoor hot tub came with the houseI I bought and I do not have any directions thank you

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Why would you not use it in winter? That is the best time with the snow falling on your face or after you have just shoveled 6 feet of snow.
If you are not going to use it, yes you should drain it and make sure all the water is out of the pipes. If water freezes in them it can cause them to break and it would be an expensive proposition to have them fixed. Make sure the cover is not left on if the tub is empty and it is very warm out.The suns heat can cause an empty tub to warp. Reconsider using it. I use mine every day of the year and can tell you that life doesn’t get any better that having 15 minutes of warm, relaxing nirvanna every day.

Do you have an outdoor pool and or Hot Tub?

what is the weather like where you are…I shall return after my soak in the hot tub…

Usedhottubsstore answers:

What’s your favorite outdoor activity (esp night time) when it’s cold out?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Night skiing, ice fishing and sitting in the natural hotsprings just north of here.
The hotsprings are 50 miles from nowhere on the edge of a river. I have been in them at -30 on a clear night and it is amazing. Getting dressed and back to the truck is a bit of a challenge though.

Poll: If you lived in England, would you rather have an Outdoor Pool or A Hot Tub?

I’m trying to convince my Dad to get one of them, he says a fricking Jacuzzi Baths enough

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Sims 3 Late Night: How do you place a hot tub on a balcony of a Penthouse?

I want to place a Hot Tub on the outdoor balcony of my Penthouse but when I try to place it, it says “Sorry, the homeowners assosciation forbids you from placing HotTubs on this floor of the hi-rise building”. Is there anyway to place the hottub on the balcony? Because it looks cooler outside than on the inside.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You MUST download the latest update from EA. This will fix the glitch. You have to have moveobjects on once the update is installed.

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

Is this considered sexual abuse?

Hi. I’m 13. The other day I was at my house the other day. He has an indoor hot tub and asked me to come over, so I did. When I got there no one including his father werent there, but I thought nothing of it. While I was in the hit tub he walked in and sat next to me in the hot tub. After a few minutes, he put his put his hand on my “private area.” I got up because that kind of annoyed me, and he pulled down my bikini bottom and started making out with me in the hot tub, with my bikini bottom off. I tried to push him off of me, but he refused. Little did I know, he had his swim suit bottom off. He started putting his penis in my ” privates “. I screamed at him, which didn’t help. He did what I feared the most. He put his penis in my vagina and started basically having sex with me. That did it. I pushed him right off of me, climes right out of the tub, got dressed and left. I didn’t tell my parents because I was scared. I later took a pregnancy test, and thankfully it came back negative. Was what he did to me considered sexual assault?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Sounds like a bunch of bull to me given you said you were 13 in a question you asked 2 days ago then you were 14 in a question 1 day ago and now you are 13 again??? I’m guessing you are seeking a reaction to your sexual fantasies on here. I am very doubtful you are a teenage girl. Seek help before it gets worse.

Do I have to really change anything about my backyard just cuz my neighbour doesnt think it looks appealing?

She came in my back while my contractors were working and told them that my backyard looks like a jungle, and it looks like garbage (ovb its in working progress so yea their are things that my contractors are using, lying around in my backyard).. my contractors layed a blue sheet up aginst mine and her fence just to kill off the weeds (kinda like suffocating it) and she told them that she doesnt like the appearence of it and to take it down… its not even in her backyard. Last summer i built a indoor hot tub and im in the process of putting the blinds up but that comes after my contractors leave… she came and told them that she could see it from her kitchen and that it doenst look apealing…. my contractors put big ass rocks in the front and put gravel under it and she told them that its supposed to be put ontop of grass and that it looks ugly… do i really have to change anything for her… Like yea its not the best looking but im in the process of getting everything finished this summer… and well everything looks 1/2 assed right now

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Yeah, you can pretty much just ignore her and ask your contractors to ignore her as well. Unless you live in a community with a home owners association. If so, you may need their approval for the work being done. (but really, you don’t need their approval either. It’s YOUR yard and house)

Hotel Scavenger Hunt Riddles?

Me and some friends are going to a lake to party and Celebrate my friend’s 27th bday. We are staying at a fairly nice sized hotel and I think it would be fun to have a scavenger hunt one night. We will be drinking so I would somehow like to incorporate that but have NO clue what riddles to write for the hunt and need some help. We will have close to 15 people so I hope to come up with a fairly big list of riddles. The hotel has 4 levels, a pool, a bar, and indoor hot tub and sauna. Any help with this or a good website suggestion would be much appreciated! Thank you!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

“I have head and tail, but no legs. I am that for which the beggar begs.” – Coin

“Runs, but cannot walk, sometimes sings but never talks. Lacks arms, has hands; lacks a head but has a face. ” – Clock.
Im really sorry thats all i can think of i hope you have fun at the party.

How young did you first take your baby swimming?

How young did you first take your baby swimming? I am talking in an indoor heated swimming pool, not a hot tub (duh….. right?) or a lake. My baby loves her bath and I am unsure if I should let her come in the pool with us on vacation. Any opinions/ experience would be helpful, thanks!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I took my son to swimming lessons at 4 months and he was swimming in my sister-in-law’s pool at 5 or 6 months.
My friend had her own pool and her baby was born in july, so she took her 6 week old swimming on a nice day.
I think you should definitely take your little girl in the pool with you guys on vacation.

I am looking for a holiday cottage in the uk that can house up to 14, preferably in s/e england. can you help?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Have a search around these sites and you should be able to find something suitable…

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

Filling in a built in hot tub.?

We have an old hot tub that was built in to the ground. it’s not a molded one or fiberglass one. We want to fill it in with concreat and put carpet over it. (it’s inside). The hot tub does not work and we want to convert the room into somthing else. Again it’s a concreat hot tub built in to the ground. Is it possible to just fill it in? If so how do you go about doing it.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

It may sound easy, but you can’t just fill it. You got to make sure the electrical is disconected first, then you are going to want to fill it with gravel not sand because sand can sink and will crack your concrete over time. Gravel acts as a good drainage and a good sturty base to but the concrete on. Then just apply the concrete and your done.

hot tub hook up?

I tried to hook up a hot tub, I have 2 hots, 1 neutral and 1 ground coming in but the hot tub only has connections for 2 hots and the ground, is there a way to hook this up without a neutral within code guidelines.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Your hot tub is 220 volt only, with no need for a neutral because nothing in it is running on 110Volts.

Verify correct wire size and service “breaker” for the hot tub. Breaker should be a ground fault, commonly called GFI, GFCI.

Who sings the song on Mtv’s Maui Fever that goes ” our love is a play ground” when they are in the hot tub??

It’s the scene where the couple is in the hot tub and he asks he ” can I please have a real kiss” it plays when they are in the hot tub kissing! Please help, need that song, it’s a guy singing…….

Usedhottubsstore answers:

where can I find someone to remove my hot tub?

It’s in ground , about 2 feet out, concrete and tile. All I need is the hot tub out. I can remove the pipes and heater if necessary.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

is there a simple fix to my pool breaker trip problem?

I rent a house that has an in-ground pool & hot tub w/ jets. The breaker boxes setup:
Outside on the side of the house:
Main breaker box–double 100
next to it is the A/C & pool breaker box w/
double 30 for the Pool which flanks a double 60? for the A/C.
There is a separate breaker box inside the garage for all of the household rooms.
There is a separate breaker box attached to the pool pump outside for the pool pump/heater. It has 4 breakers that have never tripped; they are in the ON position.
The 30 dbl pool breaker (outside of house next to main breaker) has tripped a few times over the past year (while the pump/heater OFF), & we turned the breaker back ON.
2 days ago, the breaker tripped (w/ nothing running). It finally went back ON, on the second try of putting the breaker back ON. Today it tripped again (pump/heater were off) & I can’t get the breaker to go back on. Keeps going back to midpoint. Is there a major problem that needs an electrician? can i fix it myself? thx
There is no reset button.
I know this is the pool pump breaker.
I will call the landlord; however, he is slow to fix things and lives more than an hour away. I was hoping there was something simple wrong.
I have assisted my mom w/ wiring several room additions, but that was more than 10 years ago. She had experience wiring breaker boxes, but that was more than a decade ago, too. And, she’s 2000 miles away. thanks for the info.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

From the description I believe that the breaker is bad or more likely there is a fault in the cable feeding the pool unit. I would recommend that you call a professional on this one.

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump And Heater

My hot tub keeps tripping the GFCI when water passes through the heater. Not a new installation.?

I have a hot tub that has been installed for a few years with no issues. This year after filling it up, I started the pump before opening the valves that allow water flow through the pipes. No issue, so I opened the valves, and it tripped the breaker. I shut the valves, and everything runs fine (although obviously no water runs through the tub). I do not see any evidence of corrosion in the heater or inside the enclosure. How can I test for a short or check for some problem in the heating element, other than visually?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

High humidity can also trip a GFCI. It is better to have a GFCI breaker than an outlet.

Where does this hot tub hose go? (Photo)?

Hi, I just noticed today that my hot tub was slowly leaking water. I looked underneath and noticed a little hose had come off and was slowly letting out water. Problem is that I can’t find where this hose goes or what it’s for? It’s hard to peek inside and see everything, so can someone please look at the attached photo and let me know what this hose might connect to? The pump, the heater, a pipe, the spa itself? I’m stumped! Thanks.
Sorry, here’s the photo of the hose (tube):
http://mysite.verizon.net/mx45/hottub_hose.jpg

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Now that was too easy….
That hose goes to your ozonator. That white valve is a check valve that wil in time stop working correctly. When you plug the hoses back in make sure the check valve is open from the ozonator. Also be sure to make several loops in the hose and suspend them with a tie strap therefor creating a natural vaccum to keep the water from going from your pipes to the check valve making it fail and thefore flooding your ozonator. Feel free to email me for more info if needed.

It’s not a chemical feeder from the manufacture since they are using a cheap Value 2000 Balboa spa pack that does not have sensors for that or the ability to dispense or measure any levels except temp.

What are the jumper settings on a jacuzzi j355 hot tub for 60 amp operation?

There are two settings 50amp heater and one pump on high, 60 amp heater with both pumps on high. Need to set it up for 60 amp operation. I tried Jacuzzi but was on eternal hold. LOL

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Eternal is not as long as what will happen if the hook-up is wrong. Go back to Jacuzzi or the local dealership. Walk-in at the dealership is probably faster . . . LOL

Hot tub C/B Trips instantly?

I have a 5 or 6 year old hot springs hot tub. About a week ago I bought it from a gentleman that said his dog chewed off the cord and the tub hasn’t been on for 2 years. when I pulled the electrical box the heater control panel was burnt up so I ordered a new one and installed it. the hot tub is running on a 115v 20 amp ground fault circuit breaker. Every time I flip the c/b it trips instantly. I went through and one by one disconnected the piece parts (pump, heater, filter, ect…) until they were all disconnected. When this didn’t narrow down the problem I I disconnected the the black jumper wire that goes from the heater circuit panel to the main control circuit panel and flipped the c/b and it stayed on. as soon as I hooked the black wire back up it popped again. I have replaced the ground fault circuit breaker hoping that I just got a bad c/b but that was not the case. Any help you can give me would be very much appreciated.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Many hottubs that I have wired require a larger breaker that that. I’m glad you have it on a ground fault breaker. Check the power lable to see what voltage and amps it uses. Be sure to have a ground rod at the hottub as well, grounded straight to the unit, with the ground wire coming from the breaker box. It worries me a little that your breaker trips instantly, If your heater is failing to ground, even 5 milli amps should trip a ground fault device. If you need to correct your power supply to the hottub and the new breaker, if needed, still trips then you should check the wiring and components, or have it checked for a ground fault. No one wants to get electrocuted! Good luck, be safe.

Hot tub jets 1 button shuts off circ pump (balboa 55099 circuit board)?

Replaced hot tub circuit board (balboa 55098 w/ 55099–due to discontinuation of the 55098) & now Jets 1 button shuts off circ pump and causes heater to overheat. Jets 1 button also won’t turn jets on. Also blower button “clicks” at circuit board, but doesn’t appear to do anything. Any help would be appreciated!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The circuit baord does not work right powering the motor to pump the jets or it is defective.

Without the water flow to take off the excess heat of the heater it gets to hot. And it has a thermal overload, like a fusable link that melts shutting off the electrical power to it. It takes time for the link to cool down for the electrical power to flow and heat again.

Or the pump impeller is broken. The impeller is a plastic vane the spins and forces the water to flow.

A electrical multimeter would be the best way to test the unit with power and with out. This will help to locate what the problem is.

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

Ongoing Hot Tub electrical saga?

Ok folks. Thanks all for the previous advice you’ve given.
I spoke to the city inspector. He said that I could do it myself providing I passed a test, then he would come to inspect the work.

Considering I just got a $1500 !!!! quote for the work, I think this will be the way to go. (I priced out the stuff at HD (under $250))

Can someone post or point me to the NEC regulations pertaining to 240V outdoor hot tub wiring?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Looking briefly at your other questions I’m don’t think it is good for you to do yourself. Is $1500 really worth saving if it puts your life at risk? Outdoor hot tubs follow all the same rules as pools, and it is article 680 of the NEC. Even experienced electricians have questions on pools, so I really doubt someone inexperienced can do it properly. You can read the NEC online at nfpa.org (not a PDF, no searching, but it is free). Go to the link below and click on the preview option.

Skin resistance goes way down when wet and there is a much bigger shock risk. You probably won’t know what you mess up until it is too late. You can’t depend on an inspection to find everything.

I also want to say you don’t have a complete material list. I doubt you can get the stuff for $250 if a complete job is $1500. Or if it is the case, you should get more bids.

Ladies- Where would you rather make love on a beach or in an outdoor hot tub in a mountain chalet?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Beach for sure…the waves make it extremely peaceful, and you seem so close together. Mountains is too spread out and big…it would be uncomfortable to me.

Do you think you could survive in an extremely freezing outdoor place for a day if there was a random hot tub?

Assuming there could be a hot tub in the middle of a freezing place, do you think you would survive for a day or would the outdoor effects overpower the warmth of the hot tub?

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Where can I find building plans for an outdoor sauna, and a woodfired hot tub?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You can find some links to sauna building resources on Saunascape. For heaters, I’ve heard good things about Kumma stoves.

For the wood fired hot tub, that’s harder. Snorkel will sell you just the stove. However, if you’re looking to build a wooden tub, you need skills as a cooper.

Can outdoor christmas light strands that break apart and fall into water (a hot tub) electrocute you?

I hung up christmas lights over my hot tub. They are sets that allow you to string 3 light strands together by plugging them into each other. Is it possible if two strands become disconnected and they fall into my hot tub that people in the tub will be electrocuted? They are plugged into a GFI outlet.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Nevertheless, I would make sure the light strings are securely fastened together to prevent them from disconnecting or falling, and also to keep them from being inadvertently touched while people are in the tub.

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

Is there a Best Western in Arkansas that has an indoor/heated pool?

We’re traveling in a week and got a BW gift card, we’d like to use but are hoping for a hotel with heated pool or maybe even just a hot tub. The route would be from Central Texas to Memphis. Hoping for an Arkansas location between Texarkana and Little Rock ideally. I have checked out several and tried to Net search specific with heated pool but no luck. Thanks!
Of course I have checked the BW site, several times, they don’t specify indoor/outdoor pool unless you check EACH hotel.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You must be able to get this information on the net………Just enter “Best Westerns”

Indoor Swimming pools/leisure centres in Etobicoke, Ontario?

Anyone know of any indoor swimming pools for leisure swim in Etobicoke? If the place has a hot tub and sauna as well, even better. Do you know the leisure swim schedule? The places I’ve been phoning are only open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but it’s Thursday and I’d love to go for a swim haha.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

1.Albion Pool (Albion Community Centre)
Kipling Ave. And Albion Rd.
2.Alderwood Pool (Alderwood Community Centre)
Browns Line and Horner Ave.
3.Annette Community Pool (Ravina Gardens Park)
Keele Str. And Dundas Str. West
4.Boylen Collegiate Institute Pool
Keele Str. And Highway #401
5.Centennial Recreation Centre West Pool
Keele Str. And Eglinton Ave. West
6.Emery Collegiate Institute Pool
7.The Elms Community Pool (The Elms Park)
Islington Ave. And Rexdale Blvd.
8.Emery Collegiate Institute Pool (Habitat Park)
Highway #400 and Finch Ave.
9.Etobicoke Olympium Pool (Centennial Park)
Rathburn Rd. And Renforth Dr.
10.Gus Ryder Pool (Donald Russell Memorial Park)
Kipling Ave. Lakeshore Blvd. West
11.Humber Community Pool (Humber College, North Campus)
Highway #27 and Finch Ave. West
12.Joseph J. Piccininni Community Pool
Lansdowne Ave. And St. Clair Ave. West
13.Memorial Pool (Central Park South)
Islington Ave. And Bloor St. West
14.Norseman Community Pool (Norseman Heights Park)
Islington Ave. And Bloor St. West
15.Runnymede Collegiate Institute Pool
Jane Str. And Dundas Str. West
16.Swansea Community Pool (Rennie Park)
South Kingsway and Bloor St. West
17.Weston Collegiate Institute Pool
Jane Str. And Lawrence Ave.

1.Amesbury Pool
Keele Str. And Lawrence Ave. West (Amesbury Park)
2.Amos Waites Pool
Lakeshore Blvd. W and Mimico Ave. (Amos Waites Park)
3.Domenico DiLuca Pool
Jane St. And Sheppard Ave. West (Stanley Park)
4.Eringate Pool
Renforth Dr. And Eringate Dr. (Eringate Park)
5.Fairhaven Pool
Islington Ave. And Highway #401 (Fairhaven Park)
6.Flagstaff Pool
Highway #27 and Rexdale Blvd. (Flagstaff Park)
7.Gihon Spring Pool
Kipling Ave. And Steeles Ave. West (Gihon Spring Park)
8.Giovanni Caboto Pool
Lansdowne Ave. And St. Clair Ave. West (Joseph Piccininni Community Recreation Centre)
9.Gord and Irene Risk Pool
Islington Ave. And Finch Ave. West (Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre)
10.High Park Pool
High Park Ave. And Bloor St. West (High Park)
11.Lambton-Kingsway Pool
Royal York Rd. And Dundas St. West (Lambton Kingsway Park)
12.Ourland Pool
Islington Ave. And Evans Ave. (Ourland Park)
13.Park Lawn Pool
Park Lawn Rd. And Berry Rd. (Park Lawn Park)
14.Pine Point Pool
Islington Ave. Highway #401 (Pine Point Park)
15.Richmond Gardens Pool
Islington Ave. And Eglinton Ave. West (Silvercreek Park)
16.Rotary Pool
Islington Ave. And Lake Shore Blvd. (Rotary Park)
17.Smithfield Pool
Martin Grove Rd. And Albion Rd. (Smithfield Park)
18.Smythe Pool
Jane Str. And St. Clair Ave. West (Smythe Park)
19.Sunnyside-Gus Ryder Pool
Parkside Dr. And Lake Shore Blvd. West (Sunnyside Park)
20.Wedgewood Pool
Kipling Ave. And Burnhamthorpe Rd. (Wedgewood Park)
21.West Deane Pool
The East Mall and Rathburn Rd. (West Deane Park South)
22.West Mall Pool
The West Mall and Burnhampthorpe Rd. (West Mall Park)
23.Westgrove Pool
Martin Grove Rd. And The Westway (Westgrove Park)
24.Westmount Pool
Scarlett Rd. And Eglinton Ave. (Westmount Park)
25.Weston Lions Pool
Weston Rd. And Lawrence Ave. West (Lions Park)

ther are alot of people that now cheat codes to webkinz

ther are alot of people that now cheat codes to webkinz and alot of people how are good at Webkinz but i wont webkinz hot tub so can someone send me a indoor hot tub

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Has anyone been to a swingers party before?

it’s in a big mansion with an indoor pool and hot tub etc…just wondered if we will look silly there ( as we are younger) or will we get more chicks?

just feel a little nervous as we are going tonight….any advice / experience would be great

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I have been to one befro, you just need to relax, its not as bad as ppl think, there will be a lot of flirting, touching et. They are really fun, and there a hott couples there!!! Have fun and relax!!!

We filled our hot tub back up after 3 months of not using it, All night it was fine, but this afternoon?

When I went to get in it, it had this rusty color soap scum on the sides above the water line, and swirling in where the filter is…
What does this mean? and what can I do to fix it so it doesn’t happen?
My husband shocked it, it all came on top of the water and he got it out, but I don’t know if it will come back
I don’t know if having an indoor hottub would affect it b/c its inside or what… Anyone that can help please do!

Thanks
If you have any questions please email me and ill go into further details
We have drained it, it was EMPTY for 3 months…. We filled it yesterda that is why i don’t understand what is wrong with it

Usedhottubsstore answers:

By leaving it empty the residue in the pipes dried out and when you added water again it all came off. This is probably a good thing in the long run but it will be a bit of work. I would put in a gal of bleach and run it for about 1/2 hour then drain it. You may have to do this a couple of times but it will be worth it to have all the gunk out of the system. Another thing you might use is C.L.R. Put it in the water ( but don’t mix with the bleach.) If you use C.L.R. Put about 2 containers in and let the hot tub cycle over night and the hotter the water the better. Then drain as before. Good Luck

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

thinking about building a hot tub deck?

basically iam putting in a hot tub so i was thinking of having the hot tub on the ground and then building a deck around it kinda deal. i know ive seen decks with concrete pillars not sure how to put those in. and if there required in bc canada. or would i b better off building a deck then putting the tub on top of it and build some stairs etc around it to blend it in with the deck. looking for some ideas

Usedhottubsstore answers:

In Canada, the frost goes very deep depending on the soil type. You need to have the tub professionally installed. You don’t want frost heaving the thing in the winter.
After the pros get finished, go to Home Depot and either buy the $14.00 (US) book on decks or pick the brains of the guy at the contractor’s desk. (I would suggest the book) When you have a good idea of what you need, go back and give them a materials list. Go home, buy beer for the neighbors and promise them a turn in the tub and “Git er done”

Is it ok to wire a hot tub with non metallic conduit above ground ( mounted to a exterior wall of house )?

Planning to install a hot tub. I have done this before but always burried the conduit. Due to location of existing utilitys this would be very hard. Seems easier to just come across side of house and under deck. The location is such that physical damage and sunlight should be minimal. What do you guys think? Also anyone know what the electrical code says about this?
Planning on using 6awg in 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 sunlight resistant pvc grey conduit.
Thank you in advance for your input.
Craig
Yes to GFCI.
Code requires a shut off more than 5 feet but less than 15 feet from the hot tub. I had planned to go with a “package deal” from Lowe’s or Home Depot that has the box and 50A GFCI breaker.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

My husband is an electrician, and he just looked into the most recent code book for the answer to this. He said that he couldn’t find anything that said this wouldn’t be okay. He said to be safe, go to www.neccode.com and ask about your jurisdiction, just to make sure.

Wiring a 240v 50a GFCI for a hot tub?

When I built my house, I had my screen porch wired with 240 service for a hot tub. I’ve finally gotten the tub and now I need to complete the wiring. The builder terminated the 240 service with a pull-out type disconnect, and now I need to install a GFCI. Would you suggest running from the pull-out disconnect to a new box with a GFCI in it, or replacing the pull-out with the GFCI? Also, I’m not sure the builder ran 4 wire (2 hot/1 neutral/1 ground). If that’s the case and he only ran 3 wire, am I screwed if my tub requires a four wire install? Thanks in advance for any insight/advice – I know this is a popular and touchy topic!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If you don’t know the answer to your own question, it means you are not an electrician, and you should not be doing it in the first place.
Think about it . . .electricity . . . .water . . . . Death!

Hot tub electrical?

Well I guess Im from the old school, (220 volt 3 wire) 2 hot 1 ground. I recently purchased a hot tub that they said must be hooked up 220 4 wire. The 4th wire being a neutral, which im assuming to be a saftey factor since I will be sitting in 400 gallons of water….lol.
The 4 connections on the tub are easy enough, but when I get to my panel, where does the neutral go?
Best answer would be an e-mail diagram….lol
Thanks in advance.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You will need four wires. 6AWG stranded copper. Red and Black are hot, White is nuetral. Green is ground.

See this link. It shows and explains how to wire your spa safely. Make sure you cut off the main CB to the service panel. But be careful, because you still have live have voltages present in a Service Panel even with main CB switched off. Service drop going into your service panel is HOT.

If i have a hot tub shell, can i put it in the ground?

i want to purchase a hot tub and i was thinking if i buy a hot tub shell if i could put it in the ground?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Not a good idea you usually want to make a housing for it that is why you see them usually placed into decks. The problem with just planting it like a tree is that it will be subject to the temperatures of the ground since its not really insulated itself plus you can easily break lines if your not careful and now have to dig it up yet again. Come winter the ground freezes and can cause damage to your shell easily. Hot tub shells on their own are usually put inside or in a deck with an enclosure underneath that can either be heated or at the very least insulated so that the ambient heat of the tub heats the area.

Basically you run way to many risks of damaging your investment if you just plant it in the ground without a good frame and a decent game plan. If you want an in ground hot tub make one out of concrete and use rigid pvc and religiously keep an eye on the tub in the winter to make sure its circulating well.

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump Motors

Help. Hot Tub question?

I am replacing the pump motor. I removed the pump motor and when I disconnected the plug in to the circuit board (like an idiot) I didn’t pay attention to which one of the three plug-in spots it plugged into. Now that I received the new motor in the mail, I’m afraid to plug it into the wrong spot on the circuit board. Can anyone help?
Thanks guys. I was able to go online and get the schematics for the propak circuit board and then found which pins were in the right location and I plugged the pump into that set of pins, and presto.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Take a look at the plug ins and see if you can tell which one is the cleanest. If it’s a 3 motor capable set up, it shouldn’t matter which board runs the single motor. If you are still in doubt, call the manufacturer.

What does a electric motor capacitor do?

I have a 2 speed hot tub pump, that only runs on high. When we try to run it on low for circulation it trips the breaker. The pump has been very reliable for last 6 years…. till now. Is this a capacitor problem?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The running capacitor in a single phase motor increases the torque for rootating the rotor.Check the capacitor for a possible replacement.

Can anyone help on a Sundance Hot Tub?

The motor and air pump do not work sometimes. I have checked the fuses and all the wires. It will click in the control box when you push the button but not come on. Also this is intermittent. It does not do it all the time. Most of the time it works fine. The light always comes on any help??

Usedhottubsstore answers:

There may be a problem with the relay that controls it. The click sound it makes is the relay turning on and off. Try replacing the relay you can get them off eBay for cheap

My hot tub fuse keeps poping HELP!!!!?

My hot tub fuse keeps poping HELP!!!!?
I just got a free hot tub the only problem is everytime I put a new fuse in it pops. when i bypass the fuse, the pump and blower and motor works. when i put a fuse in again it pops. Im not sure if the heater eliment works. what might be happening.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Unless this is a fuse in a sub panel box on the outside of your house which was wired with a min. Of a 10 gage wire to your main panel. You need to rewire your house and put a new breaker box in with real circuit breakers. Then worry about a hot tub. Your system was not made to handle a the high wattage of a hot tub and its heater element.
Bypassing the fuse will over heat the wiring and burn your house down.

my hot tub fuse keeps poping HELP!!!!?

I just got a free hot tub the only problem is everytime I put a new fuse in it pops. when i bypass the fuse, the pump and blower and motor works. when i put a fuse in again it pops. Im not sure if the heater eliment works. what might be happening.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Depending on the size of hot tub you have the circuit may not be large enough to safely power the pumps and heaters. You can look on the tub where the power goes in and it should tell you how much the unit will draw.

For instance my hot tub is 220 volts and draws 40 amps full out so I have it on a 40 amp breaker.

If it draws more than the size of the fuse then its simply doing its job and protecting the circuit by blowing to prevent the circuit from overloading and heating up.

If you are not sure about this kind of stuff better get somebody who is to have a look as electricity is not the kind of thing to take chances with.

And be sure the circuit is on a ground fault circuit otherwise you may fry in the hot tub, and not from the water!!!!

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

looking for romatic getaway with outdoor hot tub in Northern IL. or southern wi.?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

What is the cost of operating an outdoor hot tub?

My downstairs neighbor has one and I think its running up the electric bill. I don’t know what make or model it is or what temp he keeps it on. We split the bills and he only pays 15 extra dollars a month for it. I want him to turn it off for the winter or put it on a timer but he said no. I want to put a meter on it to see how much it actually costs but the landlady said no. The electric bill was $600 this time and I think its cause of the hot tub running 24 hours a day in 20degree weather covered with snow.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I live in North Louisiana with relatively mile climate and ours cost us an extra $70.00 per month.

California Kingsize pillowtop, blacksand beach, private outdoor hot tub, or July meadow under star-filled sky?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

All of the above: blacksand beach to soak up some sun then once it gets dark lay in a july meadow under star-filled sky and then get in a private outdoor hot tub (w/ my love) and after good and relaxed then a california king size pillowtop for bed

If you live in the suburbs, is it ok to use the outdoor hot tub naked after the neighbors go to bed?

How about after dark when they would have to make a point of checking things out to see any detail from inside their well lit homes?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If it’s the neighbor’s hot tub, I’d wait until they go on vacation. If it’s your hot tub, I’d say you can use it anytime you want.

Is sex on a bear rug in front of a fireplace better than in a outdoor hot tub while it is snowing? WHY?

Yes, bear skin rug.
I am a beach bum and usually enjoy the sex on the beach or on a sailing boat. No experience in cold climates, but interested in one Russian lady that may take me there.

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Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

What are some good hotels in Denver?

I am having a vacation with some friends in Denver in the last day of June. We are visiting Elitch Gardens the next day after we are checking out a hotel. My question: What is a good hotel that’s at least below $60, 5 miles or below the Elitch Gardens, Free WI-Fi, indoor pool& hot tub, and free breakfast. If you have time to answer these questions, please answer immedietly. THANKS!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

=Warwick Denver Hotel – Denver Hotels
1776 Grant Street, Denver, CO
Last Comment: “Wonderful facilities.”

= Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel
7007 South Clinton Street, Greenwood Village, CO

What ares of business should I major in?

I want to open a spa with tanning beds, Brazilian waxing, facials, massages, nails, hair, indoor pool, hot tub, and much more. I need to know what are of business should I major in. Please be SPECIFIC

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I’d suggest Business Administration or Business Management – it will give you fundamental keys to run a business.

Entrepreneurship – More limited (as if you want to use it to get a job in case you decide to no longer be a business owner), but still highly useful if you’re truly set on this goal.

Marketing, then you get a class of Entrepreneurship or related – Marketing teaches you how to market your services, people, find your audience, serve your clients, effective ways to sell, effective ways to show leadership among peers – but it won’t really teach you how to open your company and etc.

I’d say Business Administration might be your best bet, and maybe get a class related to Marketing. Many people should take it as not many businesses know how to run their places right.

When running electricity to an outdoor outlet for a hot tub do you always need to use outdoor wire/line?

My hot tub is sitting on a deck. This hot tub is suppose to run on 116V / 18A service. I would buy the Circle D hot tub switch box and double pole GFCI breaker, but given that my hot tub runs on single pole service, I do not want to spend $100 if I don’t need to. Or should I do it anyways to prepare the way for a new hot tub?

My plan is to use a 20amp GFCI breaker at my main panel and then run 10/3 through aluminum conduit to an outdoor junction box located on the perimeter of my home but under the deck and then the same indoor 10/3 wire would be in weatherproof plastic conduit for about 2 ft until it reaches the switch and outdoor outlet box mounted on the perimeter wall above my deck.

Can I run 10/3 indoor wire from my main electric panel to an outlet mounted on the perimeter of my basment wall (meaning that the wire will pass through my perimeter wall right into the outlet box)? Or do i need to use outdoor 10/3 wire instead? My understand that whenever you run electricity outside, a good practice is to always use weatherproof / waterproof plastic conduit.

Why then would one even buy outdoor wiring if overall it is best to use conduit anyways?

So can I use my indoor 10/3 wire outside and bury it if I so choose as long as it is in weather proof / water proof conduit?

Is there an adapter to attach aluminum conduit (used within my basment) to flexible plastic waterproof conduit that will be used outside and under my deck…or will I need to use a junction box?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Jim W has the best other answer, but not sure what he means about “outdoor” wire not needed in conduit. Building wire is rated for dry, damp, or wet locations, and when outside (conduit or not) needs to be wet location wire (such as THWN). There is also direct burial wire (such as UF), which is not needed in conduit (if that is what you are referring to as “outdoor”). A dry location wire like normal romex (NM, NM-B) cannot be used outside, conduit or not.

Your 116V/ 18A is odd. Standard is 120V (but 115, and 110 are commonly used). It needs to be hard wired? A small hot tub on 120V I would expect to just be a plug-in type. If it does need to be hard wired, like Jim said there are a lot of rules that need to be followed. Outdoor hot tubs have all the same rules as pools. Get someone qualified to do the work.

Hot Tub Help!!!!?

k, i’ve scrubbed all the stains off and now there is mucky and gross water all in my hot tub. i don’t wanna drain it.. since i am on the second floor and there is indoor/outdoor carpet.. but i don’t want to shovel it out with buckets either because it will splash all over the downstairs patio. HELP PLEASE!
I don’t know.. I’m only thirteen! and it’s alot of water.. and i don’t wanna drain it onto the indoor/outdoor carpet. ughh..this is hard. lol. i guess i can throw it unto the grass. thanks anyways..

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Cool…you listened to my advice…let me tell you how to clean out the mucky and gross water…

Bucket out all the water, so there’s only muck and “gross” left…because the muck and “gross” are wet, you can easily wipe them off with towel(s) and paper towels.

If there are still any yucky stuff, keep on getting the yucky stuff wet and then wiping it away…

Planning on going to Alabama Adventure next month, where’s a good hotel to stay thats not far from it?

My family plans to stay in a hotel for a few nights, and go to Alabama Adventure one of those days..Where’s a good hotel thats pretty close to Alabama Adventure and has an indoor/outdoor pool, hot tub, free breakfast, weight room?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

This is Allan from Hotels.com. It looks like it Alabama Advenure is in Bessemer, AL so I took a look on Hotels.com to see what I could find close to the theme park. There’s are a bunch of places to choose from in the area but these stood out based off guest ratings.

-Hampton Inn Birmingham/Bessemer
-Country Inn and Suites by Carlson, Bessemer, AL
-Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Bessemer
-Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott Bessemer
-Jameson Inn Bessemer

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Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

How to build a hot tub deck?

I’m building a 12′x14′ deck to put my new hot tub on. The deck must be low to the ground. I can’t put beams under the deck joists. This is not an option, deck finished height will be about 1+’ from the ground level. Hot tub measures 80″ square. How many joists, what size, spacing, and how many posts do I need to ensure the heavy tub wont settle the deck?

I’m thinking 2×12 joists, 16″ on-center, with 11 4×4 posts around the perimeter, and 4, 4×4 posts in the center.

Any experienced builders please feel free to destroy my plans and point out my lack of knowledge, AS LONG AS, you’ve got some constructive criticism to go along with it!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Put the tub on a concrete pad. …….see factory recommendations
2x 10 joints more than overkill
do not need sono tubes cement set in or concrete pads
making this too hard
will you have that many people on it

What can I use to cover an ugly tile floor with something that is durable, waterproof, and inexpensive?

I have a porch with an ugly 12×12″ tile floor. The tile has a texture to make it appear to be stone — EXTRA ugliness! I need to do something to make it look better until I can afford to remove the tile and retile with updated materials. In the mean time, I want to make it look better. The constraints are that there is an in-ground hot tub in the porch, so water on the floor is an issue. Also, this is a porch that handles lots of foot and pet traffic between outdoors and our home’s interior. Any suggestions?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

How high does a hot tub disconnect have to be off the ground?

I would like to mount the disconnect with GFCI breakers on the leg of the deck. The leg is only about 2.5′ off the ground. Will this be a problem? Thanks in advance for your help. dp

Usedhottubsstore answers:

All disconnects shall mounted between 3′ and 6’6″ to the center of the handel no more no less i would give the code reference from the NEC but don’t feel like looking it up

How far down is a gas line and what happens when you hit one.?

my friend and I are digging an in ground hot tub..the thing is is our other friend creeped us out just a little bit and said we might hit a gas line… we have dug almost 1.5ft. deep. how much farther should we dig? and what happens when you hit the gas line?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Every state has a hotline to call for digging. They have detailed maps of where lines are buried, and how deep. DIGTESS is my states number, but they’ll be able to give you the number for your state.

I want to put a 4 man Hot Tub on a upper wooden deck about 8′ off the ground. Will it safely hold the weight?

The deck 13’ wide and 14’ long and is constructed with pressure treated wood; 2X6 joists 16″ on centre. Bolted to side of house + 2 6×6 cross beams supported by attaching to house and 4X4 posts. The decking is 1/2″ PT material. The deck is about 10 years old and I was not around when it was built. The 4 man hot tub is second hand with no manual. I have no idea of how much the tub weighs. Living in Ontario snow load is also a factor. If the deck is not safe as is – what do I have to do to make it safe?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

There may be some here who would tell you, go ahead, but I can’t. I have a six man spa on 2×10 floor joists with very short spans and a 2×10, three-dimension cross brace directly underneath it. That might be extreme, but since it is an indoor spa, redoing it (if it fails) would be amazingly difficult and expensive.

A key consideration is the age of the deck and the fact you can’t be sure how well those bolts were attached to the house. If the deck collapses. You’ve got to wrestle with the hot tub and the structure.

The deck substructure which meets requirements for a deck with a normal load won’t last forever anyway. Why not build a deck that you know will be build right? I assume the posts are one four-foot (or whatever the code requires in Ontario) footings. But you have no easy way of determining that for yourself.

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump

would a hot tubs pump and heater heat my pool?

i recently took a hot tub apart and took the pump out,could i wire and plumb it to my pool to help heat it??
thanks for all the info and help you just saved me the trouble of hooking up that pump/heater.i think ill just pitch the thinh in the dumpster.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I don’t know as it would be large enough. The pool contains maybe hundreds of times more water. I think it would be similar to heating a pan of water with a cigarette lighter. You might not get a noticeable change in temperature for the money added to your bill.

I would check with a pool person. Find out the wattage and flow rate for the pool and tub heaters.

Do we need 200A service for hot tub and heat pump? If so, roughly how much would it cost from 125A to 200a?

We’re considering buying 1 of 2 houses, both have natural gas furnaces and 125A services… We’d want to change to a heat pump and add a hot tub on the deck of either one… one place is 2400sf, the other is 2800sf…

Do we typically need to upgrade to 200A to do this? If so, roughly what would it cost?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Heat pumps are 100% efficient . But they use allot of juice .It’s for this reason the power co. Gives discounts to home owners that install heat pumps. Don’t fall into this trap .Unless you don’t mind thousand dollar per month elec. Bills. If you up grade to a 200 amp service ,be prepared to pay high costs to a Service company for the up grade and then again to the electric companies.

hot tub pump is hot to the touch?

just bought an older jacuzzi hot tub…installed and fired it up…everything seems to be working fine, however the pump (motor) is hot to the touch…not sure if this is normal or not…there is a low humming but nothing noisy and all jets are working properly…any help would be appreciated…thanks

Usedhottubsstore answers:

It is normal *if* the pump is not vibrating excessively and *if* it is not making excessive noise. From your description, neither of these is the case.

Keep in mind that it is pumping water at about 100F (38C), and also generates heat from its own operation. Also, some types of hot-tubs use this heat in place of electric elements.

We have found that the typical pump motor will last somewhere around ten years if properly maintained, although we just replaced one that was over fifteen years old. So, not to worry at this point.

Hot tub pump removed temporarily, would that cause slow leaking?

We called a hot tub repair man on Wednesday and he came over and removed the hot tub pump but had to order a new seal and a new shaft for it. Since then, the water level in the hot tub has gone down about 4 inches slowly.

Might be a stupid question but would the removal of a hot tub pump cause slow leaking? I’m only asking because I’m concerned that a pipe might have cracked due to the temp going from freezing to above-freezing (32 degree nights, 45 degree days, for 3 days since the pump was removed. And yes the power has been cut off the whole time and the hot tub has not been turned on at all.
He’s coming back on Monday to re-install the rebuilt pump.
SOLVED: Our hot tub guy came and repaired the hot tub pump. He said that the leaking was normal and ever since he fixed the pump, there hasn’t been any leaking. Yayy!! Thanks everyone for your answers.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If the tub was not leaking I would guess that the problem is to do with the removal of the pump. He probably had to cap the pipes somehow or put a union between the input and output ports of the pump. When he returns ask him and it should be quite evident if its leaking where the pump goes. If its not leaking there have him look and see if he can find any leaks or broken pipes. Good luck

Hot Tub Pump problem….?

So I just bought a house with a hot tub. The first time I used it I think I may have leaned up against a port where the pump circulates water into the tub and blocked the water flow, which seems to have caused the entire system to shut off. How do I fix this? I’ve tried resetting the breakers and whatnot, but the pump system and heater will not turn back on.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Look for a trap door right near the tub that may have an additional reset button, in addition to the breakers “and whatnot” you already reset. If you were able to stop the system, you probably blocked the inward water line, pulling water from the tub to the pump. This could cause the pump to run on dry lines and heat up enough to trip a breaker. So your goal of looking for a breaker is good, but look closer to the pump motor itself, rather than the house electric panel if you already tried that.

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

what is the best outdoor hot tub?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Perfect Spa. The most advanced control system which has remote control and speech system

Out door hot tub questions. Are they more fun than work?

Do you use it in the winter months? Is it much work to maintain? Is it expensive keep heated?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

As long as you maintain the proper levels of chemicals, which is not difficult, then cleaning is very limited. If you live in a below freezing climate, there’s no need to keep the temp at 85 degrees all the time. Keep the temp level above freezing, 40 to 45 and a few hours before you go in, raise the temp to desired temp, this helps in keeping the heating costs down. Once you’re in, the warmth raises up so even your upper body and head stay warm.
Hope this was helpful

Have you ever gone straight from hot tub to outdoor swimming pool in winter?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Madnes rules here that’s for sure it’s like those that go swimming in the serpentine in hyde park christams day in london in december at 0 degrees C

Your invited to my outdoor hot tub party.. what will you be bringing…and… wearing?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Bringing non-alchohaulic pina coladas. Maybe a tankini and some swim trunks that are cute

How to Clean an Outdoor Hot Tub?

I just moved into a house that has a hot tub outside. It was full of water that had leaves, dirt, twigs, and mosquito larvae swimming around in it. I drained all of the water out and then used a shop-vac to get any remaining water out. Now that it is empty I want to know what might be the best way to scrub it all out. What should I use to do it. I also want to make sure the jets are all cleaned out. The hot tub does run. The previous owner did show me that it worked when it was full of water and all the other debris. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You may have to fill and drain it again at least one more time in order to get the leaves and debris out of the tubing. Put a pair of panty hose in front of the filter in-take to catch as much of the stuff as possible. Make sure any time that you drain it that you turn the power off. This is important because if the heater runs without water in the tub, it will burn out. I usually drain mine twice a year and then pour about a cup of CLR (from your local hardware store) into the bottom along with a couple gallons of water and swish it all around with a stiff brush. That should get most of the stains out. I then empty that out with a small surface pump (or shop vac). If there are really stubborn stains I use my pressure washer to get them out. Rinse with a hose and drain. When it is clean, go ahead and refill it. Let it run on high through several cycles to catch anything that you missed in the filter. Clean the filter as many times as it takes to get the debris out. When the filter stays clean through several cycles you can add your chemicals and you should be good to go. If you keep your chemicals in balance and clean you filter regularly you shouldn’t have to do a major cleaning ever again. I have had my tub for ten years, use it every day of the year and only have to do minimal clean-ups twice a year. If you don’t have a good cover on it, that should be your first investment. If you are not really a hot tub kind of guy, keep in mind that it will cost approximately $3 per day to keep it running – A terrific investment if you use it and love – a very expensive investment if you don’t. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do, especially in the winter after shoveling 2 feet of snow.

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub Rooms

Advice on an inheritance issue

Ok here’s the situation. My husband and I want to open a southern restaurant in Canada. I’m a chef and he’s going to wait tables and handle the register. Up til now we haven’t been able to find an investor. Recently, a girl we’ve known for a long time who lives in Australia, told us some things about her. First, her aunt or grandmother died about a year ago and left her a large sum of money, over $2.6 million. Second, she has leukemia and is dying. She wants to come here and stay with us. Also, she says she has no need for the money and doesn’t want to leave it to her relatives. So she wants to finance our restaurant for us. She’s not expecting anything back. Just a place to stay for the rest of her time. By the way, I’ve had a lot of people tell me not to trust this. If you are one of those people that will, please don’t answer this question. I only want advice on the legal matters. Right now I’m simply giving you the situation so you can understand all of it and give me a good answer. A lawyer specializing in this would be best, but experiences are welcome too. I just need any advice before my husband and I tell her we want to do this. Cause we don’t want to risk it later.

So, we found a place for $2.5 million. She has already said she doesn’t mind if we use all of her money as she doesn’t need it. It’s a huge place. On this huge piece of land we’re buying, there’s a restaurant, a house, a suite, two apartments, a huge wraparound deck, lots of gardens, an indoor tennis court, an outdoor tennis court, a hot tub with the house, a lake, our own dock, it’s gated, and there’s enough room to build a second house.

She’s 23 years old. Her parents have told her that it’s her money and she can do what she wants with it. However, her sister is against it. The account with the money in it is in my friend’s name and her aunt specifically specified in her will that the money belonged to my friend. And she wants to spend it helping us get our restaurant up because she wants to do something good before she goes for someone else.

My question is, after my friend is gone, will her sister or any other family member be able to sue us for the money our friend gave us? Will they be able to say that she was sick so she couldn’t make up her own mind about it? What papers, if any, legal wise, can we have drawn up proving that she was of sound mind and body and wants us to keep this restaurant and will legally not allow her family to touch it at all? In other words, how can we make sure that we won’t have to pay this money to her family later on if they try to come after us for it?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You are on the right track when stating that a lawyer should get involved. The legalities of your situation should be put into writing while your friend is still with you. The location that you mention sounds like an ideal place but please remember that although you are investing a large amount of money you should write a business plan and talk that over with a lawyer or maybe some people from SCORE. If everything is lay-ed out in writing I think you have a good chance of succeeding without family being involved or protesting the money that is being given to you. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

What is your dream house?

Pretend money is no object…what would you want in your house? Make up the most weird and fantasy things! And if you already have cool things in your house, write those, too!
-An indoor and outdoor swimming pool (and two hot tubs)
-A bowling alley
-A game room with real arcade games, every video game system and a huge flat screen TV
-A home movie theatre, with real movie theatre seats, a concession stand, and a huge screen
-A home theatre, to put on shows
-An indoor sledding arena, even can ski in there!
-A spa
-Stables, with horses
-An exercise room
-A guest house
-A huge kitchen, with a pizza oven, two ovens, a chef, and glass refrigerators
-A maid and a chauffeur
-An entertainment room
-A library

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Barbie’s Dream house.
Jk
UM….
Old to story
home .
Blue and White
with a big front
deck,
and yard
green grass
a pool, and
a rose garden.
And a beasment to make
in to a club, or hang out.
Or movie theter.
Hot tube a really nice car
and fore dogs!!
A gest house
horses
a hig kittchen witha old stone
pizza oven
entertanement room,
with flat screen wii and
netflicks, and to book old shelfs
a Huge garden

The Sims 3 Generation bugs problem?

Many have said it is because the presence of mods. And I don’t have any mods. And worse, I got a lot of bugs. The only thing I can say is my game is through download and cracks to play.

The bugs problem as follows:
1. My Sim went to the basement and going to take all the nectars into his inventory, because his family is going to move to a new home. And the problem is, I click the “Take all nectar” button, and indeed, he took all the nectar, but there are still nectars in the storage! Supposing it is a glitch, like “infinite” nectars, and at the end, I “Open” and take it one by one. Now it is clear.

2. I moved my Sim’s family to the new home. They live so happy, and when he is going to put the nectars again in the new house basement, bugs come out again… I click “Stock Nectar” on the first rack, no problem, but on the second rack after I click “Stock nectar”, the first rack’s nectar went missing and “teleport” to the 2nd rack. What’s going on? And I have to one by one add again (Around 200 bottles and I have to click one by one, since the small-triangle shaped button DOES NOT WORK!) And here’s the problem, as example, I have to open the triangle button to open a 16-nectar picture, and it has expand, then I put one by one into the nectar rack. The process is fine. But after that, there’s a nectar left in my inventory! And it is non-clickable item! Around 7 types of nectars are in the same problem… stuck at the last nectar….

3. After that, my Sim live happily together with his family until… his wife went to Egypt to learn Photographing skills (alone to Egypt). I got Save a file during her Egypt trip and when she come back to my main Sim Town, somethings happened. I enabled the testingcheatsenabled true cheat (I always enabled it before playing The Sims 3), and teleport back home, I let her go swimming in an indoor swimming pool. Then, she just went “disappeared” or invincible but the TS3 crystal thing still on her “hidden” head. Teleport her out to the garden, she is there. “Creepy room”, so I decided to let her walk into the room by “walking”, and nothing happened…

4. That night, using moviemakercheatsenabled true, I let this family members to do some gesture. Waving hand, and other stuff, to get photos using the camera, and then worse, something happened. Suddenly, my father Sim can only be clicked, the other 3 can’t be interacted!?? So I save as a new file, and restart. Opened this new file, and the 3 pictures of the uninteractable sim has gone, COMPLETELY gone! Then I try to go to “Edit Town” and seperate that three weird sims to a penthouse to live, and then play back my main Sim, the father Sim and also the nectar Sim. When I go to “Call Sim…” there isn’t 3 of the Sims photos. Then, when I go to “Relationships”, their pictures has gone again OMG. My Sim have to live alone or maybe marrying another girl…

5. Because of the problem number 4, I restart and opened the file of Egypt trip in number 3, then I immediately “Return Home”. My female sim, and other sims went right… And I let my father Sim to go “Raid in Hospital” and got caught to police station (lol). The rest of this three sims, mother Sim and two sons, went to the hot tub. They went in and chat chat chat until they suddenly “teleported’ to the Nectar basement. Weird. Let them go to the hot tub again, and they transported again to the nectar basement, after few seconds.

6. Repeating the problem number 4, these three sims can’t be interact suddenly. (Means can’t change outfit, or using the father sim to click to “Friend…” “Romance…” Also cannot). and the time is set at around the time 5AM. Problem number 4 also around the time 5AM. These three sims no matter repeated how many times, all stuck at that particular 5AM!

Conclusion, I know this Question is really long, but these are the bugs. I have never had this problem including that Nectar problem before I installed the newly downloaded Generation. My Generation is downloaded from this page http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6427325/The_Sims_3_Generations-RELOADED , which does not function anymore. Thank you if you can help me fast… (This link crack is different with other cracks… this is the only suspect I’m having, normally the crack are copy into the particular folder *Example: I copy the crack file into Ambition, if I’m going to play Ambition*, but this cannot be copy to “Generation” folder, instead, the base game The Sims 3)

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Make sure to clean up your computer and the game. Then, restart your system. Finally, come back to the game.

PLEASE HELP! My hamster got away and I can’t find her anywhere ?

okay this morning i took my hamster out of her cage and put it in a shoebox so my maid could clean its cage. after i put it back into it’s clean cage, i went out for the day and when i got back the cage’s door was open a crack and my hamster was missing! me and my maids have looked everywhere for my poor hammy but she’s nowhere to be found… she knows how to climb down stairs and my house is huge at 9,000 square feet. there’s an indoor pool in the basement and there’s a chance my hammy could fall in, so i obviously have to catch it before i go to sleep tonight.

my parents have always hated the fact that i kept a “rat” in my room, they would have preferred if i got a elegant cat or something, so they dont care that my hammy is missing. my sister has a kitten but she’s keeping it locked up in her bathroom so i guess the worst thing that could happen to my hamster is that it falls into the jacuzzi or pool in my basement.

she also could have scurried out into the courtyard, because the maids left the patio doors open while they were cleaning today. if she really got out, she could be anywhere in the courtyard. we have a pool and a hot tub and a huge backyard so she could literally be anywhere. i dont even know if she’ll be able to find her way back! i wanted to sprinkle flour everywhere so i could find her tracks but my mom doesnt want to screw up the marble tiles or attract bugs or anything so i cant do that.. and im not allowed to leave hammy treats because they’ll also attract roaches and stuff.

i’ve looked under most of the furniture already, but we have so much stuff and my mom doesn’t want me touching her expensive vases or antiques.

im so upset about this, and im so sleepy too but im drinking lots of coffee. i need to find my hamster!! does anyone have any suggestions? my mom says that if i dont find her before tonight, then shes going to get professional rat exterminators or something like that because if the hammy pees on her hardwood floors then she’ll have to regloss them or something.. im so depressed!! i left my hamster’s cage out in the foyer and filled it with treats and i propped the door open…

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Just lay food on the ground and see if it gone when you come back to check. Sorry honey, there’s not much you can do than just laying food down and looking for it. Don’t forget to look in places that you have already looked because it might have moved and also look in tight corners

Will she seduce my daughter?

My 17-yr-old daughter (who’s still unsure whether she’s hetero, bi or les) has several lesbian friends whom she hangs out with, and lately she’s been spending a lot of time with one particular 24-yr-old butch. They plan to go to a private bath in a hot spring bathhouse. (A “private bath” is an indoor, enclosed bedless room where you can soak in a jacuzzi-like tub either naked, wear a bathing suit or be wrapped in a towel.) She says expects them to be wearing towels and would find it unacceptable for them to be naked. Do you think it’s as innocent as it sounds, or do you think her friend (whom we’ve never met) will do a Roman Polanski on her? I’d like to hear the viewpoints of both lesbians and straights.
Mind you, I am not biased because her friend is a lesbian; I’m simply trying to be objective while doing my parental duty to protect her, as she is a minor. (If she were going to a private bathhouse room with a 24-yr-old man, I would never hear of it.)
No rude or sarcastic comments, please.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Tell her to be smart, practice safe sex and be responsible. She is at the age where she is old enough to decide this for herself. Even if you forbid her from going on this trip, if she really wants to sleep with someone she will find a way to do it with or without your approval. It’s just better to be supportive. How is fair to tell a teenager “You can’t hang out with girls OR GUYS because you are bisexual!” How horrible would this be to a girl in HIGH SCHOOL? What are you going to do next? Lock her in a tower so nobody can have her? Make her wear a chastity belt perhaps? She’ll be 18 soon anyway and she’ll do what she wants.

If you are unsupportive this will probably just make her rebel and resent you. This could lead her into the arms of people who are bad. If you raised her right than she has a strong sense of self and knows what is right for her. When she is 18, one of these “friends” could very well end up her partner and at that point there will be nothing you can do. In the nicest way possible…and this isn’t meant to be rude or sarcastic…Maybe you should mind your own business and stay out of your daughter’s sex life! Best of luck to both of you!

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

Hot Tub ground fault tripping?

My ever faithful hot tub has recently been tripping the gfci breaker in the panel. The breaker test button seems to indicate a working breaker, although it is some years old. Is it possible that it is the breaker? What tests can I undertake to determine whether it is the breaker or one of the components in the hot tub? No recent disturbances of changes anywhere. Motor or heater or controls..how to narrow it down? Thanks,

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You will need a amp meter to check the load that is being carried by the GFI. If it is exceeding the GFI you need to start tracing the problem….. Most likely the heating element.
If it doesn’t exceed the GFI…… then it is most likely bad.

How would I drop a hot tub into my above ground deck?

I am replacing my hot tub with a newer one. The current one is dropped into my deck. What would be the best way to remove that one (in good condition) and get the new one into the hole? The biggest problem I forsee is actually lowering the new tub in. Plus to even get it on the deck it has to go up 4 steps.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Before you do this check to see if the size of the tub is larger than the one you have now. If it is, you may have to strengthen the deck. Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon so you can see that if it’s considerably larger you have a lot more weight. Measure the distance between the handrails and see if the tub can be turned on it’s side to get it up that way. If not, you’ll either have to remove the handrails to make room or use a crane to lift it over the top.

i’m wiring my hot tub the tub is 240 volt 40 amp calling for #6 wire,the ground wire in the tub electrical pan?

The tub calls for #6 wire and thats what is in the tub panel for the 2 hot leads the ground and netrual wire in the tub panel are #10 do i need to run #6 for the netrual and ground also? Being that the manufacturer only used #10 for them in the tub panel?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

By code, your neutral lead has to be of the same size as the hot wires. In your case, it has to be #6 AWG wire. Your ground wire leading in from your power source can be one size smaller than the power wires. So the ground can be #8 AWG. The manufacturer can get away with using smaller local internal “paneling” wires, but you can’t on the supply wires.

Do you know how to make a wood powered hot tub or a way to make hot water w/o electricity?

I want to build a small hot tub in ground in the forest.. but how can I heat the water? The only thing I can think of is by burning wood..
i’m not a technical person so i don’t think a solar panel would work out.. i don’t really want to spend more than 20 bucks to make this work either.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

1. Tub with Lid in thick metal like Aluminium
2. Burner- you can me with the Help of Brick & Cement
3. Wood for burning

or you can make small Burner like Stones 3 nos in Triangle Manner. Keep Aluminium Tube -10 litres. Burn wood.
Now you willl get got water.

1.It is wate of Current
2.It will destroy all the property of Water, which is useful for a body
3.May Chances for Skin irritation/Eye irritation

Gift Ideas Please: My parents are buying a hot tub and putting in a in ground pool. What should I get them?

Gift & Present Ideas (Please Help): My parents are buying a hot tub and putting in a in ground pool. What should I get them?

They live in Arizona and I live in Wisconsin so I will either have to buy something here or online and ship it to them.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump And Heater

Hot Tub Problems HELP!!!?

I have recently installed a small 3 man hot tub. The pump works great until I turn the heater on. Once the heaer is on it runs for only 10 to 15 mins and trips the reset button on the control box. Any suggestions? FYI. This is an older Leisure Bay brand hot tub.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

It sounds like the heating element may be on it’s way out… Or, One other thing could be the wire going to the tub may not be thick enough causing high amp draw, which trips the reset? Usually 8 gauge works the best….

the wireing inside my hot tub panel is geting to hot,why?

hot tub is about 3yr old .i have not had any problem with the braker box , just the internal panel where the pumps and the heater are wired in.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

There may be some loose connections inside.
Especially if any moisture has gotten into it.

Have an electrician look into it, a loose/overheating connection only worsens over time. If you wait, you might end up having to replace alot more.

What should I do to protect my empty hot tub over the winter?

It’s fiberglass, so I’m not worried about the shell, but I just drained it, and freezing weather is here. Do I have to do something to protect the pump and/or heater? Last winter, I removed both and stored them in the house, but that’s kind of a pain. Would it be okay to leave them attached to the tub over the winter?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

My hot tub GFCI keeps tripping off when I turn on the pump. What’s wrong?

I just installed the new pump (1.5hp/115v). The old one worked until the water in it froze one night and cracked it open. If I shutoff the water valves the heater and pump will run on high and low, but the second I start letting water through it trips offline. The blower doesn’t trip it either, just when the pump starts on low or high with water flowing through it. I did try holding down the thing in the gfci box to keep it from tripping offline (not my smartest moment, but I wanted to know if the gfci was weak). And the gfci switch started smoking then shut off. I am going to replace the gfci (obviously), but what else can the problem be?

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The water from my hot tub (bromine) was drained into my pool (chlorine) what can this cause and what shoulddo?

we have a hot tub and a pool. and they’re both hooked up to the same heater.. and my brother did something wrong and pumped all the hot tub water from the hot tub into the pool. I’m not sure if these chemicals will react and what to do to get everything back to normal.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Chlorine and Bromine are pretty similar. Don’t sweat it and don’t let your brother near your Hot Tub again.

Your Questions About Two Person Hot Tub

sims 2 questions?????????????????

Okay I have a few questions regarding Sims 2 for the PC.
I have Sims 2, Sims 2 pets, apartment life and night life along with H&M styles and IKEA stuff. Please try to answer anything you can. Thanks!
1.How to make people pregnant without “trying for baby”
2.Is there a way to make your own apartment building? And it actually be a apartment?
3.In one family I have its not letting me get pregnant I’ve tried ‘try for baby’ at least 10 times…I’ve tried in a hot tub and a bed…they live in a apartment and have 5 kids already. The first two kids are twins then I had another set of twins (I used ‘forcetwins’) and the 7th child is a alien which I created on accident by the cheat ‘boolprop testingcheatsenabled true’ then created the tombstone of L&D or whatever the name is and then I hit ‘make alien baby’ or something like that. But even before she was pregnant with an alien I couldn’t get her pregnant…I used the tombstone again to speed up all the other pregnancies. Also there is a mother and father living in the house. But I should be able to have another kid because the limit is 8 I think? I don’t want to adopt but I want to know why it is doing this.
4.Okay so I used ‘boolprop testingcheatsenabled true’ and when I went to look at the relationships a sim had I could simply click and drag the relationship bar so I could make that persons relationship stronger or weaker and it only works sometimes and I was wondering if there’s something else I have to do to get it to work?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You have the right code for it. On the Tombstone of L&D, there is an option to “Simulate Genetic Merger With….” and it will offer the names of everyone on the property at the time, including the sim you want to impregnate (male OR female) and biological family. It sounds almost like you have a bug, glitch, or perhaps a global mod hack that is interfering with your Sim’s ability to become pregnant. And yes, 8 is the limit for a Sim family without downloading a hack to increase the amount.

I did not know about dragging the relationship bar with that cheat. I usually Spawn…Sim Modder then use that (it looks like a baby doll) to increase or decrease relationships. Another alternative is using the Tombstone of L&D to “Make Me Friendly” with all the Sims on the property. (I can’t recall the exact wording and can’t check while at work, sorry.)

*EDIT* I just realized…is the Sim you’re trying to impregnate nearly an Elder? If it’s just a few days until their birthday, you can’t get them pregnant, even with the Tombstone. But if the Try for Baby option is available, then all systems *should* be go.

CHEMISTS! Question on a chemical reaction…?

Within a half hour, there was a knock at my door – the tub was being delivered.

Two men brought in a filthy tub that looked as though it had stood in a mechanic’s shop and been used to clean auto parts – it was black up to the rim. (I knew it would be used, but assumed it would be clean.)

I filled it with hot water and half a liter of chlorine and let it sit about 12 hours, let the water out and rinsed well.

The cord to the plug was STILL black and I couldn’t even scrub the black off, so the following day I laid it (it’s made of fiber) in a baked-enamel baking dish with pure chlorine. I left it a few hours, until the cord looked white again.

When I picked up the white baked-enamel baking dish, I noticed it had a thick black streak on it where it had been touching the metal around the tub drain. That tub drain’s metal had a matching thick black streak. Neither was easy to scrub off. Once the black was partly off the drain metal, I was surprised to see it had corroded, without rusting.

What on earth could have caused this chemical reaction, turning my white baking dish and the metal around the tub‘s drain black?

What sort of chemical might leave a black bathtub ring over the entire inner surface of the tub, then react with chlorine, baked-on enamel, and bathtub drain metal?

My apartment management company is trying to tell me the tub was previously used by a normal person who used it in a normal manner, but I suspect it was used for something else. I’ve cleaned enough bathtubs to know there was something besides dead skin cells that turned that tub black (and let’s face it: a mechanic is not going to take a bath to clean up, he’s going to shower – assuming the previous user was a mechanic).

Thanks so much! I have a very bad back problem and haven’t been able to soak in a tub in 3 months!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

In all likeliness it was an acid of some type. A lot them in dilute forms will immediately turn metal black and slowly corrode away over time.

What to do…landlord question…?

I’ve been in my apt. for 7 years now. Our manager is good at fixing things; however, lately it takes him forever as he’s alone and manages two other complexes. He’s so forgetful and doesn’t use a planner or a datebook. He’s an “on a whim” type guy who just shows up, unannounced, to do things. He, too, is a morning person and has gotten me out of bed to fix things.

I’ve been asking for a new range and refridgerator for about three months now. Mine were gold from the 70′s, so I enclosed a letter with my rent, to the owners, asking for new ones. I thought that was a feesible request for as long as I have been here. Two months went by…heard nothing. I called my apt. manager and got appliances delivered the next day! Now I’ve been wanting him to install a new ceiling fan (this hasn’t happenend for a year now as I get the “I’ll do it next week” speech) and look at my bathroom tub faucet as it leaks HOT water and I have a toddler. Again, I get the “I’ll get at it next week”
speech. This has been ongoing for a month. Finally, today, I called him again (every I call it’s long distance) and he thanked me for reminding him and he called a plumber right away. I asked him to call me back with a time if they’re coming today. He said “I’ll be on the grounds all day, just look for me.” Ugh! I called back a few min. later and he told me that it would be today. This was four hours ago. A woman, I think it’s his daughter, just knocked on the door and told me that it will now be tomorrow as the plumber had an “emergency call.” I explained my frustration to her and she just said “I know, I know…we give him notebooks to write stuff down and he forgets them.” I also told her that I have a toddler and it’s leaking HOT water. She said “yikes…yeah, they’ll definetely be out tomorrow!” I already called the owners of the building last week about this and all the the Mrs. told me was “we’ll get on him.” Is there anything else that I can legally do??
I can’t afford to move as the rent is the lowest in town.
Serious answers only please. Don’t just say “move”. I can’t afford to move. I already have a fixed income. Like I said, it hasn’t gotten this bad until about six months ago as our manager is just overloaded with stuff to do. He needs more help, but how do I convince the owners of the building of this?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I would say that the nicer you are with the owners, the more you will be likely to get things done. If you are as nice on the phone as you are in this posting, you should get things done by using this tactic.

In the last six months, the manager has seemed overwhelmed. Perhaps it would be a good idea to find him a helper? I really appreciate what he is doing, but there is so much for him to do. A pair of younger hands would be a real blessing to him, as well as raising the value of your properties.

I spent many years working on rentals. The ones with long term tenants were the first ones to get things fixed as long as the tenants were nice.

Tenants were classified as
Old grump Fix it, don’t replace it.
Sweetheart, First to get new things
Partiers, be gone next week. Fix it after they are gone
Always late with rent, Get to it later.

You sound like a sweetheart. I would hesitate to file a complaint with the authorities. Get this done internally.

How can I get over a childhood trauma?

(This is the first time I have ever expressed these words. Never have I wrote them down, or said them out loud, so respect, please!)
When I was around 6 (I am now 19), I would stay at my Aunts house with my Brother and male cousin. I can think of two times where I was sexually abused by my Aunt’s boyfriend, (who she is still dating). The first incident was when us three kids were sleeping on the floor in their living room, and I remember waking up in the dark night, to him patting my back, and taking pictures of my back bum with my pants down, while laying on my stomach. And then he tried to roll me over. Since I was awake, I used my strength to hold myself down. I think I must have been crying so my Aunt would come down stairs and see me. Before she came down, he ran off, to what I recall sitting on a chair in the room. All I remember after that is my Aunt getting me, and taking my to my cousins room, to sleep on his bed.
The second incident, the 5 of us (Aunt, cousin, brother and the guy) went up North to go see my Grandma who was very ill in the hospital. However, we stayed at HIS friends’ house, and spent the night there without my Aunt, for she went to the hospital and left us there. I remember having to take my bath, and he went in first (with the door closed) to run the bath… and to set up a video camera. I remember going into the bathroom and locking the door. I also remember the water being too hot, and seeing a video camera directed towards the tub. I remember moving out of the way, a little, and seeing a little red light on. I got into the tub with the curtain closed.
All my life I’ve had this in the back of my head, but lately it’s killing me. I can’t sleep, and males frighten me. I’ve never been close to guys my age (especially not older), and it’s really having a effect on my life.
I feel like I really need to get this out, so writing this was the first step. I’ve very scared to tell anyone, or talk about it. Like I said before, no one knows. But I wish I told someone when I was younger, when it happened. I beat myself up a lot for that. Is there a way I can get over this without seeing a therapist? Does anyone have any advice? I wish I could send that bastard to jail, but I don’t think there’s anything I can do about it anymore. I don’t understand how my aunt doesn’t know about this! I mean, where’s his pictures and videos? It makes me sick. It’s completely changed me as a person.
Thanks so much, for taking the time to read this!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hi, I have had something bad happen to me when I was 13 (I am now 22) and I remember what it’s like to not be able to tell someone about what happened. I finally told someone when I was 16(not because I wanted to but because someone else told my brother). It is hard to talk about things that happen to you. I was quiet and kept to myself most of my teen life because of what happened to me. I can tell you that after I told someone about it on my own it made it a whole lot easier for me to deal with personally. I can also tell you that there is no quick fix. It is all about you and how you handle things.

can you read my personal narritive story about my drug addiction?

I know its long but it would help me alot ive never spoke about this to anyone so i need some confidence on sharing this with my group!

“There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go.”
I sat on the bitter tile floor of the unfamiliar bathroom of my group home, silently weeping with my chin resting on my knees. My tears fell from the bottom of my cheek on to the white of my converse. I sat and waited, I didn’t know what was headed in my direction, but I knew something better was approaching. They say it’s always darkest before the dawn. I couldn’t envision it getting any darker than this, so why haven’t I been blinded by the first hint of sun? This is by far the darkest hole I’ve ever fallen into. I heard a knock at the door, a concerned voice muttered, “Are you okay in there? I haven’t heard the shower turn on yet.” Instead of letting the woman know that I was fine she turned the shower knob to the hottest it could get, so that steam flowed out from over the rim of the bath tub, onto the floor, and under the bathroom door. I heard no voices, just footsteps fading into the hallway. The tears on my face stay as I began striping away my dirty clothes. I set them on the counter of the bathroom and catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror; I see bruises and scrapes throughout my body. As I stare I try to think about how I got them, but come up with nothing. They were most likely from the nights I would blackout. I do not know my own limits when I start drinking, I would go until either there was no more alcohol or I was passed out. The temperature of the shower is too hot, but in my mind I see it as a way of washing my sins away, the hotter the water the cleaner I would be.
I knew that I failed miserably this time and there would be no coming back from it. I had certainly ruined the relationship that I had worked so hard for with my mother, and I pushed away the only person that wanted to work on the relationship with, because I was ashamed of what I’d become. I closed my eyes and a flash back hit me; I was jumping rope with May in the playground of our school as a twelve year old girl. May was one of the only ones that have stuck by her through it all. We laughed as we dropped our jump rope and ran for the bell. I wanted to go back so badly, but instead I opened my eyes and snapped back into reality.
My body shuddered; my withdrawals are hitting me hard. The first two days were easy, I unknowingly slept through them. When I woke up this morning I was violently sick. If I had only known that this would be my life. Would I have done it differently? Made better decisions? Made better friends? The water pierced my skin with every drop. I turned and let the water come down on my back. I closed my eyes tightly at the pain. Another flash back hits; May is sitting on my bed with me trying to help me through yet another rough patch, but she couldn’t. I would not let her, she had sacrificed too much already for me, and I can’t stand the fact that she sees me like this every day; I was so ashamed of what I had become.
“Come out to the lake house with me, you can get away from everyone and everything for awhile. You can get clean, not forever, just long enough to clear your mind and get things right.” But she I say no, instead I tell my friend that I doesn’t want to get clean; if she would just leave me alone I would be fine. I was tired of her re-arranging her life to help me, so I picked a fight so that she would no longer have to.
“You’re always looking at my flaws and you act like your being a good friend to me, I don’t need this in my life.” I asked her to leave and never come back and that’s exactly what she did. I opened my eyes to see my skin was exceedingly red. I had taken enough, so I turned the shower off and stepped out.
Five more days passed and my detoxing was over, I hadn’t been clean in over a year. I felt amazing, don’t misunderstand me, I missed it but I knew I would be so much better off without it. Today was the day I got to leave the group home. My mom should be there any minute to pick me up and bring me home with her. I sat on the lawn of the group home and watched for her. I see her truck pull up, but it’s not only her that gets out. May is walking towards me. I have never felt so forgiven in my life! She walks up and without saying anything hugs me tight. I pull away to look at her face in confusion.
“Why are you here? Don’t you hate me yet?” We both chuckled.
“No, I don’t hate you; I know you didn’t mean anything you said. I’m just glad you’re happy and healthy now.”
My mother came next and she hugged me for minutes and then asked me if I was ready to come home. I told her yes and we went to the car. I got in the backseat with May and watched the home get smaller as we drove away. I had called this place home for nearly two weeks and I knew that I was ther

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Thank you i am a addict in recovery i have two weeks clean today. I relapsed after trying to fool everyone that i was being honest in the past two weks ago i got brutally honest about how i was feeling. For the first time since i shared mytrue feelings finally there is hope so please take this one day at a time. Even if you need to take this one minute at a time you are going to feel much better about yourself. This is a disease and you need feel no shame or embarrassment in sharing with a group what you just shared. We fellow addicts in recovery truly can relate and most of all we are all there for eachother. So good luck and simply give yourself a break! Remember this one thing that we did not wake up one day and choose freely to go through this!

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

What kind of chemical treatment should I use for a hot tub?

I recently bought a house that came with an outdoor hot tub. I’ve heard there are lots of different chemical treatments, but don’t know what would be best. I wont use it a whole lot, and I don’t really want the chemical vapors to be too overpowering. I’d also like it to be easily maintainable.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hot tubs do require a bit of maintenance. It is suggested that you go to your nearest pool supply store where they will: test your water (usually free), recommend chemicals and give you a regimen of maintenance. What you need can be found at this website as well: http://www.hottubs2buy.co.uk/how_to_maintain.html

If the hot tub doesn’t have a cover, I would highly recommend one. In periods of little or no use, the cover can reduce the amount of chemicals you require as well as helping to keep it clean. When we put a cover on our hot tub, the amount of chemicals we used dropped by about 1/3.

Does anyone know where i could find a manual for a hot tub?

i have been looking for this manual everywhere. its for a jacuzzi wirlpool bath…outdoor hot tub.

any help would be appreciated. yes i looked on ebay. Didnt have it.
i already tried online maybe you should not be so rude about it. i was asking if anyone would help me look.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I have found over the years that the best bet is to contact the manufacturer (jacuzzi) directly, whether by email or phone and ask them. If it is available online they can tell you where to look, if not , your search is over.

What is the best stain for a hot tub?

I have an outdoor hot tub that needs to be stained. What is the best stain for the job?

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What to look for in a good Hot Tub?

Hi there. My husband and I are just doing some research because we think we would like to get an outdoor hot tub for our deck. I was wondering if anyone had any good hints or advice for us? What are some of the good qualities to look for (energy efficiency, cleaning, etc…) Any thoughts you could give us would be great, thanks so much in advance!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Do you still use your hot tub?

For those of you who have an outdoor hot tub: Do you still use it regularly after the first year or so? Is it worth the time and effort to maintain and the energy cost to heat? I’m trying to decide if it will be worth the money,. or end up unused (like all of that exercise equipment in the basement).

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I’ve had mine (a Hot Springs Sovereign II) for about 15 months now and I use it at least 3x a week. It is really relaxing, and a good way to de-stress yourself. Also, my girlfriends over that time loved it too
There is a big difference in heating/maintenance costs though , which is why I spent extra money up front to get a Hot Springs. You get what you pay for.

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub Ideas

OK how do I throw THE BEST SUMMER PARTY that will get talked about for months to come?

Ok so lemme give some information on myself. I live in california and have an indoor pool(which is weird here) and an outdoor hot tub. I used to be the party king and my parties were of legend when they’d get the invite it was like getting an invite to the white house. But I have not had one for 2 years since an incident in which the party was big flop and i was so embarrassed and everyone was bad mouthing it. But in 2 weeks I hope to have another one, but have NOTHING planned and I am panicking and getting worried they’ll be a repeat of 2 years ago. I wanted some ideas and how to implement those ideas. I want some ideas that are gonna WOW the guests I mean some really cool ideas, and any theme you guys can think of, I really need some help and would love it if I got some. BTW my budget is $500(i know it used to be 10x that but the economy sucks now)
I need ideas for what it should smell like the tempature food ideas everything and i mean everything

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Go skinny dipping in your pool and all chill in the hot tub. There must be alot of snacks!!!.

HOW TO HAVE A SUMMER PARTY THAT IS TALKED ABOUT FOR MONTHS?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

People take in their environment through their five senses. So, the more senses you stimulate, the more interesting your party will become. Guests often don’t realize that a party is sensational because it is SENsational

It’s projected to rain on my wedding day.?

(It’s not ironic, it’s the pacific nw.) What are some fun things to do with 12 friends at a bed and breakfast for the weekend on the coast? Plans were to do things like sitting around a campfire, outdoor hot tubbing, hanging out on the beach and making noises at the seals, and hiking. It’s supposed to rain. I think I need more “indoor” stuff to do now. Any ideas? Should we just go out and play in the rain anyway?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You could buy everyone a cute umbrella. I wouldn’t stay inside the whole time. Rain isn’t that bad unless it is chilly. Go for a walk on the beach (as long as there isn’t lightening…not trying to insult your intelligence). The campfire probably won’t work that well for obvious reasons, but the hot tubbing should be fine. As far as indoor activities go, sit around a fire place with a drink and just catch up or reminisce about old times. You could buy a fun new game, maybe something with trivia. If there is a spa nearby, you could always check it out…you might be able to get some sort of package deal. Good luck!

Lifetime Fitness in Duluth, Ga?

Im thinking of Having my 14th Birthday party at the Lifetime Fitness place in Duluth. We would go to the Indoor pool, which has water slides and a huge hot tub and stuff, and go to the rock wall. Do you think thats a good idea? we would have a sleepover afterwards.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Yeah it would………hey you answered my question….and no im wasnt fishing for complaments…so ya

Are my neighbors up to something illegal?

For a few years, I’ve lived across the street from this family with I think 4 young kids. Nice family, but the husband doesn’t seem to enjoy working, so he just normally rents out hot tubs and boats on Craigslist.

Their house was being renovated for awhile, but they stopped, so the paint isn’t finished, and the indoor front porch is cluttered with furniture.

Well, my other neighbor picked up some Christmas gifts for the mother living in this house, and dropped them off. The woman invited her in, and went to the kitchen to repay her.

She opened a cabinet full of envelopes, opened one stuffed with money, and paid her.

I know her father, who visits frequently, had some drug problems, so I’m worried she’s dealing with him. I just hope the children aren’t in danger.

Does anyone have any theories of what’s going on, or any ideas?
No, I wasn’t accusing her, but I was worried because her father has been over overnight quite often, and he has drug problems, and the fact that they have money, but don’t repair the house…

Usedhottubsstore answers:

People who are trying to stay on a strict budget will often divide their money into envelopes that are designated for specific things (rent, utilities, groceries, clothes, etc.)

People who are being targeted by debt collectors (particularly collectors who have obtained judgments) will prefer to keep their money out of the bank.

People who are ordered to pay child support may try to keep their money out of the bank so their exes and judges won’t be able to tell how much money they have.

People who are working under the table will often keep their money out of the bank so the IRS can’t track how much they are earning.

My suggestion is that you refrain from gossiping about your neighbors with your other neighbors. Absolutely no good will come of it. And whether or not they deal in cash is NOT an indication of drug dealing or any sign of child abuse or neglect. Just remember the old saying: Good fences make for good neighbors. Which is a nice way of saying that minding your own darn business will help keep the peace in the neighborhood.

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

Hot tub won’t work? Need advice, tips, help!?!?

Our in-ground hot tub won’t work. I had it started, and the jets working but then it just shut off and tripped the breaker for the master bathroom. The control boxes are in the basement under the hot tub and I’ve never worked with them. Do I have a short or is it something electrical? Any advice or tips. If you know about hot tubs PLEASE HELP me, your advice would be greatly appreciated!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

It sounds like the hot tub was wired into the Master Bath GFCI circuit.. It would have been better to have had the tub wired onto its own circuit. You can turn off the spa, and go ahead and reset the circuit, to turn power back on to your Master Bath.

When I was building spas, we always put the filter in the line before the pump. So, Im not sure how something could have gotten past that to the pump impellor, like it would on a non-filtered bath tub spa.

My first suggestion would be to put the spa on its own circuit, then try running it again. If it shuts down again, then I would take the pump head apart to check for something inside it. Right now, I would say that it is more likely that you are simply trying to draw too much current on the Master Bath Circuit. Remember, you have not only the pump, but also the heating element in the system. My guess is that your system shut off when the heating element turned on, while the jets were running.

Something like an outdoor spa, or pool filter/pump should always be placed on its own GFCI circuit breaker.

i have a three wire hot tub ground neutral phase. 240v at 45amps can electrician hook up in u.s.?

electrician just left. it is spa-quip tub from new zealand. it runs at 50 htz. not 60 htz like in the U.S. so now need to find out if there is a converter for the tub.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

No, i’ve had to hook up expensive Swedish tanning beds in the past, and they required 2 special transformers(don’t remember name, supplied by my company) you would have to install something like that far away from the hot tub inorder for it to be safe. Consult a commercial electrician(good company) they should better be prepared for the job. Or consult a spa and pool company.

How do I start and maintain an existing indoor hot tub?

I just started the lease on a new apartment, and one of the bathrooms has an in-ground, indoor hot tub. It currently stands empty and the landlord said it hasn’t been used in a couple of years. I would love to use it, but should I be concerned about it not having been used in awhile? Once it is full, how do I maintain it?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Go to your nearest pool center. They will have starter kits and much advice. Good luck!….I want one!!!

How can I build a hot tub?

I would like to build an in-ground concrete hot tub in my backyard. I need to know how to build one. You know the nice ones you see in a hotel with steps and the nice seat around it.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Heres a link hope it helps good luck you got your work cut out for you. Http://www.ehow.com/how_2330874_build-hot-tub.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art

Putting a hot tub in our back yard?

So, i’ve wanted a pool for a long time, but the way our land in our back yard is, we can’t (it’s like uneven or something). so the next best thing would be a hot tub. we use to have a little man made pond in our backyard just for looks. it had like a waterfall and stuff and it was very pretty, but we had to take it out because it kept getting too dirty. so now we just have a big hole in our backyard the size of a hot tub. do you think we could put an in ground hot tub there? how expensive would that be? and what all would we have to do?
(oh, and by the way, it’s all on grass. we have a patio but that’d be too hard to put a hot tub in there. so there’s nothing around the hole except grass)

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hot tubs are expensive and mine was a money pit. They are nice at first but over time they get even more expensive and you constantly have to treat them with chemicals to keep the ph right. I finally got rid of mine and replaced it with a nice patio set.

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump Motors

Hot tub won’t turn on… touch sensor?

I have a hot tub (Swirlmaster or something like that) that will not turn on! The tub worked fine with no problems whatsoever for 15 years (when bought new) The pump for the unit is no longer available and the control unit for it is very expensive… I’m not sure where to go with this… there is a single LED on the control unit mounted on the pump motor that is supposed to flash when there is a problem and stay solid when everything is right. To make things more complicated.. the LED of course… remains solid. *SIGH* The tub turns on (or used to turn on) with a sensor mounted on the side (you would touch it and the tub would turn on, holding it allowed you to change the speeds of the pump motor) and also a water level sensor that is not accessable whatsoever (the people who put the tub in didn’t create an access panel for behind it where the sensor is). I tried cleaning the tub out with chemical cleaners hoping it would clean off the sensors or something, but of course… nothing worked. I’m completely stumped and am not sure where to go from here…. ANY help would be greatly appreciated… Thanks in advance!
Also, the tub is barely ever used and right now I have no money whatsoever to have someone come and fix it.. I probably won’t for a long time either… any other ideas?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The person that told you a pump is not available is incorrect. There are many sources of pumps out there. Try spaguts.com for instance. 15 years is a long time to get out of controls. Without being there to figure out what the problem is, this cannot be answered over the internet. Most electricians do not have a clue when working on Hot Tubs. You need a Spa Tech. I great replacement is Balboa VS Spa packs that have everything you need for the controls. Topside panel, pack/heater and new wiring for around $550 depending on ho many pumps you have.

Hot-tub trips re-set?

OOOPS I wasn’t clear enough– the re-set button is not on the motor housings ( 2 pump-motors ) it is on the heater box which contains the GFI, Electic heater, and all the switches, the timer and all the low-volt fuses

Usedhottubsstore answers:

OK. These use a small electrical coil to pull and hold the switches in place. Kind of like a starter solenoid.

My guess this time would be an occasional loss of power to the coil pack. Could be a loose screw thats not holding a wire good enough.

Kind of keep in mind you may be looking for a wire that may have gotten hot at the end.

That’s a good starting point that may take some time, but it’s free at this point.

I have a hot tub that runs for 5 seconds than shuts off, anyone have any ideas that I can try to fix it?

Just got the hot tub and it is a Nordic Rendezvous (Used). It was working when when we got it (at least one side of the jets were. The hot tub has been drained twice and now it will turn on for 5 seconds and than shut off. And we are being told it could cost 200 an hour or more to have a service man here to look at it. We have been told it could be air in the lines (hence draining it and refilling it). And we have also been told it could be the pump motor. Any information/help anyone can give me and my boyfriend would be greatly appreciated. Really want to be able to use the hot tub instead of it being an oversized bath tub. Thanks.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You just described something I repair 1-2 times a day. It is more then frustrating reading the other answers from people that really have no idea of what they are talking about. Faulty information can kill you!

Your heating element is bad. It is very easy to repair yourself. Turn your circuit breaker off. Drain your water (I doubt your tubs slice valves will work since they seem to rarely do causing more water loss.) So drain the water since you cannot have any water touch that circuit board or your in for a more expensive fix. Jump on the internet and go to some place like spababes or spadepot .com and order a 5.5kw heating element. Do not order the whole assembly. It should cost no more then $35 bucks. Do order a new pressure switch at the same time. $15 bucks. When you have the parts just simple replace the old ones with these. You will need a 3/4″ open wrench to take the old heating element out and put the new one in. When you do put the new one in make sure that the heating element does not touch the sides of the heating tube. Make sure you use a little Plumbers tape on the new pressure switch and make sure you also put the two pressure switch wires back on the correct posts otherwise it will not heat. The reason it takes a few seconds when you first start up your hot tub off is that is when the hot tubs relay is turning on and causing the trip.

Dismantling hot tub?

I bought a house that have an old fiberglass hot tub/or spa in the backyard .(30 +years old) .
I want to have an idea of how much will cost me to have someone to take it out, have electricity, gas and water supplies disconnected, the pump and the other stuff (heather, motor, etc) out and take everything to the dump, including the wood from the deck. (I already removed all the deck and wood frame)

Usedhottubsstore answers:

We just had a in-ground fiberglass jacuzzi removed a few weeks ago. It was gas-heated. There was a brick surround which is a few inches above the concrete patio slab. The heater and pump was located approximately 15 feet from the jacuzzi.

Everything was removed and isolated. The hole was filled with gravel and dirt before being covered by concrete and matching bricks. It looks like a jacuzzi was never installed.

The cost to performa all of this work including dumping the removed equipment was about $800. This is a good price for southern california area given the quality of work. The contractor is a small 2-man operation.

I have a hot tub heating problem,since i drained it,it wont heat up&it keeps flashing 50degrees,dont no make??

I dont know what make it is or have any manuals for it, its fitted with dxd motors , and has a heater on it called a rooster. There is a small stamp on it that looks like its the manufactures by gentlemen parties on the side of the heater. I have checked for an air lock, but the blowers and pumps seem fine? On the display, the heat led keeps flashing, the temp setting says 50 degrees, when i lower it to 38, it flashes 38 for 6 seconds then goes back to 50 degrees. Anyway I cant get anyone out to help because I dont know the make! Can anyone help me please? either through email or contact me on 07790343965. Any help much appreciated with this frustrating problem!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If you failed to turn the unit off before draining, you burned out the heater element. Also possible the temp sensor went bad.
This is a small contact with 2 wires attached mounted on the water line. That’s as far as I can go without a MDL.#

Your Questions About Two Person Hot Tub

I need to know why he got angry with me when I gave him everything he asked for including freedom?

When we met he had a gf and I was going thru a divorce. We were friends for around 6-7 months. He broke up with gf and wanted to start dating me. Divorce was final but I avoided him for a couple of months knowing he wasn’t over the gf. He was persistent though and when I saw him again he said he knew this was the right thing and he’d stopped drinking! We dated for almost a year. Never had an argument or an unkind word between us. Laughed constantly. Through out the time that I knew him I felt that he wanted to make me emotional. He’d tell me about the spinner he tried to make eye contact with at the bar. Go to Atlanta for 3 days without calling, etc. It wasn’t a big deal to me and I trusted him and figured he was having fun with his friend. I fell for this man in a big way. I would have fought for him, just didn’t want to fight with him. We’d go swimming in the middle of the night, sit in a hot tub for an hour or so, then go get coffee and to the park at daylight to fly model airplanes. I met a couple of his friends. He met some of my family and he had even mentioned to me that I’d have medical if I moved in with him. A month later his mother died and 3 days after he came over and broke up with me. Said that I cared more for him than he did me and I was too good a person and he didn’t want to hurt me more later. I told him he was a good man and that I hoped he’d find everything he wanted in life because he deserved it. Then he broke down and cried. I told him don’t worry about it, I’d be alright. 4 days later my Dad died. He was supposed to change my oil while we were dating but never got around to it, so I called to ask if he could. My Dad was being buried out of state and I didn’t want to put the miles…. Anyway after he changed the oil, he kissed me (no, he KISSED me! the kind you never forget) and I pushed him away and he cried again. I told him that this was what he wanted and left. This man showed up in my hangouts every week or two for a year and a half and invited me to go home with him. I didn’t go for a long time but finally did and he told me that he never cared about me and that I was just a good lay! I left immediately and never went back again. Yet he still continued to come around and run off anyone that seemed to want to get close to me, tried to make me jealous, etc. I just ignored him. Even after he got a gf, he would come into the restaurant with her and get up to go to the bathroom and flirt with me and signal me to call him behind her back. I never called him. He had my number. When I run into him he still acts hostile toward me.
What did I do that hurt him?? Why did he become so hostile months after he broke up with me when we had never had problems before? This has never made sense to me.
But I never wanted to hurt him. I feel like I must have for him to have lashed out at me the way he did, telling me he didn’t care and …

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Plain and simple? You’re dealing with a nutcase. That’s about as simple as I can get.

The guy wants one thing one day, and another thing the next day. He’s one of those “emotional players”, where he’ll get your heartstrings going and he’ll cry at the same time. I’ve heard from different women in my life, about the guys that are jerks, but they break down and cry. One guy cheated on a girl constantly, but broke-down crying in her living room, every time he went over there. Some guys like this can cry on contact, and they’re good at it. They believe that crying is going to hook you in, just like some women think they can do that. Whatever you did or didn’t do, doesn’t matter. This was a case of “you’re damned if you do, and damned if you don’t”. There was nothing that was going to get him to be “normal”. The hostility from him? You won’t ever be able to explain it. Me being a guy, I can’t even explain it. He could’ve been pissed that you weren’t “dumb”, he could’ve been pissed that you didn’t react to his game as he expected, or, as other women have fallen for his tricks. The best thing you did? Was when you called it quits. Trust me, though, that you’re not the last one on the list that he’ll do this to. He’s the kind of guy that asks for 1-10, and you give him 1-10, but it’s still not good enough. Why? Because he’s still got a lot of “mileage” on him, and he’s not ready to make a final rest stop.

How do I stop getting the stupid yearly happy letter?

my sister in law is a lovely person but the yearly letter she sends out every year makes me crazy I don’t begrudge her prosperity but do I really need to hear about the TWO vacations they went on (we haven’t had a vacation in three years no money) or the beautiful renovations to their home and new hot tub (we are doing good to pay bills and still manage christmas presents this year) I’m glad they are all so happy and all but does she have to rub it in every year what do you think any experience with this especially year end letter writers why do you do it what are you trying to accomplish when you send these things out I really need to know

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s really a nice way to ask her to stop without sounding rude. The problem with year end letters is that they aren’t written for a specific audience, they’re “one size fits all”. Some families send them to everyone they know-family members, work associates, and bosses.
I have in-laws who do something very similar- they’re very nice except they tell the most outrageous exaggerations on their annual letter. I mentioned this once and they admitted that they were trying to sound like they were keeping up with co-workers and the like. I understand how annoying it is for you. I’ve just learned to toss the letter in the trash without reading it, after all it wasn’t written specifically to you.

Really help, Rather long explination…?

Medical History:I was hospitalized after an attempted Scuicide in November. I was diagnosed December 1st, 2005 with Severe Clinical Depression. I have also been diagnosed with minimal cases of Attention Deficit Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Sorry, I just thought I should state that. About two months ago, they once again, added to my medication, and everything was going well, until the last few days. They put me on the new medication, because of my weight. I gained an exponential amount of weight from my original medication. I hated how I looked, and hated my apperence, making me depressed. Vicious circle. My depression has went to tolerable, to untolerable. I have always felt inadiquite at everything, and a burden. I was never close to my mother, and when my father died(part of depression cause) she ignored me outright. I gave up trying in school, and I pass the classes, if only barely. I honestly passed most of my classes with a 66, or slightly higher. The highest waa seventy six. My mother has been getting increasingly.. I can’t find a word to put it. Everything I do is never enough. She went from quitting her job, going to school full time, to starting a job, and my life is now housework.I do not get to see my friends, nor do much of anything. My life is me, and my dog… Who has extreme separation anxiety, and destroys things when I’m not home. He’s a husky, its a trait he has. I am only sixteen, and yet I have a list of things I must do for the summer.
I have to vacuum, mop, mow the lawns, cook the dinners, make the grocery list, vacuum the pool, both of our laundry, fix the hot tub, clean out the gutters, Clean the grill, Look for a job within walking distance that higher sixteen year olds so I don’t put anyone out, dust, fix the wiring, Scrub the bathroom, power wash the siding, paint the doors, fix the screens, clean out the attic and basement, look for a driving instructor after getting a job, Look for dog trainer, also after gettting a job, and wash the boat.

The boat was the one thing my father left solely to me, and as such, when it needed new wiring, my mother refused to pay for it.

I’ve gotten to the point I can’t even deal with my panic attacks, they wipe me out to much. My mother acts like I’m the worst person in the world… I don’t drink, drugs.. nothing.

I need to find some way to deal with this, or I think I’ll go back into my old ways of cutting, and worse. Help?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Bad situation.. need help?

Me and this guy have been seeing each other for a couple of months now.. and even though we weren’t officially together we were serious about each other. I am a very bubbly person and like to be around boys in a friendly way alot. I do occasionally flirt without meaning to, or realizing im doing it. However ive just come back off a school trip.. and before the school trip this guy and me were soo good and we were so close. Now on the ski trip these two girls were coming in the year above me. Throughout the ski trip this guy and me have been on and off some nights he was all over me telling me he wanted this to work so much. However to start with he started to flirt with one of these girls in front of me and they sneaked off on certain evenings throughout the week they got closer

i really would like to say sorry for everything and i dont want to be enimies with you however im just telling you how i feel right now.. because friends arent meant to do that i was just soo dissapionted that you got involed between me and him. Im so sorry i didnt tell you but i thought it was preety clear from the bus journey there that we liked each other. I really didnt appreciate you flirting with him however i tired to ignore it as i didnt want it to be a big deal and i spoke to ponty about it because it upset me. As the week went on i felt threatend slightly by being in a dorm with you and grace as your friendship grew stronger as ours become weaker. I also didnt no how to say it and thought ill just get over it and speak to him about it, and when you went off with him that night it really worried me however when i spoke to him he told me he didnt like you in anyway and that he really wanted me and him to work and that he really liked me and i should ignore it beacuase nothing was going on. So i didnt feel the need to say anything to you, as the next day me and him were really good… and everything was fine untill in the evening he told me we were going in the hot tub.. when i was in there he wasnt there and found out he was with you.. thats kind of worried me again.. but i ignored it and took him on his word, and also that night you told me you liked barney so i wasnt bothered and believed you. That night it was slightly akward again and if i was being slightly quiet yet angry im sorry for that..The next day me and him were good again but then later you were flirting again and trying to be next to him all the time, that caused me to talk to ponty about it as i worried about it, and i even said to him i was worried you liked him and that if you did something would have to be done about it e.g stop seeing each other untill the end of the trip or if worst comes to the worst end it and leave it.. he got very upset when i told him that and said that nothing should get in the way of us and that you didnt like him atall. Later that evening we went to hernandos and that night it was soo akward between all of us. I wasnt in a good mood because jack was angry with me for saying that and i had to sit next to tom and i just felt like grace didnt want me there. When you guys all went back to the hotel without me ponty and simon i just felt really worried… and i just felt you really liked him abd wasnt telling me but i was afriad to say anythiing again incase a sounded paranoid. When we came back you went off with him again and were with him and again i went to ponty and he reasured me everything was fine. but then that night he was all over me feeling me up and stuff like that.. and when ponty came down and told me you liked him i felt soo bad when you guys came in and everyone was giving me evils and i just felt like shit soo i went to bed…. However during our make up talk i even said to you look ill stop talking to him for you or stop seeing him untill then end of the trip so that you dont feel left out and you said no dont worry nothings going to happen between us, and i dont want to get in the way of you too. We didnt fully sort things out as you deiceded you were going to see ponty and i no you did but then didnt return untill 2 to go see jack, and didnt tell me about it untill after. That day was akward as i didnt talk to jack as much cause i didnt want to upset you.. and you seemed to talk lots and stuff which was good.. but then it got worse trhoughout the day and he ignored me more and more and you just seemed to be together all the time and i just genrally felt i couldnt talk to him whilst you were there becuase i didnt want to interupt. That night i was going to ask him out untill you told me that in the dorm that he said he liked you…. i remember we bith argeeing were going to stay friends.. however when u said i can see us together i almost cried! when you said that i just broke down. And to be honest i thought you were just saying that and that he wouldnt throw away a couple of good months being with me for 5 days of knowing you, but it still worried me. Wh

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Okay blondie. This letter was utterly pointless. I understand your intention behind it but you have to understand that this makes you look like an extremely desperate girl. Why? Because you’re fighting for a guy that is flirting with another girl. Instead of being mature about it, you go on with this long letter and back and forth with this girl as if she’s the one with the problem.

You’ve made this entire thing so much more complicated then it has to be and it’s pretty upsetting that through all of this you’re trying to get sympathy from this girl. Look, the fact of the matter is that this guy said he wanted to be with you BUT he’s constantly flirting with this other girl…SO WHY ARE YOU EVEN BOTHERING WITH HIM? As far as i’m concerned, it’s done between you to. You’re sitting there fighting for him while he keeps disrespecting you over and over and over. It’s like you refuse to see that his guy is an a**hole but instead want to talk it out with the girl. She has nothing to do with your bf or whatever he is, not being able to control himself from flirting with other girls.

Look, you seem like a really good girl and i don’t mean to be mean or anything but it’s incredibly frustrating to see you put soooooooooooo much effort into trying to be with a guy that isn’t worth it. So while you’re out sending e-mails to this girl, he’s probably feeling up another girl. As I said, it’s simple…he wants to flirt with other girls let him, just don’t let him come back to you feeing you this bull about how he cares about you and only wants to be with you…he’s obviously full of it. So please, stop wasting your time.

Proper tattoo aftercare?

I got my tattoo about three days ago and I followed all of my tattoo artist’s rules but I was wondering if there was anything else I should do. I didn’t let water hit it directly in the shower and it was cool water when I hand washed it with anti-bacterial, I didn’t recover it, and I have been applying just a plain fragrance free lotion starting two days after getting my tattoo. Now my tattoo feels rough and I is making my skin feel tight and it is kind of peeling and I’m afraid it is going to effect the color and design. I hope that that is supposed to happen but does it go away on its own or is there something you should do because it is near my waist on my pants and my jeans kind of rub against it ligthly. When can a person go back to their normal routine like being in the sun, hot showers, swimming, hot tubs, etc.
When it starts peeling does it take the ink off or dull it in any way or will it not effect the color in the end? I also heard that using warm water softens the scabs and helps maintain color is this true?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I got one tattoo recently on my chest, and the other day I went to take a showed and I’ve peeled a lot.

Just keep going with your artist guidelines.
Do not NEVER EVER peel the skin… You will destroy your tattoo…

If you started peeling, stop the ointment and wash it with warm water three times a day.
Let your tattoo breath… After 30 minutes you washed it, apply some cream (Eucerin is good)

Two weeks is the average healing time. However, get it three weeks for the hardcore stuff (hot tube, sun, etc)
Anyway, remember you have a tattoo… Not proper protection = tattoo faded.

Use extra sun protection on your tattoo (35 at least) and do not cook yourself on saunas.

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

I need to rebuild the wooden skirt around my outdoor hot tub…..?

Does anyone have any suggestions???
I was thinking about using plywood as a backing and adding tongue-and-groove boards over it for a nicer finish.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Actually you don’t strictly need the PLY; especially if it isn’t strictly supporting anything.

I do suggest tongue and groove Cedar or Redwood planks however; and cross brace them, much the the construction of a Stockade fence.

Far less weight; less cost; as decent aesthetically without the subsurface; which should be marine or Exterior Ply if you go that route.

If you choose to do a sub surface; why not go Concrete backer board. The tongue and groove can be as easily attached.

Can going in an outdoor hot tub in the cold/winter cause illness. Colds, congestion?

I live in Wi. and have a hot tub outside, uncovered. Can sitting in there in the cold evenings cause illness?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Sitting in the hot tub in cold weather cannot cause you to become ill. It will stress your body because of the significant difference in temperature when you get out. This stress can make it much easier for a virus or bacterium to infect you because your body is using much of its energy to produce heat to keep you from freezing, leaving very little energy needed to produce and immune response.

…About getting an outdoor hot tub for your backyard?

I want to get a hot tub for my backyard. does anyone know how much it would cost me to buy it, have someone set it up and have it filled and running?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hot tubs vary in price drastically depending upon what you want! Bull Frog is a great one, but you may not need what it offers. Suggest you go into stores to view them and determine your specific needs. Set-up is usually not very expensive unless you have to get power to it. That would be something to have looked at first as well. 25 to 30 per month for chemicals and power is typical…but depends on your use obviously. Hope this helps.

Hot Wire For An Outdoor Jacuzzi/Hot tub?

I have two prong plugs outdoors. Is it a hot wire suitable for a jacuzzi/hot tub?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

No… Hot tubs have to be hooked up by a professional electrician… Depending on the hot tub you need either a 230 or a 240 volt line… Plus you need a dedicated circuit breaker at the main circuit panel as well as a separate shut off no more than 15 feet from the tub itself…

What is the best place to purchase a hot tub at?

I’m looking for a 4-6 persons, outdoor hot tub that would be relatively cheap to maintain and of a good quality. What are some of the industry’s best brands and types? Any online vendors maybe? Thanks a lot!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If you go to the therma spa website and request someone to come to your house to give you info….they will be bringing info on hundreds of brands of them…they do not just sell therma spa…you can get wholesales prices and really pick out what you want…..veyr low pressure when they came to us and we saved over 1k from what the store wanted…

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

Any hotels in the uk with private in room hot tubs?

im looking for a romantic retreat with my girlfriend. would like a nice hotel suite with private indoor hot tub. budget maximum of £300 for the saturday (valentines day night). doesnt really matter where in the uk it is? anyone got any ideas, or good search sites which actually list private hot tubs.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Come to Brighton – great for a romantic weekend away!
Hotel Nineteen has a private outdoor hot tub in their “Courtyard Room”.
Hotel Pelirocco have a suite for a naughty weekend called “The Play Room” (mirrored ceilings et al!) with a plunge pool for two in the bedroom.
Welcome!

what gauge wire should i use for a 60 amp hot tub (outdoor placement)?

the run of wiring is 95% indoor (about 30 ft), and only a short distance will be run outdoor to the tub (the outdoor portion will be placed in a conduit)

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hot tubs are very tricky. Be sure you use a GFCI breaker. There needs to be a disconnect outside near the hot tub (not less than 5 feet away). There are many other issues regarding lighting fixtures and receptacles near the hot tub. If you are unsure of the requirements, check with your local building inspector. I highly recommend an inspection by either the electrical inspector or a local licensed electrical contractor before using the hot tub.

Water and electricity do not mix. Be sure to turn off the power before working on any circuits and verify that the power is off with a voltmeter.

Why do I react so oddly to hot tubs?

I’m a 15 year old girl, and whenever I use my dad’s indoor hot tub, I have odd reactions. As soon as I get in the hot tub, I feel uncomfortable and anxious. I can never stay in for more than 15 or 20 minutes. The second I step out, I get very dizzy and all the noises around me are muffled(almost as if I’m wearing earmuffs). It also gets a little difficult to breathe. I usually just try to walk it off, and those symptoms go away within 5 minutes or so. About 10 or 15 minutes later, I have EXTREMELY thin diarrhea. Then I have stomach pains the rest of the night, and into the next day. This has happened more than once, but only after using the hot tub.

Also the hot tub‘s temperature is usually 98-104 degrees(F).
The hot tub is treated with chemicals.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Ur body just may not be able to handle the temperatures of the hot tub
& chemicals in it .. Stay away for a while & ask ur doctor

How to make my boyfriend finally wake up?

My boyfriend and I are on vacation at Virginia Beach. The hotel we are staying at has an indoor pool, hot tub, game room, ect. I’ve been awake for the past hour, not having anything to do.. and he’s still sleeping. If I don’t get him up, he will end up sleeping all day long. Any suggestions on how to get him up and keep him up?! Otherwise, he will just roll over in the opposite direction.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Go to the front desk and ask for a five gallon plastic bucket. Go to the ice machine and fill the bucket half full of ice cubes. Fill the bucket the rest of the way with cold water in the shower. Wait 10 minutes. Turn the air conditioner in the room to full blast and remove all the bedsheets from on top of him, then pour the bucket over him starting at the head and moving down the body. This should be done in one swift dumping motion. Run like hell.
You do realize I”m kidding, I hope. Let the poor guy sleep, go sightseeing by yourself (leave a note) and enjoy your vacation. I’m jealous, there’s snow on the ground here in Michigan.
Bill

Cost of my dream house? tennis court, pool, hot tub, putt putt?

Im not going to say everything i want in it. But, how much would it cost to have one indoor tennis court. (please include how much for each surface), an inground pool (outside), hot tub(inside), a 9 hole putt putt course (inside). I know you may say unless you are rich this isnt going to happen but thats not the point. its just to see how much all this stuff actually would cost.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub Cost

How much does it cost to own a pool?

And I don’t mean an Olympic sized pool or anything, just your typical backyard sized, in ground pool with attached hot tub. About how much will your water and power bills go up, and how much do you spend on chemicals and supplies annually? Please try to give dollar amounts or percent increases. I need numbers, not “a lot.”

I live in Las Vegas which gets over 100 degrees in the summer, and we would not use it during the winter months. Assume about 2 extra months of use time if you live in the midwest or somewhere with snowy winters.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I also live in a desert community and have a normal size pool with attached jacuzzi. I use a pool service which comes out twice a week to add/check chemicals, clean & check parts. I just bought a pool cleaner, which helps the pool keep clean on the days they don’t come. I pay them $100 month for this service & I run my pump everyday for 8 hrs(summer time only) & my electric bill is usually around $120 mo. Once the season changes, I’ll be reducing my pump hours to every other day & suspending the pool service. Hope this helps.

What would be the best solution to build a deck or patio? More details inside!?

We are considering buying a hot tub! In order to get it, we need to build a level patio or deck to place it on! We want to go the cheapest route possible, but also want it to look good and last long! The area we want the deck/patio is 12 feet by 9 feet (may do 12×12, depending on price difference)! Keep in mind there will be a lot of weight on it!

Would we be better off with treated wood? Do we actually need to cement posts in the ground and build a deck on that, or would we be ok with a wood frame directly on the ground and building on that?

What about pouring cement or bricks or cement blocks? Keep in mind we will be doing this ourselves and aren’t the best of handpersons, but we can do basic work.

So based on lower cost and average skill what would be the best route? Any details would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
One more thought too, with concrete, how thick should we make it?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If building with wood try sticking to modular lengths like 12×8 or 12×12 or 8×8 if possible, if you use dimensions like 9′ that aren’t normally stocked in lumber yards or your local home depot you will waste a lot of wood and money buying 2×12′s to cut 3′ off to make 9′ lengths. If you can do 12×8 that will be cheaper anyways.

YES you should definitely pour footings, or you could put posts into the gound and once you get the deck built and square and level pour concrete into the oversize holes your posts are sitting in. Either way you want treated wood to resist rot from moisture cycles. You could try getting non treated wood and painting it, but after time the paint wears and the wood rots anyways.

If you are pouring concrete you want to lay a gravel base down (preferably 3 to 4″ thick) and then pour the concrete slab (4″ would work) on top of that. You have to reinforce the concrete either with reinforcing bar or with wire mesh and both should be locally available at your hardware store.

Your hardware store will also carry how to book that are worth their price. As for cost, if you do it the right way, a wood deck will look great and be easier to build. The concrete may be cheaper but if you have to rent heavy equipment or have a truck come out it may be more expensive. It depends on the method and how correctly you do it.

What do I do when animal cruelty is happening right in front of me?

I live with my boyfriend and his family. We live in a big house with a big lot of land. We recently got the upstairs of the house wooded. My boyfriends mom has two little dogs and two cats. Her husband bought her the dogs as a present a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, no one had time to train them, so they crap and piss in the house and they don’t really respond when we call them. The mother and father both work all day, their kids go to school and my boyfriend and I go to college. Basically, the dogs get locked on the side porch all day everyday. No one ever gives them water, no one lets them out so they just crap everywhere, no one ever pays attention to them. They are sweet dogs, they love to be cuddled, but only with us. The bark at everything and they attack guests. I haven’t seen them paid attention to since i’ve lived there which has been about a year and a half. On top of that, one of the cats now live in the side porch. As I mentioned before, the upstairs has recently had wood laid down and so the stress of it all distraught the cat and she peed in the house (on tile). Now they won’t let her back in the house in case she pisses on the wood and it will apparently cost them three grand. She is the best cat ever. She is friendly, playful and smart. It breaks my heart because now her life is restricted to living on top of a hot tub cover in the side porch. The dogs try to bite her when she jumps on the ground to use the litter tray. I want to find the cat a new home but she belongs to my boyfriends little sister and she dosen’t want to give her up. On top of all of that we have a pet pig who is a doll. He’s like a dog. He’s been living in a pen in our yard which isn’t huge but it’s decent. However, there’s an empty house next door with an enornous yard, which he hangs out in all the time. The house was recently put back on the market so they fixed up the fence and he’s restricted to his pen, which is making him unhappy. They won’t put a fence because it “looks ugly”. There are already 3 different kinds of fences on 3 sides.

What do I do? I’ve already tried talking to my boyfriends mom about it. She knows how I feel. She cares, but cares about how the yard looks or how perfect the house is more. Animals are like children, they’re a responsibilty. I just don’t know what to do. I don’t want to overstep my boundaries.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Call ur local humane society, maybe they can do something
if not, you can ask them who you can talk to about having these people either cited or these animals taken away
make it an ANONYMOUS call
maybe suggest to the ppl taht it was a neighbor?

Replacing Wood Decking, Any suggestions?

I know cost varies from area to area but, we have this old deck in our backyard that is falling down that needs replacing. I am pretty clueless with this stuff…. Also we have a hot tub on it – that I plan on keeping in the same area

I am looking into what Cheaper options are out there. I really want to do concrete we already have some nice concrete with the pebble finish that I would Like to connect but I have heard that can be expensive. I don’t want to replace the wood I hate the upkeep for wood decking….

I would guess it’s around a 240 sq.ft. area I want to cover. There are also stairs that are involved from the house to the ground… If that makes sense.

So what options are out there beside concrete and wood?? Any helpful ideas! If I could get this done for 2K or less that would be awesome! Do you think that is realistic??
I really don’t want wood at all

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Pave stone is cheaper than concrete and can be bought at most home stores. You can get unskilled workers to demo the old deck and prep the area. After removing the old deck, remove enough soil to be 2 inches below the surrounding area. Fill this with sand, then lay the concrete “pavers” over the sand,using spacers. Cover them with sand, then wash it off. The sand will fill in between the stones . You can get them in the pebble finish in either 12 or 18 inch squares as well as rectangles and some shapes. Many are interlocking and can be quite attractive. They allow water to get back into the soil and are easy to remove and replace. When you pick them up remember they are concrete and heavy, so don’t overload and be willing to make several trips or have then delivered. Sand for an area this size should be delivered and shouldn’t cost more than $100. And will be more than you can use, but it is worth it not to have to try to handle sacks and pay more than that for the sand you need.

Backyard pools: Do they increase you home’s value?

I have a backyard in ground pool. It’s very nice, there are some patios make of brick and some made of concrete around it, plus a wooden deck for BBQing with a hot tub. There’s a large screened in sunroom with room for sitting and a dining table as well. Also, there’s a 100 year old oak tree, some planters and a vegetable garden, plus another large area of grass. The yard backs onto a forest and field for privacy as well. There’s also another patio in between a pool shed and a garden shed. It’s a very nice yard, but would the in ground pool actually decrease the selling value of the home? It costed $40 000 to put in, I’d think not. Plus, the summers where I live in Canada can get VERY warm (Although the winters can also get VERY cold!). It’s also a nice house, 2000 SF, oak trim (Newly refinished), finished basement, 4 BR, 2 1/2 bath, double attached garage plus it’s in a treed in desirable area of the city. No plans of selling anytime soon, but just wondering if the pool would hurt the value of the home.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I would think as long as you have a decent amount of warm weather then it would benefit you as the seller to have a pool! Perhaps a pool heater even for the cooler months would be a plus! However owning a pool does give the homeowner extra costs to properly take care of it.

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump

Where in Dallas Texas can I go to find the right motor for my hot tub pump!?

Okay, I need a motor for my hot tub. It has a 1 1/2in inlet and outlet. It is 1hp and 115v. I have been on freaking Google ALL morning and cannot find the right place or anything in Dallas…Can someone help me out!?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If you want an exact replacement check with a pool supply company. If you can handle some minor plumbing changes you could probably find a usable pump at Harbor Freight or Northern Tool for a lot less money.
If you can post some numbers from the label on the pump I may be able to do a better job of finding a replacement.

what pump do you use to drain outdoor hot tub in deck ?

I have 400 gallon hot tub that needs to be drained and I would like a pump that can empty it within 15-20 minutes (i.e. ~1600 gpm). i plan to drain the hot tub every 3 months. FYI, i have seen some that have top handles to easily place the pump into the hot tub and it seems like a nice feature.

please provide specific make and model of the submersible pump you use to drain your outdoor hot tub. if you have a web link to a site which sells them, please list that also.

would like to spend less than $100 on a pump if possible.
i meant 1600 gph . my apology.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You can buy a cheap garden hose a Walmart for less than $10. Siphon!!! It`s a little slower, but it`s a lot cheaper and nothing mechanical to breakdown.

why is my hot tub pump over heating?

my hot tub runs perfect until the circulation pump just stops,i think its over heating,because it comes back on later,but whats the cause of a pump overheating

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Could be worn out from use or have a faulty overheat trip. It could also be your heater element tripping out the tub on overheat with the high limit sensor and thus everything shuts down.

Is this an old pump or did you just replace it? If you just replaced it you could have gotten the wrong type and are putting to much electricity into it thus causing the overheat as well.

Best bet pull the pump and take it in to the local pool store and get it tested. If you have an electrical test meter check the voltage going thru the pump before you do so so you can give them as much Information as possible about your situation.

hot tub pump?

a friend of mine has a hot tub that the pump is not working properly. this is what it does, when hooked up the correct way the pump will not switch to low, and when we turn the wires around it will only operate on low. the pump will not switch back and forth like it should when you hit the air switch. i checked the air switch and i can hear it click when we hit the button but the motor will not switch. i hope that everyone can understand my question.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Well unlike the other person..I am going to tell you that you have a new tub, fewer then 4 years old…I bet newer….and that new tub has a spring that has broken in it. So it cannot switch to low when it should. I will further dare to say it is most likey an Ultima pump….Am I correct? Email me… Laughing…stating the obvious it has nothing to due with the obvious…power…

Is it possible that my hot tub pump seal is an O-ring?

Its leaking pretty good and Im just trying to find out some info before I pull the pump.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hi.. No it is not an O-ring. A pumps seal is going to be a combination of a metal insert with a spring and then a ceramic disc. They are cheap to buy. There are about 24 basic seals for hot tubs. Now there will be O-rings or flat rings gaskets for where your pumps intake and discharge are.

Your Questions About Two Person Hot Tub

Girls how does this situation sound?

Ok so i like this girl who is in the grade above me and we talk a lot and have a real connection but she just moved but visited for break and i just went to the movies and hot tub party with her 2 days ago but i didnt hook up with her. then yesterday i was trying to see where she was going for new years but she didnt respond to my text. She is very talkative on the phone and in real life but through any text shes really dull and sometimes doesnt respond but flirts a lot in person. shes really player-ish cuz she says she hooks up with people every weekend but she doesnt show it. last night i went to a party because i wanted to see her but she wasnt there. i was laying on the ground with two of my FRIENDS that were girls and they were like laying on my chest and all of a sudden she shows up to pick someone up and shes like “whoa two girls nice!” and hugs me and stuff (i dont feel too bad because apparently she hooked up with 2 guys that night) and im really not a player at all. and i texted her this morning and we had a normal conversation but she did mention jokingly i hope “two girls!” -me: “ha no they were just friends i swear” her:”ha ha! no way” and im like “seriously they were my friends” but then eventually she said “i hate guys, they suck.” but she always tells me this and i think she wasnt talking about me. but idk… if she WAS jealous that means she likes me right? but i mean i dont want to look desperate if shes going around hooking up with people right and left right? btw- shes only coming in town for the breaks and for summer shes going to work with me and she possibly might move back next year

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Is the guy I’m dating dangerous?

I normally date guys I’ve known for years. Two weeks ago I met this guy at a club and I made out with him them cause I was drunk and stupid and it was my first time clubbing in my city (I’ve clubbed with my university friends in a small town), cause my parents never let me prior. Anyways he wanted to do lunch the next day… I said sure. After lunch he invited me to his place for dinner the following Friday.. he’s a chef. I got the impression of what he wanted, and texted him telling him I’m sorry about giving him the wrong impressions, but it’s a bit too early for that. We had dinner and played pool beer and wings the following weekend in which I told him I was a virgin. He said that was fine and offered doing something more light like coffee.

I had a convo with him a week later, he told me he’s had sex with every girl he’s been with, and I told him since it was just our second date I didn’t mind him have sex and dating other girls cause I thought we were casually dating. He got upset saying that when someone says that they don’t care about the person… I was partially texting him, and partially trying to not seem so serious and clingy. He told me if he’s dating me, it’s only me.. no one else..

So where does my concern lie? How can I trust him, when I can’t verify what he says? I met him at a night club… my friend pushed me into him and he was standing by himself. He seems like a really sweet nice guy.

He says he has Facebook. When I search his name on Facebook every guy with a picture isn’t him, and everyone without a picture I added (there are 10 guys with no picture and no other available info… sketchy much). Out of paranoia I added all of them on Facebook… none of which have accepted or rejected my request.

We were supposed to see each other today but he told me he had to wait at this place for a hot tub he ordered to arrive. He normally texts me everyday, but hasn’t since our dinner chat about the virginity thing, but he never seemed different about it.

So my two questions are:
1) Could he potentially be dangerous since, I have nothing to verify that anything he says about himself is true? If so, is there anything I can ask him or do, to find out if he’s safe?

2) Is he into me for a committed relationship? What does he want? What does he expect?
Also I asked him if he was seeing me today.. and he said he has to wait till the hot tub comes and he’ll let me know. It’s 10 pm and he hasnt said anything yet… what should I do? Should I text him tomorrow saying hope you’re enjoying the new hot tub! or should I just not say anything and wait for him to contact me?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Well anyone can be potentially dangerous whether you’ve known them for a short time or a long time. You would have to know him better before you can make that determination.

As for your other questions you should ask him, what type of relationship he is looking for and what he expects from you, asking him is the only way you’ll know for sure.

I wouldn’t call him, wait for him to call you – the virginity thing may have put him off. If he is still interested he will call you back, if doesn’t call then you know it’s time to move on.

How to fix trust issues in a marriage (sorry so long)?

I have been married to my husband for nearly two years, were were together for 4 years before that and I have never fully trusted him. He is a wonderful husband in all other ways but has always sought female attention outside the relationships, from friendships that were a little to close for comfort, to emailing/calling other women to get back me when he is mad, to trash talking me to females that are opening trying to be with him. He is very attractive and charming so of course women give him attention and probably always will but he seems to attract women who are desperate and take it to the next level (ie: the women are constantly calling, texting etc…) even after he or both of us have respectfully asked them to back off. But the thing is this has happened with more than one woman now, so can it really be the women or is he feeding it in someway? When I try and talk to him about it he says im “insecure and need to get a life” but Im trying to build a life with him, so how can I do that when I cant trust him? He hates me now because I check his phone, but I do that because there has always been something to find. I started checking his phone when we were engaged because right before we got engaged we broke up for awhile and he had a fling with some girl he worked with, however, he lied to me about it for a very long time and only came clean when caught. He always said the kind of exclusivity I wanted came when two people were engaged, so when he proposed I thought all of that would end, but the day after I had the ring on my finger he got a text from that same girl! I broke off the engagement so he contacted her and told her that they could no longer talk and we set the wedding date, but I checked his phone and she was still calling and he called her back 2 weeks before the wedding. I went through with the wedding anyway thinking after we were married it would stop…but of course…he continued to have minor conversations with her on facebook. Finally we went to counseling and he stopped and blocked her from contacting him. I thought we were past all that but now he has a new person (some old friend from high school) who is always calling texting etc… I asked him not to talk to her because obviously she was after him and didnt care that he was married but he said it wasnt like that and she was old and fat and just an old friend. But she sent some very inappropriate texts to him “hey baby come get in the hot tub with me” that I found. He says he doesnt know why she sends these things and she is crazy and he is ignoring her, but then he sent her a text saying he was sick of me! He thinks the problem is my snooping, but we are trying to get pregnant and I cant have a baby with someone who lies to me, so I check because otherwise I would never know what was going on. I have no evidence of him doing anything wrong, just these crazy girls but something must be happening for them to feel so attached to him. What can I do to fix all this? Leaving seems to be my only option because he isnt willing to change anything and just puts locks on his phone…. Im broken hearted and I may be pregnant
Thanks for the advice so far, I know you are all right. I dont talk to friends/family about this because I know they would be shocked at how bad things have gotten and would tell me to leave, I was hoping someone here might be an unbiased observer and would be able to give me some hope. I guess there just isnt any….. I love him so much it hurts….. but I cant go on like this…..I know he would say he has his own version of events, but the facts would all still be the same.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

What a mess you’ve gotten yourself into. What sucks is you may have brought an innocent child into all of this childish BS. He needs to grow up and realize that his single life is over. You need to stop allowing him to treat you like your his personal door mat. I’m not suggesting divorce but maybe a separation wouldn’t be a bad idea and start the counseling again

Neighbors say we walk too loud?

Last night my bf and I went to the hot tub at our complex and our downstairs neighbors were there as well as some other people. they are two older lesbian women and they started right away asking us if we were moving furniture all night every night and why we were so loud. We are hardly ever loud, we don’t play music or have people over. We just watch movies and cook dinner really, we are kinda boring.

The last person to live in the apartment was an 80 year old single woman, so they are probably used to it being very quiet… but how do we tell them to bug off? Because we’re just walking around and LIVING in our own apartment. And I don’t want to feel like we have to tiptoe around in our own home.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I would not take that crap from them. My strongest suggestion is to rent a few Pornographic movies, play these when you know the neighbors are home, when the boink scenes come on, turn up the volume really loud so that they can hear you. And if they ever ask you about the noise, which I am sure they never will, just smile in a sheepish way and go, “Oops, sorry. We were just moving some furniture!”

How do I help my husband overcome his chemical paranoia?

My husband has an irrational fear of chemicals. He made me re-wash his clothes last night because I *may have* touched a counter top that had been recently washed with a lysol wipe and then folded the clothes. He threw away two whole 12 packs of soda that were still in the cardboard cases because they sat next to some unopened hot tub products. He threw a fit because a cat toy that had trace amounts of catnip on it had touched his shoes (which he swore he was going to throw away). He makes me wash my hands constantly, or he’ll ask if I touched anything that could be contaminated. He threw away his clothes that I had put in his dresser that he claims had some chemicals spilled in there years ago. The list goes on and on.
Needless to say, this behavior has put a huge strain on our relationship. I think that his fear is completely ridiculous, and whenever I tell him no, or “no, you can’t throw away that soda, the chemicals didn’t even touch it” he throws a huge conniption fit. And whenever I try to explain to him “we track in tons of chemicals and germs into the house from our shoes” or “the last person who opened that door into the restaurant could have used chemicals” he doesn’t have the same freakout. He didn’t used to be this way, and he knows that he is acting childish and ridiculous, but it’s only getting worse and I’m tired of giving into him to spare his outbursts. What can I do?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Just let him know that you’re allergic to semen as long as he has chemical paranoia.

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

What are the best chemicals to keep an outdoor hot tub clean/clear?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hi, shock and chlorine. Also, get the anti-algae removal (this can help). Make sure your filters are always clean.

What are the requirements for an outdoor hot tub in Boston?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

These are the universal rules. The site listed above gives you a local contact to advise you further.

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.

In order to complete maintenance or to make a needed repair, you will need adequate space to be able to reach the internal components. If your hot tub has external equipment you need to know that most city codes require that the equipment be at least 5′ from the tub, unless they are separated by a permanent solid barrier.

what size circuit does an outdoor hot tub need?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Check your local code, but most require a 240V 50A GFCI protected circuit with a separate 20A 120V GFCI receptacle. The disconnect is available at home centers or electrical supply houses.

im curious what an outdoor hot tub costs to run per month year round in a place like minnesota?

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What is the most likely source of a slow water leak in my outdoor hot tub?

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Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub Rooms

How to get my mom on board with getting this house?

My dad was offered a job in Hartsville South Carolina. It is like the offspring of his company. The WHOLE town is made up of just people whom work at the company.
My dad would be getting a lot more money because they would be putting him back in management.

The house my father, little sister, brother and I want is AMAZING! It is also cheap.

It is only $100,000 something and after we fix crap it would be worth $500,000 (it wouldn’t cost us that much to fix it though).

We would own a huge lake, acres upon acres of land, 4 bedrooms, huge living room, dining room and kitchen, a guest house, a big garage, a fully finished basement with a kitchen and one whole section of the house is nothing but an indoor heated swimming pool with a hot tub, stairs that leads to a balcony overlooking said pool and upstairs we would have showers and changing rooms for when you get out of the pool.

My mom is the only one whom doesn’t want it. I can understand that since she has arthritis and as she gets older her knees will suck walking up stairs and it is two story (my mom wants a ranch with a basement because she hates the fact we live in a two story now).
But I believe the master bedroom is downstairs, and I am the one whom cleans upstairs now so she wouldn’t have to go up there.

All we have to do is paint, drain the pool, fix a little electrical, put in a small fence for the dog and fix one of the bathrooms because it is ugly as fuck.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Explain it to her in a way she would understand, and take her to see it, if she hasn’t already (pictures would help but not as much as actually going there) and it sounds amazing i would buy it in a heartbeat, but i don’t plan on moving to the states anytime soon lol. I would love to have acres of land and a lake! While you and your family are renovating, you could also put in one of those stair lifts you see on tv for older people who live at home still, that way if the master bedroom is upstairs, she won’t have to strain her knees climbing. Just sit in the chair and it goes up and down. Mention that to her and see if that will change her mind (i don’t think they are too expensive but they will cost a bit)

Which hotel would be nice to spend a weekend with your friends?

Hello, Im looking for a hotel to spend the weekend with my friends for my birthday. Im looking for a suite with one king bed with its own bathroom, and 2 queen beds in the other room with their bathroom, also a kitchen. I would like the hotel to have an indoor pool with a hot tub, a workout area, and some other activities. Im looking for a hotel in New Jersey. We’re all aged from 16-18. Im also hoping for some activities near by such as, bowling, skating, etc. so we won’t be in the hotel all weekend long. Please help find the perfect hotel for me. THANKS!! :]

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I think theres one called willy’s thats very recomended? Google it some of the images are fantastic.

Theres one on the top left of the third page on google images that shows thier biggest suite wich you may be intrested in, it fits your description. Hope this helps.

Im moving out of town ):?

i have always lived in the city, but on the 31st me and my family (my mom and brother) are moving out of town, how can i get hyped up about moving and being out of town, our new house has a hot tub, and Jacuzzi tub, we live right next to a lake (like its in our backyard) and there a deck right over top of the lake, we have a dog and theres a doggy door that goes out to a dog run, 3 bedroom 2 bathroom, 2 story house, huge bedrooms, and everything to make it perfect (indoor pool, gaming room) but still i am upset about moving, we will be in the middle of no where with no neighbors or anything!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Moving is always hard no matter where you go to. I have moved three times in my life (once when I was little and don’t remember, once when I was 14 from Massachusetts to California, then once when I was 17 from California to Massachusetts).

You will adjust to your new life, it just takes time. There will be a time when you miss your old house but eventually you will come to consider your new house home. (the house your moving to seems super so you really don’t need to worry about missing stuff about your old home lol).

You will eventually make new friends but remember to keep in contact with your old friends.

Chicago bound…hotels?

My fiance and I and another couple are planning a trip to Chicago in August. I have searched and searched for hotels. I am looking to save $ anyway I can. First of all the hotel must have a pool indoor or out and a hot tub (for some reason not many hotels have hot tubs anymore, not sure why that is) secondly since the four of us are going together we would like to room together but with seprate sleeping spaces. That way we could split the cost. The hotel does not need to be in “downtown” chicago persay but within 10 to 15 min of area attractions. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to stay? We of course would like to stay in a nice hotel with parking available to guests free of charge prefrabley and Breakfast included with stay. We are staying 6 nights so I would also like to find a hotel that offers some sort of deal where if you stay 4 nights you get the 5th night free for example. Any helpful info would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for HELPFUL info.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

This is a search engine which checks all of the major hotel sites for deals. Links to the home page of the hotels show up right in the results.

I’d recommend staying in a neighborhood like Lincoln Park. That would be like the middle of the north side of Chicago from what I remember (I stopped in that neighborhood on a train once and it seemed like the middle)

“Thanks in advance for HELPFUL info” – what I said should help in some way or another.

Why Should we have to pay for music????!!!!?

I would like your opinion, because i seriously don’t get why we should have to pay for music. While Miley Cyrus and Brittany Spears are sitting in They’re one of many mansions in there own pedicure room besides the pool and getting pedicures while laying in money and watching there little sisters eat creme brule by the 12 foot indoor pool and there own hot tub, we have 14 year olds working in back breaking jobs on farms because there parents can’t get jobs because of the crap economy. I know quite a few kids in this situation who are passionate about music and they can’t afford to put 400 songs on there ipod for like 700$. (hint: most songs are now $1.29). I dont get why they shut down limewire. and to top it all off, the song writers/makers are suing for 1.4 million dollars A SONG, making people go bankrupt and haveing to give up there homes. I know singers have to spend money at first and they’re just trying to make up, but i dont get what $1.29 can do for people like metallica who each have 40 butlers cratering for they’re every whim.. Please explain

Usedhottubsstore answers:

This is a capitalist society. You need to pay for everything or go without. I don’t agree with the costs. Considering most of it doesn’t go to the bands. Everyones taking a cut. Music as a product though you need to look at it like any other product. If you can’t find work or have a low income you have to go without a fancy car or a big TV. It’s the way it is. At least with music you can hear it on the radio, in venues and clubs. As well as that I’m sure you wouldn’t be willing to do your job for free even if you enjoyed it.

here are 3 scenarios.. what i am wondering is would you say I got “beat up” in either? cuz idk exactly what’s the diff between getting beat up or losing a fight or whatever… so how would you classify these? thanx!

1) at a party after playing air hockey, the other guy punched me in the face. my head like snapped back, and he threw me across the room onto a hot tub (it was covered). we wrestled on the ground until it was broken up. i didnt have any marks or blood or anything.

#2) at the park, two girls (one was my ex gf) wanted to fight me. one pushed me from behind and i fell over, and they both kicked me when i was on the ground, like 4 times each or something, mostly in the stomach. one of them punched me in the face three times when i was on the ground, and then they were pulled off. i had a little bloody nose, and a black eye later, and two marks on the side of my tummy.

3) in the school lunchroom, the other guy overheard something i said (which turned out to be a mis understanding), pushed me down, i pushed him, he punched me in the face, and we started like wrestling while standing. but eventually he pinned me back on the lunch table, and punched me in the face/side of the head i think 4-5 times. it was broken up, and i was really woozy and disoriented, and felt like i wanted to throw up. i wasn’t bleeding, but i did have a mark next to my ear (which i didnt kno about til my mom saw it). i know if he hit me square in the face he prob would have messed me up alot more, but thats saying “if” b/c in this fight he didnt.

1 I think was just something big guys do to little guys for the heck of it so you got beat up

2 Mexicans suck or something like that he beat your but for a good reason so tuffen up dude seriously

sooo yeah for #1 and #2 and #3 how would u classify what happened? and PLEASE be clear as to WHY u think i did or did not get beaten up! thanksss :)

You were beat up .. You have to ask Y/A this question ? I feel sorry for you .. Grow up .

How can you possibly wonder? It sure sounds like you were beaten all three times to me. You need to find a new group to hang with.

here are two scenarios.. what i am wondering is would you say I got “beat up” in either? cuz idk exactly what’s the diff between getting beat up or losing a fight or whatever… so how would you classify these? thanx!

2) in the school lunchroom, the other guy overheard something i said (which turned out to be a mis understanding), pushed me down, i pushed him, he punched me in the face, and we started like wrestling while standing. but eventually he pinned me back on the lunch table, and punched me in the face/side of the head i think 4-5 times. it was broken up, and i was really woozy and disoriented, and felt like i wanted to throw up. i wasn’t bleeding, but i did have a mark above my ear (he hit me more on the side of the head). i know if he hit me square in the face he prob would have messed me up alot more, but thats saying “if” b/c in this fight he didnt.

in #2.. remember i didnt have many marks except for a small one next to my ear and i wasnt bleeding or anything. i didnt even kno it was there til my mom saw it.

also, i did not punch the other guy in either (i swung and missed in the second one)… i wrestled them a little but i never landed a punch

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump And Heater

Why is my hot tub not heating? The red heater light is on, the pump is on low speed and water is flowing.?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Like red said, the heating element could be burned out.
Your heating element is basically just a solid wire. If you have a multimeter or a battery operated test light, you can find out if the element has broken.
Kill all power then find the two terminals, wires or connection points for the heater. Test for continuity across these two terminals. If there’s no continuity, then replace the element.

Hot tub question- flow switch?

I have a 2005 dimension one hot tub and the heater pump has not been working. My friend came over to try to figure things out and he said it was the flow switch or flow sensor or something like that. I don’t know what a flow switch is so if someone knows about this could you explain to me what it does- from the beginning? Thank you!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I don’t know, as the circuit diagram doesn’t explain the logic. Page 30 (below) shows a flow switch, and I can only guess that the circuit might require there to be water flow from the heater pump across the heating element. If there was no flow, the high power heater element might very well burn up. Thus the flow switch to insure water will be there, flowing around the heater element and keeping the heater element from burning up.

How long does it take to heat up a 250 gallon hot tub? I just bought an inflatable hot tub from Meijers.?

I just bought a portable hot tub from Meijers and was wondering how long it takes to heat it up to 104 degrees. I have the filter and heat on to 104.The size of the heater is 1000 watts. The tub only cost $500 and holds 250 gallons. I have had the pump and heater running for at least 10 hrs. and the temperature is only 65 degrees. One person told me it could take about an hour a degree. Is that true? HELP!!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

1000 watts equals 3400 BTU per hour.
1 BTU will heat a pound of water 1 degree F in 1 hour.
A gallon of water is 8.33 pounds.
You have 2082.5 pounds of water in the tub.
It will take 2082.5 BTU/hour to raise all the water 1 degree F per hour.
It should take about 40 minutes to raise your tub 1 degree.
This does not take into account heat loss through open top, heat loss around sides, heat transfer losses, etc, so it may take longer.

Hot tub motor/heater question…?

Ok, I drained our hot tub last night and after I drained it, I shut the lid. When I shut the lid this keeps the motor running. The heat element was turned to zero, so it wasn’t heating it. Well, this ran for 10 or 11 hours before I realized this can burn the pump up. I haven’t filled it back up yet to test and see if I burned the motor up, do you think this 10 or 11 hours is too long without water to ruin it?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

It’s not the motor that’s at risk but the pump itself. When they run without water which acts as a coolant and lubricant, they can overheat and seize up. If the motor is still turning and there’s no unusual noises coming from the unit, I would say it survived and is still okay.

About once a day my hot tub trips the breaker . Where should I start to figure out the problem???

The hot tub is only 2 years old and we have already replaced the heater and pump. It worked fine for 6 months and now every day or every other day it trips the breaker.
The breaker box is only for the hot tub. It was installed at the same time the hot tub was installed by a professional.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

A. Don’t get in the tub until it stops riping the GFI. IS the GFI a 50 amp? What brand of tub is it so I can tell you if that is correct or not!?
B. Start first by turning off the power(breaker) and unpluging the Ozonator if you have one. Turn the breaker back on and see if it trips over time. (#1 cause)
C. Now Turn the power off and disconnect the Blower and then turn it back on and see if it still trips.
D. Keep doing this until everything is unpluged.
E. Once everything is unplugged, you need to turn the power back off and then disconnect both leads to your heater. Turn the power back on and I bet it no longer trips if you have gotten this far in testing. At this point your new heater is bad and replace it yet again and hope whover did it the first time honors a warranty.

Now what everyone above said is good but with a little caution and common sense this is something you can easily figure out and fix on your own. Just be sure to keep turning your power off each time so you do not burn your amp plugs. What you describe being it flips off once a day tells me it’s when your tub is going through a filter cycle. Most likely it will be your blower or ozonator then. It could also be a small leak that’s causing it. Be sure you have no dripping or water that is leaking.

Your Questions About Two Person Hot Tub

What did my dream mean? Why did he die?

In my dream last night, me and all of my friends and boyfriend were at a hotel/apartment or something of that sort. we had rented out a whole floor as we had lots of space and many different rooms to explore. I could tell that many of my friends were their but I could only name one of my friends and my boyfriend. everyone else was just like a space filler.

In one of the rooms, there was a bath or a hot tub big enough for about four people. my boyfirend was happy because he’d never seen a hot tub inside of a hotel room. I went into a different room with my friend while he went in the hot tub with one of his.

He got out of the tub and came to find me but when i tried to give him a hug he said no because he had hurt himself. I asked how and he said he’d turned his head too fast and heard something crack. I asked to take a look and when he showed me his neck there was a bone or two sticking out and blood was starting to run. then the blood started squirting out harder and harder and wouldn’t dtop. I started screaming and trying to tell him that we needed to get him help. he said “no, I’ll be fine” but i didn’t listen because it was getting worse. i called 911 and they claimed to be sending help. All of our friends were there but they seemed either not to care at all or to be more concerned with me freaking out instead of him. I was the only one trying to help him. I had to get him to the ground because he was losing so much blood that i was afriad he’d fall over. a few moments later he started getting very pale and passed out. I screamed some more and tried to call 911 again since no help had come.

the person on the other side was saying something along the lines of “we know he’s hurt… but we aren’t going to help.” i begged and begged while crying into the phone but the woman’s voice just got creepier and creepier so i hung up. he came back to consciousness but by this point there was sooo much blood everywhere that i knew it wouldn’t be for long. my friend said “its ok, they’re coming right?” and i said no, nobody is coming, he’s going to die. i held his hand and wept over him as he did.

then i made myself wake up because I didn’t want to know what would happen next. It was awful. I almost cried in real life even though I had known it was just a dream. Why had that happened? the begining had been so cheerful. What does it all mean?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Dreams of death represent the ending of one phase so that a new one can begin. It can show forthcoming finalities such as the end of a marriage or career.

It could possibly mean that your relationship with your boyfriend is fading away or your lacking in something, leading into losing him. If you dont want that then talk to each other and see what to improve into your relationship.

Please have and open mind and help me out. I need some advice.?

I have never been the jealous girlfriend/wife type. And neither has my husband. Which is one of the reasons I love him so much. Every past relationship I had I wasnt allowed to have platonic guy friends or even be friendly to a male waiter or else my ex’s would get very possessive and angry.

So I have only been with my husband 3 years and NEVER acted possessive until recently. I am a very open non-sexual person.Meaning Im not incredibly passionate anymore.Probably becuase Im a young stay at home mom and Im just plain tired!

So according to my husband Im kinda naive. If a guy is talking to me I just assume ‘hey hes a nice guy’ not ‘oh hes flirting with me’. I never really suspect anyone of having a hidden agenda. btw, this rarely ever happens. I never go out. I have been to a bar two times my entire adult life. And im usually stuck at home.

ANyhow, my girlfriend allison was throwing herself a small birthday party. A few of my oldest dearest male friends were there. I have known them for YEARS and never was involved with any of them romantically at all. My husband is now friends with them too.

So my friend allison has an out door hot tub and I could not wait to get in!!! I never get to relax and I just wanted to use it soo bad. So I was the first one in. Then my friend bill jumped in, then my other friend bill jumped in, then allisons boyfriend (who i just met) jumped in, then my friend piatt jumped in….but here is the thing…he was naked!!! he didnt bring a bathing suit and didnt wanna get his boxers wet. so it was me….3 dudes, and one naked dude.

I didnt see anything (he penis i mean). I didnt even wanna look! But i wasnt gonna let anything spoil my hot tub time. So I was in for like a whole hour soaking. It felt amazing and my husband came out a few times (he didnt wanna go in cause he hates chlorine) and was laughing about piatt being naked and he was taking pictures and acting like he was having fun.

Then when we got home he was really mad that i was in the hot tub with all those guy and the only reason he was taking pictures was for ‘proof’ that i blatantly disrespected him. I feel terrible. I never thought my behavior was sexual or scandalous at all. I just really wanted to relax sooo bad.

Now its three days later and I want to know how to make it up to him. I need him to know I didnt mean any disrespect! Its just that its 15 degrees outside…and i wanted to be warm n bubbly damnit!

I just figured he was cool with it all. especially since i dont care that he looks at my friends butts all the time and when my one drunkard girlfriend is over she always ends up topless and he cant take his eyes off her chest!!!! I just thought it was funny. I never got upset.

I know he would never cheat on me, and he knows i would never cheat on him. He says thats not the issue, its the disrespect.

PS i asked advice from all my friends and parents and they dont see the big deal… and cant give me any insight on what hes goin through.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Well just apologize and do not start the blame game of well you do this some times because it will make him defensive. Point out to him that they jumped in after you had already gotten in and that you were not even looking at the naked guy. Work it out calmly and he will see the light. My boyfriend sometimes gets jealous if I dance with someone else and watches me but he sees that I am not doing anything naughty and he dances with other women. I have never had anything close to that experience interesting crowd. I guess it happens and I understand if you wont let some naked dude ruin your relaxing time. Maybe encourage your husband to learn to massage because men love solutions to problems and dont even want to talk about a problem if there is no solution. Rolls eyes.

What would you call this? an anxiety attack? a panic attack?

Its kind of hard to explain but I will tell you the steps that I get these “attacks” in.
1) I start getting really bored. Physically I am in pain because I am so bored, my neck cramps, my back is on fire, my wrists seize up.
2) Some one says some thing to annoy me. Usually my mother.
3) I get really irritable.
4) (by now I have lost control of thinking clearly) I start freaking out about germs, and get paranoid that all these parasites are crawling all over me.
5)my heart rate increases it beats so fast it hurts my chest. I am finding it even harder to breath.
6) A… rage overcomes me, and I start yelling and screaming.
7) I start scratching my arms until I have cuts on them and my face. If I am at my house, I will ruin every thing in sight. I will go down the halls ripping down my mothers prized paintings, and if I am at my computer I will hit it, my laptop I will throw it.

two things can now happen
9a) I start freaking out and crying so hard I can’t breath and I am gulping for air.
9b) I take a hot shower. Really hot. So hot that the next day I wake up with heat blisters on my neck and shoulders.
10) I either fall asleep on the floor after crying, pass out or black out. It is then followed by 14 hours of sleep or more.
I wake up and I am physically and emotionally exhausted.

I am a happy person. I have never purposely hurt my self or others, I have never been on anti depressants. I don’t do any drugs, unless you count the doctor prescribing me medication for tonsillitis.
these happened to me when I was younger about once a year, but as I mature they are happening more and more. About once or twice a month. Other people have set it off other than my mom, 99 percent of the time its her… come to think of it 100 percent of the time its her after she has been drinking. (she is the definition of annoying drunk. she gets all deep and meaningful and i hate it SOO much, just thinking about it makes me mad. honestly if I continue I will have one of these “attacks”)
now, when I fully freak out I am by myself. No one home ever.
the only time it has happened in front of people, was when I was at my Aunts house in her hot tub, when my mom started talking about some thing. I tensed up and started freaking out about the water and how we were basically cooking in feet sweat soup. my mom was on a feminist drunken rampage, thinking she was all cool and relaxed. And these horrible thoughts over came me about hurting her. Like … just then and there attacking her, doing awful things. but I ran out of there as soon as they arouse and took a hot long shower and scrubbed myself until my skin burned. then I went to sleep for 16 hours.

I haven’t told anyone about these.
what could it be?
I liiiied.
i was thinking after i posted this.
it now always my mom.
it can be other things to. yuuuuuuh

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I have Panic disorder for more than 12 years already and my condition has been improving a lot! My medication started from 20mg per day till just 10mg on alternate days (or just 5mg per day) – I even thought of quitting medication. I also realized that there are many others who have Panic Attacks out there and I decided to reach out and help them.

So I have started a blog to give free panic attack tips and techniques that have helped me for all these years:

Am I too untrusting (thank you in advance for reading my bloody long story)?

Where do I start, a few months ago my girlfriend took a trip with some guy friends, at first saying that she’d be sharing a bed with one of the guys (who by her own admission wants to date her) but that they’d “just be sleeping”. After seeing the look on my face she recanted and said that she’d sleep in a separate bed in the same room and promised to call me every night.

A few times while she was on the trip, it got late and after not hearing from her, I ended up ringing her to make sure she was alright. She’d say “we’re playing cards”, or “we’re just drinking some beer and visiting” or what ever and she tell me that she’d call me before she went to bed. I’d say “no worries” and then at the end of our conversation I’d say “I love you” and she’d reply “Ok” and hang up when all other times she always tells me that she loves me. Then I wouldn’t hear from her like she promised and I’d stay up all night worrying and thinking the worst. I’d end up ringing her the next day, around mid morning, feeling like an ass because I missed her and was worried about her and wanted to speak with her.

Well upon her return from the trip she wanted to break up with me, saying “she just couldn’t give me what I needed” but then started crying and said that she didn’t want to break up with me… so we talked and she said she was sorry for being inconsiderate while she was on her trip and we patched things up. Then about a month after her return she mentions how she and her guy friends were all hot tubbing together and I get my feelings hurt because she never divulged any of that info prior and I thought it was completely inappropriate to drink and hot tub with other guys while she was in a relationship with me. She disagreed and said that I’m too untrusting. So now, whenever she does anything with her guy friend from the trip I get bothered and she says “I feel like I can’t be friends with him because it bothers you” Which makes me feel like crap because if nothing happened I would hate to come between two friends.

We’re talking about getting married and starting a family, and this issue is haunting us. I think something happened on the trip but am trying to overlook it. Am I untrusting? Should I feel weird about how she acted on the trip? What’s your take? I lover her dearly, should I just trust her that nothing happened. Any advice would help, I’m at a loss and trying to grow as a person. Thank you for taking the time to read this freakin long novel

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The reality is, if you don’t trust her regardless of what she may or may not have done on, before or after that trip, then you are suspending yourself in a place of doubt. Doubt will make you untrustworthy (regardless of how much you play it as being too trustworthy). You don’t trust her right? If you did, you wouldn’t be on here telling us your (long!) story. If you don’t trust her (the ‘ol duck thing rings true), then you have to either get over it, or move on without her. I think you already new the answer before you wrote this question. D.

P.S. You have a gunboat? That’s so cool! One of the big ones that plane’s land on? Is your girlfriend willing to go along on your adventures (maybe you can fit her guy friends in, too – only kidding)? Let us know what you do – keep her or not… D.

Why would a woman have myself and another guy spend the night at her house and then do this?

I met this girl at a bar the other night. She is a bartender at a nice hotel and came to the bar where I was hanging out at after work. Long story short. Within 5 or 10 min. of meeting each other. She said she had a new tattoo. She asked if I wanted to see it. I said “absolutely”. So we go upstairs where there are no people, because she said she had to lift her dress a little and didnt want to show the whole bar. Naturally. I said “ok, cool.” So we go up, and she had to take a call from some dude that she said had a crush on her but was 10 years younger and would “never happen”. She says she hooked him up with a girl that “wanted to su** his di** at the hotel where she worked. Well apparently it didnt go well with him hence the call to her. So we’re up in the dark part of this bar and she finally gets off the phone and is like “sorry, i am this guys ride and he is wondering where I went…blah blah”. So I say “no problem, what about the tattoo?” So she proceeds to lift her dress up to her left armpit revealing the ink that reads something in German. I mean, I was trying hard to keep my focus on the tattoo and not her skimpy panties that she so courageously was showing. To a stranger!

So we get to talking and she says she has to go meet this dude who just got dissed back at the hotel. And before leaving she says how she liked talking to me and whispered in my ear if I wanted to meet her at the other bar she was going to a little later, that she would like that. So just coming through a divorce, I had another drink or two and decided to take her up on the offer. OK…let’s get to the point why don’t we.

I get there. She is by herself. We chat and she says, come see me outside in 10 min. and look me in the eye and say “hi”. Because I might need to escape. (ok, whatever taht means) So after talking for maybe 5 or 10 min…she splits.

I’m like, “hi Sara” and the guy was clearly upset in the conversation and says

Anyway, the guy leaves and they are yelling at each other. I am inside the bar again at this point.

So I wait. And the bar closes. I’m buzzed pretty good at this point. She has this other guy waiting for her as well, who was the one she was “saving” and had to give a ride to. So she asks me “so do you want exchange numbers or we have a hot tub and such at my complex.”

So me, this girl “Sara” who is about my age, and this other dude go back to her condo. The guy was nice to me and we chatted. She is a single mom, bartender.

She and I chat some more and she apologizes for all the drama and says this is rare and yadda yadda. I’m still thinking about the tattoo and the other things revealed to me earlier.

It’s very late at this point and we have all been drinking. She asks if I want to sleep upstairs. I say yes.

So she takes me upstairs (where she says she never sleeps). So she’s taking her time showing me the TV saying “here are the different channels, I go to sleep with the TV on…blah blah blah” and I get a signal that says “She wants you.”

So I grab her and she grabs me back and we start “hugging for lack of better terms, and she is reluctant to kiss me yet still embracing me. So anyway, she finally pushes me away and says that “I can’t do this. we just met”.

I totally understand. She goes downstairs and I sit in the bed wondering what the hell just happened.

Now. From what I have said so far, we all finally end up (all three of us) on her couch downstairs to watch a movie (at like 4am). So I am in the middle. Dude is on one side. She is on the other.

We start the movie. She says “I want to cuddle”. I am thinking “oh boy”. Then whispers in my ear if I minded that she snuggled with the other dude!

At this point, I was like “nah, whatever” She continues to whisper, “it doesn’t mean anything between us.” It’s just that he has a crush on me and we’ve been friends for a long time. OK.

So she does. And eventually her feet end up on my lap. I take them and massage them as she falls asleep. The dude eventually gets up and goes up to the bedroom where I WAS going to sleep at first.

So my question is: Considering what happened here, should I run for my life? Try to call her at some point? Wonder about how she deals with dudes in general? Wait and hope that she calls me?

Anyway, it was intriguingly and all you people out there probably think I am a complete douche bag. But I am just coming out of a 9 year marriage and never really dated. So I’m new to the scene, confused and wondering what the HELL just happened.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

This chick sounds schizoid to me, and the whole situation is just plain bizarre.

Remain on the dating scene, as you’re bound to meet less odd women in the future. And I wouldn’t worry about not receiving a phone call back from this chick, nor would I jump at the chance if she were to contact you again.

will you help me? I’ve asked this question 3 other times in other correct categories, but, i have either gotten zero answers, or had answers that were..um.. not so helpful..

I need ideas! my friend and i are throwing an outdoor party. 13-15 year olds will be there. boy and girl party. there will be a slip and slide and hot tub, if that helps. For the theme ideas, can they be appropriote please?

This is a follow up to an earlier question. My husband and I are spending our 1 year anniversary in Denver (or Evergreen – still deciding) on July 19. The problem is, I can’t find things to do! What we’d really like to do is go to an outdoor concert or a place w/ live music or a cool show or something….but all there is is the DMB/John Mayer thing for $85/ticket which we can’t spend.

I just need suggestions for a really fun date nite that isn’t crazy expensive. Any other ideas?

Also, are there any cool places to stay at that have private hot tubs or are just funky & swanky?

Well, there’s a techno show at Red Rocks on July 19 ($52), but sounds like that might not be to your tastes. Your best bet for finding things to do is the Westword, http://www.westword.com/events/music/?date=2008-7-19

Pretty much any hotel with private hot tubs is also going to be “crazy expensive” so you might need to make a trade off there. Some options though are:

These are the top end hotels in Denver. Of course, just about any hotel of decent size probably has a honeymoon suite with a hot tub. You might be able to score a deal on priceline.

Today it was around 28 degrees celcius. I was in an outdoor swimming pool which was fairly cold. After ages in th pool i decided to go straight into the hot tub in which the water temperature was 40 degrees. I felt a bit hot so i got out and sat on a chair by the pool. I started feeling really sick and my vision was going very bad it was going quite dark and then less dark. I just felt like going to sleep. After around 15 minutes i started to feel better, and feel fine like it never happened now. I am just wandering if anyone has any idea of what went on to make me feel like that? I don’t understand why it happened

Thats normal. Your body was just reacting to the tempeture… Next time, i would wait mabye 15 min after swimming and then go into the hot tube!! ;0

Earlier this semester, my roommate brought over a guy friend to our apartment to watch a movie. He was super cute- tall, brown hair, green eyes, southern gentleman, very very sweet and drove an awesome car (firebird formula:)) He’s an aerospace engineering major at our college (and good at it too), and he’s in to running, tennis, wakeboardng, rock climbing, and all kinds of outdoor stuff… just an all around awesome guy, but I wasn’t interested at the time. Apparently, he had a crush on me from the first day he met me (at my apartment), but was to shy to say anything then. Well he added me on facebook, and we found out we had a class together all along, and he would find me after class to talk, or facebook chat me almost everyday. He was always asking to hang out, but I blew him off for almost 2 months, until I decided to give him a shot. We had an AMAZING time just the two of us. We ended up in the catwalks of the big theatre stage at our university (we were trying to get on the roof of the building ;) ), he set up his eno hammock in a big oak tree for, but he wouldn’t get in it with me because he didn’t want to seem too forward (awww such a gentleman), and later we got in the hot tub back in his apartment and just talked for forever. I ended up staying the night at his place because there were tornadoes that night, and I didn’t want to drive in the bad weather back to my apartment (which is pretty far out of town). We ended up having our first kiss…. :)

We went on several legit dates after that and pretty much became an established couple. He wanted me to come home with him and meet his family, and we were planning summer trips. He would always make me breakfast in bed, and give me unlimited back rubs, and the focus was all on me during sex. We were very open with each other and had deep conversations, and were exclusive with eachother, but he would never say that we were in a relationship and that I was his “girlfriend”. We were just “dating”. I don’t really think the title matches for the seriousness of our relationship! until I did some recon…

He’s got an ex (she’s not really that recent half a year or so) that is immature enough to start some crap if it became apparent to the world he was in a serious relationship with another girl. Could he be talking to her to try and sort things out before he makes things “official” with me to make sure she doesn’t cause us any grief by sticking her nose into our business? anyway… another issue

I’m Catholic and he’s Baptist. This shouldn’t matter, but apparently it does alot to him. It matters so much to him that this is where everything gets complicated. Me being Catholic just strikes a dischord somewhere in him… he has reservations somewhere. He asked me one night out of the blue, “hypothetically what would happen if we were to get married?” I told him my view on the subject blah blah blah.. this is how we’d raise our kids… blah blah blah. He seemed ok with what I said then he goes, “I just need some time to get my head straight before I commit to a serious relationship. You haven’t lost me I promise, I just need some time so I can be the guy I’m supposed to be.” since he said that (2 weeks ago) we’ve barely talked and when we do, it’s just short BS convo. almost like he’s just making sure i’m alive. He DOES initiate conversation though. but still… what the crap…..

I have no idea what he’s sorting out right now… maybe he’s coming to peace with the fact he’s falling in love with someone of a completely different denomination than him (catholics are a novelty where he’s from), maybe he’s got some lose ends with that ex he needs to tie up? I don’t know. Both possibly? Maybe something different? I’ve never had a reason to not trust him, he’s never lied to me, up untill now he couldn’t stand to be away from me, now we havent talked in days. I guess what I want to know is..Do these “i need some time things” have happy endings sometimes where the man comes back refreshed with a new outlook and everything is ok? He promises me this isn’t the end and I haven’t lost him, but from past experienes everytime i was thrown that line, It was just a poor excuse for what he really felt for me! advice please? thank you!

Sometimes happy endings are possible when people tell you they need some time to think things over. In this case, you said that you trust him, and that he’s never lied to you, so it’s very possible that he really does need to think about the differences you guys have, and weigh whether or not he can overlook those things, or if they are too much of an issue to allow your relationship to continue.

What I recommend, since he has you playing the waiting game, is set a certain (private, known only to you) time limit that you will wait for him to come around. Once that time limit is up, if things aren’t back to normal, call him (or talk in person) and ask him where he is with your situation. If he still needs more time, or hedges quite a bit, you’ll need to be ready to decide if you’re willing to give him more time (another set amount) or if you’re going to let him know you can’t wait for him anymore.

By doing this, you take control of the situation, and won’t feel so helpless in not knowing what’s happening. And don’t feel bad if you decide to move on. The longer he strings you along, the less time you have to find someone who won’t do that to you… And if it’s taking him a long time to sort out his feelings for you, the more likely it is that there won’t be a happy ending.

Sorry it’s late and i didn’t read it all but….. Your religion DOES matter to him. See if you were taught about “being Catholic” the way I was…. Other Christian denominations are just different…. They aren’t “evil” they are just different. Unfortunately, most Baptists are taught (literally taught) that Catholics are evil, the anti christ and a whole heap of other nonsense. He is probably getting flack from his family as well. Often baptist families are very VERY demonstrative especially with their male children as their “name” must remain in the baptist community. When i moved to the south and was the only Catholic boy did i get a rude awakening to the ugliness of some people. Thankfully those around me ended up being beautiful friends and loving brothers and sisters in Christ.

I’m sorry this is happening to you….. Really!! Hang in there and God bless!!!

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub Ideas

what kinda of original and creative rooms do you put in your sims 2 mansion?

im building a house, and i need a creative room to put on the lot. so far im building a theater, outhouse, studying room, parents room (with bar and hot tub) and an indoor pool . oh, and i made the little girl of the house her own little playhouse outside like those little tikes things. im all out of original rooms other than kitchen, bath, bed, dining, office, living… so what creative rooms have you put in your house?
oh, and im making a house with a library and fitness room and party room so dont mention that stuff.
i have the original sims 2 and the ikea thing. yes you can take any of my ideas for rooms (:

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Well, it depends on your Sims aspiration, but if you have married Sims and they like meeting and falling in love with other people, you might need a woohoo room off on the far corner of the property.

Edit:
I can not be held responsible for the butt whooping your sim will recieve if the other sim partner is still within view. Build a privacy fence around it…..LOL

Sweet 16 Theme Help!?

Okayy so my birthday is April 26 and I have currently been planning my sweet 16, not necessarily a party (saving that for 18). Anyway here’s what I have come up with so far its a bunch of ideas mixed together. Friday night me and 5 of my besties will spend the night at a hotel (consist of: swimming in the indoor/outdoor pool or hot tub, pampering, ordering food, definitely girly discussions, ect.). On saturday we will wake up, go eat breakfast at my auntie’s house and a friend of my aunt who is a marykay consultant will be there and she’s gonna do a facial pamper session with us, after that we’re gonna go to a store (undecided) that will allow me to rent it out for a couple hourse and we’re gonna have a America’s Next Top Model challenge (such as: them having 6 min. to put together two outfits and model them, a make up challenge, and doing a blindfolded catwalk! They all will be competing for gift cards and that sort!) and afterwards go back to the hotel and get ready for that night we are gonna go out to eat with 6 of my male friends in downtown ATL (including my date), in a limo that will pick us up from the hotel and return late that night and spend the night with my besties again! Sooo in conclusion I have no clue what the theme of my party should be overall, I saw Sixteen In The City, but the girls are getting separate invites because of the fact they are staying the night and having a day out with me. The guys are getting separate invites because they are only coming to meet us at the hotel for the limo and the restaurant. Any ideas on what my overall theme should be?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You can make it a certain way if you want them to dress specifically .
From a website, I think just..
“Vickys Sweet Sixteen invites to you ‘Glamour”

* Highlighter/Blacklight Partysweet sixteen glow party ideas and themes
* Glow Party
* Pretty in Pink
* Under the Stars
* Mardis Gras
* Chocolate Party
* Red Carpet Theme Party
* Diamonds and Denim Theme Party
* Dress to Impress
* Slumber Sweet Sixteen
* Glamour Sweet Sixteen Party
* Masquerade the Night Away
* Hollywood Sweet Sixteen Party
* Sugary Sweet Sixteen
* Luau Sweet Sixteen
* Fairytale Sweet Sixteen
* Jocks and Cheerleader Sweet Sixteen Party
* Party Like a Rockstar

What are FUN sleepover games?

I asked this once today, now I’m gonna ask it again. lol! Anyway, it’s a 13th birthday party at a hotel. With 2 8 year olds, 3 12 year olds, and 1 13 year old. We NEED fun games. Not makeovers(We already have that), we have a hot tub IN our room that will take up some time. YAH! lol! We also have an indoor pool that’s free access in the hotel. YAH! lol! And we have a few games planned. But not enough to keep us occupied the whole time. So what other games are there? Nothing common, but I mean, something actually new and fun! So do you have any ideas?

PS: It’s gotta be quiet. So we don’t get in trouble and get kicked out of the hotel.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

How do i throw the hottest summer party ever? one that wil be talked about for months?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hi!
Just have a Mardi Gras-styled party. Go crazy, I mean crazy! Buy multi-colored lights and Mardi-Gras food. Google it!

how do i have summer party that will WOW people?

Ok so lemme give some information on myself. I live in california and have an indoor pool(which is weird here) and an outdoor hot tub. I used to be the party king and my parties were of legend when they’d get the invite it was like getting an invite to the white house. But I have not had one for 2 years since an incident in which the party was big flop and i was so embarrassed and everyone was bad mouthing it. But in 2 weeks I hope to have another one, but have NOTHING planned and I am panicking and getting worried they’ll be a repeat of 2 years ago. I wanted some ideas and how to implement those ideas. I want some ideas that are gonna WOW the guests I mean some really cool ideas, and any theme you guys can think of, I really need some help and would love it if I got some. BTW my budget is $500(i know it used to be 10x that but the economy sucks now)
NEED MORE IDEAS like what food, more themes, music choices, need extensive answers

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Do a theme. Like 70′s or beach or something that is going to get peoples clothing off. It would be something to remember. And wouldnt be a flop

I felt the cold, bitter wind rush against my face, as I ran as fast as I could down the long narrow driveway. I could hear the thing behind my seeming to get closer every time my foot hit the ground. My heart was racing a hundred and fifty miles a hour, it seemed, but, I kept pushing myself, I couldn’t slow down, it would surely get me if I did. That thought motivated me enough to run a little faster, but, it still seemed to be getting closer. It was getting darker outside and before I knew it I was running in the woods, jumping over fallen trees and piles of brush. I could hear the thing behind me even louder now than before. My mouth was getting dry and my legs began to ache, I didn’t think I could go on any further and that’s when I collapsed.

When I woke up it was morning and the sun was shining bright. It was warm against my face, despite the bitter cold air. I was still lying in the woods where I collapsed the night before wandering why that thing didn’t just eat me. Now I am lost in the woods and don’t know where the heck I’m at. I don’t know where to go. The woods were creepy even in the day time, most of the trees were hunched over or fallen down like a tornado or some other strong storm had gone through it the night before. There were dead leaves on the ground and the sound of rushing water somewhere in the distance. I couldn’t see too far into the woods because of the thick gray fog that covered the ground. I sat down on a nearby fallen tree and started to think about where I was before the thing was chasing me.

I didn’t like being in the mountains, isolated, 12,000 feet from sea level. Looking out the back window of the jeep started to make me sick to my stomach the further we ascended up the mountain, but, this is the place my parents talked me into going for Easter vacation. We always go on vacation for Easter, but, we usually go to The Bahamas, not the mountains. This year they wanted to try something new. We arrived at the cabin later that afternoon. The cabin was pretty big. The door opened to the living room and a left turn took you to the first room. Going straight through the living room you entered the dining/kitchen. On the right of the kitchen was a bathroom. Walking through the kitchen to the sliding glass doors took you out to the huge deck with a hot tub and a drained swimming pool. Another bedroom and bathroom was located upstairs. Upstairs the cabin didn’t have a flat roof like most houses, the rafters were exposed, and it was in the shape of a triangle it looked rather nice. The cabin was decorated with painted pictures of the mountains and forests. The furnisher was a bluish green color touched up with small white flowers and green and blue pillows. The fireplace was my favourite item in the house, it, was covered in grey and brown river rock. The owners of the cabin provided us with wood in the shed out back. My parents and my little brother, left about 3 hours after we arrived and unpacked, to the store to get some groceries. I decided to get in the hot tub while they were gone. I got into my bathing suit and stepped in the water and immediately pulled my foot out, I didn’t expect it to be that hot. The next time I started slowly and it wasn’t as bad. The water was almost unbearably hot once I submerged my whole body in it. I was in the tub for about 10 minutes when I saw a strange figure in the woods staring straight at me with big bright red eyes, but, not the kind you see in movies, these eyes were shaped like a crescent moon or the tip of a fingernail. I got out of the hot tub and grabbed my towel to dry off my face to erase any illusions I might be seeing, but, what I wished to be an illusion was still the red eyed figure staring at me. I blinked a couple of times and it was gone, just like that. I turned around and walked back into the house locking the door behind me. I never wanted my parents as bad as I did then. I walked into the bathroom and put my clothes on. I walked in the living room to the jacket closet and grabbed my jacket out, it, was getting chilly in the house. I turned to look out the door again and the figure was on the back deck staring in the sliding glass door. The figure was huge, it seemed to be maybe 10 foot tall. It looked like it walked on two legs instead of four. I could tell it was hairy from the small thin spikes jutting randomly from the creatures body. It ran for the door but failed to break it. I screamed and jolted to the front door, throwing it open and started running up the driveway. That’s all I remembered.

My stomach was growling and my mouth was extremely dry, almost like I haven’t had anything to drink in 2 months. I felt the outside of my pockets to see if I could feel my cell phone, but, I had no luck, all I could find was a half smoked pack of Marlboro Menthols and a green and purple lighter that said Jessica along the flat side. Jessica was a tall slim girl. At 18 years old her parents let her smoke as long as she

At 18 years old her parents let her smoke as long as she kept up her own habit. Now this girl was lost in the woods with nothing to her name but a half smoked pack of cigarettes and a lighter that barely worked.

I can fell drops of water hitting my skin getting more and more often with each passing second, until, it was a steady drizzle. When I lifted my arm I could see ice pellets bouncing off the blue sleeve of my jacket. Great it was already cold and now it’s sleeting and raining. All the leaves had fallen off the trees leaving me with nowhere to take cover.

I decided that I wasn’t going to get anywhere if I didn’t move. The question was: Where do I go? I decided to go towards the sound of the rushing water to see if anyone lived on the water or if there was at least an empty cabin to wait till the weather got better.

WOAH SLOW DOWN. A good author doesn’t go right ahead and describe every detail or a house or character etc.

I’ve been taking care of a stray cat for about three months now, and every so often for no apparent reason he likes to start attacking me with his claws. I feed him two or three times a day and am sure to spend at least a half hour petting and talking to him.

He tends to claw me when I’ve come out of the hot tub (maybe the chlorine smell?) or after I’ve given him some catnip. Is it possible he’s just stoned sometimes and wants to attack me for play?

Like tonight I was petting him then went to give him some catnip and he just started jumping off the ground and clawing my hands. Now I have dig marks in both my hands covered in Neosporin. lol

Anyway, I know he doesn’t realize what he’s doing but why would he do this? Go from being playful to suddenly in attack mode for no apparent reason?

My only concern is that he really does damage to me with his claws. And I know his claws are pretty dirty since he spends the whole day outside.

He was playing and since he’s a stray, hasn’t learned human-cat claw etiquette. You can teach him, but it depends on how much he trusts you. You can make a high pitched “ooww” sound and stop playing for a couple minutes (to go clean your hands with anti-bacterial soap) and then go back. After a bit, he should get the idea.

Don’t worry about his claws too much- as long as you wash your hands well after it’ll be fine. I’ve had two cats before, and one was outdoors every day and liked to scratch with is back feet and bite since he’d been declawed in the front (came to us that way), and we never had any issues with infected scratches.

4. Which of the following houses is characterized by a low-pitched gable roof; a wide,

5. The spread of uniform construction technology can be traced to which of the following

8. Which of the following tools will you be likely to use first in a home inspection?

C. stacking concrete blocks on top of each other, and filling the spaces with plaster.

15. The section of building plans that would show views of a built-in hot tub would be the

sooo yeah for #1 and #2 and #3 how would u classify what happened? and PLEASE be clear as to WHY u think i did or did not get beaten up! thanksss :)

1) you got punched, not really beat up because you didn’t get “beat up” and when i say “beat up” i mean literally beat up like you got beat down with all the punching and kicking.

I usually heat my hot tub up during the day if i plan to use it that night, and then when im done i will usually switch the heater off and just leave the filter pump to run; it would typically be off for two or three more days (water would cool) and then i would put it back on to use it again. Will it be more energy efficient to just leave the heater on permanently so that the thermostat can maintain a constant temperature?

My best guess is no, but it’s only a guess. Water will slowly cool anywhere and especially if it’s being continuously circulated all the time too. It would depend on many other factors also. It may only cost you a few bucks more a month or it may cost you much more. That’s a lot of water to keep heated too. If you want to be sure and you want to invest some money you can buy a portable meter that will monitor the electrical use on any appliance to measure the amount of electricity it’s using and calculate the cost. I’ve seen them sold in home improvement stores in the electrical department and online. There are many different brands, models, & prices too. Try not to buy one made in China, I’ve bought many items & tools made in China and all of them failed me in some way. Good labor I’m sure, but very poor materials &/or very poor quality, especially in electrical/electronic items.

The below estimate is if the hot tub does not run continuously. The monthly costs are based on an average time the hot tub is fully operational. These times may vary depending on your usage habits and the electric rate in your area.

I just received a free hot tub that needs a pump and heater, what is a rough estimate for these parts?

I have an old hot tub, its about 18 years i would say. I have been trying to get it going again (its been about 4 years)…it has the usual problems you would expect..the pump didnt work, but i got it fixed. Everything runs great now…except the heater.

The top of the hot tub has a thing that tells you that it is calling for the heater to kick in, so a light comes on. But there is no heat. Theres a “heat indicator light” under the hot tub, and it is not coming on at all. Its not the thermistat, i know that cause it calls for heat, the heater just does not come on. Any ideas?

Most spas use a heating element… These do go bad every so often. I would recommend that you look up your spa brand and model, find a dealer, and ask about a replacement. You might even be able to talk to the dealer’s service tech, and get pointed in the direction of what to look for….occasionally you find a particular brand or model has a common quirk.

I live in Wisconsin and in the last few weeks, the temp dial on my hot tub was turned off. I did not catch this right away. The water level is just a tad low, but not less than 6” . The outside temps have been in the single digits. It did not freeze in the tub. The pumps and lights work, but the heater is not kicking on. Any ideas ?. I need to figure this out before it turns into a disaster.

The tub is full, just 6” low, or from the top. Not just 6” in it. Just to clear that up.

6″ of water, I would put more water in, my tub won’t draw any water into the pump this low, the pump will spin, but wont push enough water in to activate the pressure switch which protects the element from burning out when dry.

My new house has a hot tub; the gas heater, or pump, or something, whined for about a month, then stopped whining AND stopped heating the tub. What should I look for if I want to fix this myself? (Yes, I now know the whine was not normal.)

I think you should call a professional to get it fixed. There could also be the possibility that the tub is defective; in which case you should take your problem to the manufacturer.

Your Questions About Two Person Hot Tub

anything wrong with loving my mom?

I am 17 and mom is 30. yes she had me early. it’s always been just the two of us and we are very close. we have a hot tub and live close to a beach that has a clothing optional area. we both enjoy spending time with each other in the tub or on the beach. mom is a beautiful person and a beautiful woman too. we are often mistaken for sisters and we don’t bother to correct people any more. we pretty much do everything together. we have always slept together. even our monthly cycles run pretty close together. one day we were both in the middle of our cycle, in silly moods due to the
extra hormone production and after we got out of the tub, while drying each other off, both of our nipples got really hard and our crotches were wet, hers was actually dripping a little. we looked at each other in a way we never had before and now we are really sleeping together. since this is a consensual relationship and no one is being hurt what do you think?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Is my friend a creep?

- He’s 22 years old and molests high school girls that are passed out at parties.
- He tried to rape a girl who was passed out and got caught.
- He goes up to girls he’s never talked to before downtown and asks them if they want to go to his hot tub.
- He is always scratching and rearranging his nuts in front of people, including his mom, while he’s looking her straight in the eyes in a conversation.
- He’s been to jail three or four times, the longest time lasting about a month.
- He told me his record for beating off is 16 times in one day!
- He got caught beating off in another person‘s dorm room, that had two guys sleeping in it, by six guys at one time
- He’s probably been caught beating off about 10-20 times, seriously.
- He’s bought numerous porn subscriptions with his dad’s credit card.
- When we’re hanging out at my apartment, he will go on my computer and pull up porn, even when everyone else is in the room.
- He stares at girls that walk by (not just checking them out, a dead on 10 second stare)
- One time at a party a girl was standing in the doorway to the bathroom and he tried to rush in there, thinking he would get some, but she slammed the door in his face.
- When me and my friends go to the bathroom he comes in and tries to look at our penis’s, no joke.
- He has extremely sweaty hands.
- Just about every time he manages to get a girl to hook up with him he calls me and tells me he’s in love with her…
- In high school he would meet girls in on line chat rooms that lived hundreds of miles away and try to get them to meet up with him. (he ended up getting mugged in Chicago as a result of this.)
- He got kicked out of college for using too many drugs.
- He doesn’t shower frequently and told me he only brushes his teeth when in the shower.

The list goes on and on but unfortunately I have a life to get back to. When I confront him about these things and call him a creep he says “I’m not a creep because I feel bad about the things I’ve done.” He says this every time and thinks it validates everything he has done and continues to do. Do you think he’s a creep? I’d like to show him the answers so that maybe he will realize it and change his ways.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If he’s really done these things and they have left you asking if hes a creep then why are you still friends with him?

(contest) I’m giving away my webkinz account — who wants it?

I don’t like Webkinz anymore.
So, I’m giving away my account in a contest. Whoever sends my sister the best item wins my account. She says that she really wants the Fantasy Coach Bed for her Webkinz Unicorn, so that’ll be a hint. If she doesn’t get that, the next best item will win. Each person may send up to 3 items. The contest ends a few days later.
My account, Dragonfly101, includes a girl sherbet bunny named Lilac. I’m two gems away from the Crown of Wonder. I have 2/3 of the whole Egyptian Theme done, and I currently have 7038 kinzcash. I’ll make sure to save it. Rare items include Rock Garden, Hot Tub, and a few more.
When you submit your entry, be sure to include your Webkinz Username, Item(s) name(s), & email address so I can email the password to you.
Good luck!

PS: You must send the item first. Losers get their item(s) back. Send the item to: angelwink
(add angelwink to you friend list)
If no good items at all, everyone will get their item(s) back and I’ll keep my account.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

My email address is annunnemaker2005@yahoo.com.My username is Aristotle13.I will make sure I will do that.My brother said no I can’t do it.Please can I have your account.I really I want one.PLease.:(My mom says no you can’t buy one only shawn my brother has one please.I need one.

What does this dream mean?

I always see people ask these questions and i never read them so i figured i would ask and see what kinds of answers i may get. I rarely ever dream so when i had this one i didn’t know whether to be scared or what. Alright so this is how to starts, I was at my house that is pretty knew we have lived here a year and i was on the main floor with all of my family and we were getting ready to go out to eat but no one could find my dad so my mom asked me to go downstairs and look for him. When i did i checked the main part then one room and then the next. In this room there are two window wells and i have no idea how but one of the floors or the window well was on a hinge and opened. It was insane to me. When i first looked down there i saw a REALLY nice room and since there were steps going down there i decided to check it out. I walked through that room and saw two more. They all were crazy nice and all had flat screens. I don’t know why but that really stood out to me. So after i explored these three rooms i went up and got my grandpa and he went down there with me. When i showed him we ended up finding stairs. When we went down there it was just like the basement we have but way bigger and way nicer. There was a pool table ping pong and foos ball. There was also a room all by itself with a hot tub and a sauna. And what was weird was there were two tubes sitting high and they said Mom and Dad. And i can’t remember how but i figured out that they were to burn their parents. I guessed that it was the person who lived there before us who made this. But all i could think when i figured that out all i could think was that this guy was a psychopath. And there was this one think that totally was weird. On the very bottom floor there was a door like a walk out basement and there was like a whole nother neighborhood that i have never seen before and i wanted to go out side soooooo bad but when i went to two people came to the door and knocked and i don’t know why but my grandpa freaked out and we ran upstairs really fast and i never got to look at the outside. And then when we were upstairs we all left to eat Italian food and my dad was there but other than that he wasn’t in the dream and all he said was why don’t u get some shrimp. So i got five different kinds of shrimp. And it seemed sooooooo real! I forgot to mention but somewhere in the dream i texted one of my friends to say come check out my house and he never did but when i woke up i had to check my phone to see if i really texted him. I didn’t of course. So please i know that this is very long but please i would appreciate if you would read it and tell me. It was insanely real and i have NO idea what it could mean at all.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The human being have 7 bodies. Physical, Vital , Astral, Mental, Will, Soul, and Spirit.
The vital body is the one in charge of the electrical messages between cells and matter.
The astral body is the one we use every time we go to sleep. Sadly most humanity is under developing it with each passing second.
The mental plane is where we keep our BELOVED MEMORIES. People say Remember is to live and sadly their wrong. If you watch a horror movie or shocking scene or erotic images it will be saved there and could end in erotic dreaming. We must learn to clean that body by avoiding impressions. I saw a bird that’s an impression, watching TV that’s like 70 impressions per hour and when you sleep most of the time you see NOTHING.
The will body is the one we use to get the power to move and avoid laziness.
The Soul is what none of us have incarnated yet. You incarnate this by sacrificing for humanity or doing good deeds. And I mean BIG SACRIFICES. Like feeding the poor , healing someone sick etc.
And the Spirit is our Inner Voice or our Individual Father. Each human being has a heavenly angel but sadly we (because of modern science and atheism) don’t know or everyone tells us that that’s just fairy tales.

Dreams are happening in the Fifth dimension, Right now we are on the Third dimension (3d).
The fourth is where elemental beings live and were Our Big Brothers (extraterrestrials or cosmic civilizations) exist.
They are spiritual in nature. Take care

What can I do to make my story better?

Oh, the dreaded moving day. It is exciting and frustrating all in one big ball of fury. Everyone hates packing, then unpacking, and the of course the action of going inside getting one or two boxes taking it out to the car, just to have to repeat that 20 more times. Oh and wait, you get to do that ALL over once you get to your destination. There is nothing more exciting in life…

You do all of this work, clearing all the small items, to make it easier once the movers get there, if they ever come. Why anyone would ever want to be a mover is more of a mystery then the lunch meet they served in grade school.

Well today was our dreaded moving day, I was pretty excited to move into our new house, actually our very first house. I was so keyed up I even got up early to take a load or two to the new house before the movers were to arrive. By the time I had finished my load it was an hour past the movers scheduled time. I started making phone calls, call after call, to the movers. The owner finally called me back.

“Well, they were hung up with another job they should be another 20 or 30 minutes.” Jason replies

I am thinking, just great! I had a feeling they were going to be late. Are movers ever on time? I think it would ruin their reputation if they were. Oh well, soon enough we will be in our new house. So I wait and wait and continue waiting. As two hours pass by with no movers, I start getting frustrated. Were they coming? Did they blow us off? I call the owner again, he doesn’t answer. When he finally calls me back, 30 minutes later, he gives me some excuse about where they are. I am a nice person, so I give him the benefit of a doubt. I give them just a couple more hours but when the clock starts rolling eerily close to 5:30 I make arrangements with other movers for first thing the next morning. I pack what I can to make my first night in my new house comfortable, of course that was going to be difficult with out any furniture. I curse Ace Movers in my head, vowing to do everything I can to put them out of business.

As I am pulling away from the apartment, what do I see pulling up to the gate? A rickety old truck, with a huge hole in the top. They had finally arrived, seven hours late! Can you believe I waited that long for a stupid moving company? It was 6:30 PM and our scheduled appointment was 11:00 AM, we did not get moved into our new home until 9:30 that night. Not to mention how poorly they handled my belongings. But, I was too tired to really care by that point.

After the stress of waiting for the stupid movers and finally getting settled into our new house, we were determined to have a good first night in our house. We make ourselves a couple of rather large glasses of Bacardi and Coke Zero and proceed to sit in the hot tub. This was defiantly worth the wait, I am feeling very comfortable at this point, nothing could go wrong. As I fall more and more into relaxation mode, I spot a creature in the tree limb very close to the edge of the hot tub. I Jump to the opposite side of the hot tub and scream, “A snake!” A snake was just sitting in the tree staring at us. Not only do I hate being stared at, I hate snakes! That quickly ended our hot tub adventure, besides my drink was almost empty so it was time to get out anyway.

The next morning I glance out of the window to check for our new friend. He was still sitting in the tree limb in the same position. I decide I could probably fight a snake in the daylight, so I boldly go out there and take a little closer inspection of the snake. I couldn’t decide if it was dead or maybe it was just shedding its skin? Before I tackle this snake, I call my boyfriend over and say, “Does that look funny to you?” He does an all angle inspection of the snake, I can see the fire in his eyes, he was ready for a snake fight. As he gets ready to go in for the kill and have an all out wrestling match, I am heavily anticipating the fight between man and reptile, who will come out on top? He goes in for the kill, he is victorious! There din’t even seem to be a struggle, as he proceeds to throw the snake in my face I realize why there was no struggle…. It was a toy snake…

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I just noticed you used the word “was” a few times, maybe use a different word, its sorta a hard word to replace though

here is a really repetitive area: Well today WAS our dreaded moving day, I WAS pretty excited to move into our new house, actually our very first house. I WAS so keyed up….

Maybe something like: today happened to be our dreaded moving day, i guess it seemed pretty exciting to finally move into our new house, well actually our first house. I WAS so keyed up…..

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

how should i clean an all wood outdoor hot tub without damaging the wood,but making it safe for people to use?

it looks like some kind of redwood, like a giant wine cask (remember lucy & ethel crushing the grapes on I LOVE LUCY?) it’s hand made possibly from a kit,I noticed a silicone”caulk” type thing between the planks,it’s been sitting for a few seasons gathering leaves and all kinds of bacteria& whatever else, that i need to clean up without affecting the wood. PLEASE HELP! I WANT TO USE MY HOT TUB!!!!
THANKS!!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Use a pressure washer. Most washers have a feature that allows you to inject chemicals into the output stream. There are a variety of treatments for wood products that will remove stains and disinfect at the same time. Try a major retailer such as Home Depot. If it is just a stain, the high pressure water may do the job without adding any chemical. Just be careful that you don’t damage the wood by getting the nozzle too close.

How is an outdoor hot tub kept clean?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

For starters, you need to drain it every couple of months, then you will need to get testing kits and strips for the water and chemicals to clean it with what is appropriate for the type of tub you have….. Chlorine, sanitizer, water softener, alkaline, and calcium are a few… Then read the directions, and follow what it says to do…….. Your best bet is to contact a pool and spa place and talk to them…. They would have a better answer than what any of us would……

Do you use chemicals in your outdoor hot tub or just change the water periodically?

I used to have a lot of trouble maintaining the water with chemicals and just gave up one day. Now, the water seems to do well on it’s own; stays clear, no bad smells, minimal growth on tub walls, …

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Does anyone have any tips for hot tubs…just moved into a place and have never had an outdoor one before?

I just dont know anything about hot tubs….YET! Best way to clean? Chemicals to clean with before fill? PH after fill? Any advise would rock!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Here is a site for hot tub care.
I have one as well.. You have to continually every night check the pH balance and the chlorine in it.. You have to have the chlorine in it or you have to change you water ever few days..
Hope it helps:)

Id love to add bubbles to my outdoor hot tub-would this be safe or do I need a special type?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I have always heard that no matter what you do not want bubbles in a hot tub. That being said, a very, very small amount diluted will be ok.

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub Rooms

Pleaseee help Am I rich? thanks…?

Okay so im not asking this question to brag or anything its just all my friends always say im rich and that people use me for my stuff. Please tell me if i would be considered “Rich” or “Well off”

okay so my house is 4 stories and has14 bedrooms but they tiny like only 12 ft ceilings.
I have an indoor pool and hot tub [for workout purposes only]
I have a above ground outdoor pool.
My dad owns a hummer but thats only for special occasions and me and my brother both have smart cars.
My older sister lizzie has a Mustang and so does my step brothers joe and john but they payed for half.
My mom has a convertable and a jeep.
we have 12 bathrooms
8 of them are full bathrooms
3 living rooms but only one has a balcony and one is more a family room
and this may sound like im lying but we have a mini theater and off of that is a game room.

okay and my mom makes about 625,000 a year and my dad makes about hmmm 200,000 a year..

but i have a job and i work i bought my own fourwheeler and i bought my 5 brothers dirt bikes for their bdays.

okay so remember this isnt to brag and i just want to know if you would consider me rich or not?
Thanks God
Bless.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If you had that, yes, you would be rich.
I may be wrong, but it sounds to me like you’re making it up. If you really had that much stuff, you wouldn’t need the opinion of yahoo answers. It would be obvious. So, no offense, but either you’re making it up or you’re really stupid to see that you arent rich.

Honeymoon at Niagara Falls, Canada?

My fiance and I are getting married on Saturday, June 11, 2011. We will hopefully leave for our honeymoon on Sunday, June 12, and depart for home on Wednesday, June 15. We’re not positive on the location just yet, but we’re thinking about going to Niagara Falls and staying on the Canadian side (I’ve heard it’s much nicer than the US side).

1 – Is June a good month to visit the falls?
2 – We’re on a budget. Can you recommend a hotel:
————-nice
————-fairly cheap
————-close to the falls and other attractions (we’d like to cut the cost of renting a car if at all possible)
————-Preferably one with a jacuzzi or hot tub in the room, and a television as well, but these are both negotiable
3 – While visiting the falls, what are some must-do activities for a first timer that may never get a chance to go back again?
4 – My fiances not a big drinker, and we’re neither big gamblers, so what are some fun indoor activities we can partake in?
5 – Should I renege my previous statement and rent a car? Or is the area pedestrian-friendly?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If your staying close to the falls then the area is VERY pedestrian friendly! If you book ahead online, you can usually get a pretty good rate (you may want to check http://infoniagara.com/lodging.aspx). You can find various indoor activities at (http://infoniagara.com/thingstodo.aspx). I highly recommend the midway on Clifton Hill for at least a few hours of fun, it’s basically a huge arcade with lots of types of games. And if you get board, you can go along the hill and do things such as laser tag, haunted houses, etc.

I’m not sure if it would make sense to rent a car, most of the tourist areas, such as clifton hill, have no areas to park in, and if your on a tight budget, and don’t want to have to pay for parking ($5 at each lot), it may be safer to walk/take the bus.

What are fun things to do at a Hotel Sleepover party?

Hey, for my 14th birthday party in a little less than a month, I am going to have it at a hotel nearby. I am so excited! I am inviting around 9-10 girls. But yet again 2 can’t spend the night, because they have cheer practice early in the summer mornings, and one of my close friends may move before then

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Two of my friends had their 15th , and 16th birthdays at a hotel. It was so much fun! Late night swimming is the best! We went on late night “exploring” the hotel. It was so much fun, but keep quiet!
Some hotels have tennis, basketball, and other things. We went and hung out at a 24 hour coffee place in the hotel at one point, it was so much fun.

Inside the room, you can also play five fingers(never have I ever), classic sleepover games, like:
- stiff as a board, light as a feather
- cat scratch game
- bloody mary

You can watch a movie, some hotel have on demand movies that haven’t even been released yet.

Help me plan a party!?

I am 13 and i want to have a pool party at a hotel. So, what is a hotel in wichita KS that has an indoor pool and maybe even a hot tub? My ideal price per room should be around $80. And a hotel that wouldnt instantly kick us out if we got a bit noisy. Also, what are the things i will need to buy?? please help!!!! I think I’m inviting 6 people, btw.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Well u should check this out in a directory………u will get information about all hotels

how does this sound for v-day?

the local comedy club has a package deal that you get dinner for 2, tickets to the show, a dance after the show, a nights lodging in a nice hotel, champene and roses in the room and breakfast for 2? along with an indoor swimming pool and hot tub?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Wow, if you and your significant other like comedy then I say go for it!! It sounds awesome!!

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

How often should you change your hot tub water?

If the water looks good….. test good and it has been 5mts since we filled it. If I wait I will have to do it in the spring then it will be 11mts since a change. ( I live in a cold climate) I just don’t want to waste water or add a bunch of water to a already really wet ground. (hot tub outside) So what do you think?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hi
You really dont have to change it much ,Its like a pool Keep the chemicals right and the filter clean your pretty good. But I change mine once a year as I use it year round.

My sister is babysitting a house and the hot tub drained suddenly without warning.?

It is an in-ground hot tub, its attached to the pool. As far as i know she has done nothing. Whats going on? What can she do to save her butt?
its 1:08 AM

Usedhottubsstore answers:

IF she did nothing, she should DO nothing. If it sprung a leak it will be evident to the owners when they return.

If she did something, she is better off leaving it alone and telling them, when they return, what she did.

looking for an above ground hot tub/spa…?

ok so we’re looking for a hot tub or spa and i have some questions. just some info, we have an in ground pool and we want to put it behind the pool. fortunately we have the pool filters right next to where we want to put the the hot tub so it can easily plug into that. i really want the dimensions to be 5′ x 6′. so first, should i get a hot tub or spa for behind the pool area? can i get a hot tub/spa for the size i want it or does it have to be custom made? and lastly, approximately how much will it be to install? thanks so much!!

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I was at a home and garden show recently and they come in all shapes and sizes. As do the price tags. From a low of a couple thousand to about $15,000.

I need to know if anyone knows someone that works on above ground hot tubs?

Our hot tub is not heating and there is a slow leak right on top of the main wire system. The hot tub breaker some times trips. I would appreciate any help or suggetions. Thank you in advance

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The leak can be repaired with epoxy putty–they have it at Home Depot. Regarding the breaker; it may be getting old and warn out, the wiring from the breaker to the pump and controls may not be heavy enough–causes heat that trips the breaker, the pump wiring may be getting corroded–this can be from water and all the chemicals you put in the hot tub. The heating element, just like everything, has a life span and yours probably needs to be replaced. If you decided to do any of the work yourself, make sure you turn off the breaker.

in ground hot tub/jacuzzi?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Try this site for whatever information you’re looking for.
Http://www.repair-home.com/In_Ground_Hot_Tubs.html

We have a hot tub but there is no pump, how do I know what kind of pump to get???

Contact a dealer that sells hot tubs and spas; They could even have a used one in stock.

my hot tub pump makes a humming sound, does not start up, then throws the breaker?

Yes you can, amps may be slightly higher but not high enough to make a difference, make sure the rpms are the same, torque will be higher but doesn’t matter. If your putting the new motor on your old pump make sure the shaft is the same.

I have a 4HP pump in my tub which recently developed a leak. Since I’m shopping for a pump, I’m considering upgrading the HP. Would I run into troubles if I put in a 5 or 6HP pump?

You don’t really need to go to a higher HP. A 4hp pump and a 5hp pump and a 6hp pump motors all turn at the same speed and will pump the same amount of water.. You won’t get more water unless you also put on a larger pump head. Then you may or may not have difficulty in connecting the hoses/tubing.

If you are looking to get more water volume, look at the specs for your current pump and compare them to the new pump. The tubing/hoses are designed to pass a certain volume of water. If you push too much water through the hoses, you could have some of the joints and connections fail.

Your Questions About Two Person Hot Tub

Connecticut hotels with Jacuzzi?

Any Connecticut hotels that have in-room jacuzzi/ hot tub? I don’t mean a single person bathtub with jets, but something bigger that two people can comfortably sit in. Preferably in the New Haven area.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

It’s New Haven, Connecticut not Bosnia I am sure you can use google and find your answer.

relationships?

ok I have been on and off seeing this person for the last two years. As the latter we are the “just friends” status, the other night she invites me over to this house she is house sitting for to sit in hot tub…then wants me to give her a massage…she also invited her roomate is she still interested or is this still just friend status what do you think?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

She invited her roomate. That makes the occassion a “just friends” thing. If she wanted to be more than friends, she would have left her roomate at home, OR, she could have told her roomate to be sure to leave you two alone at some point. Good luck with everything.

Maybe she’s just not sure about things….You could make the next move by inviting her out for a night with just you two..no roomate.
Check out this article I found- its called “How to get him to call you after the first date”, but i think it has great tips about how to impress a member of the opposite sex to peak their interest- it sounds like you benefit from doing this right now.
Http://wehow.ehow.com/how_2004114_get-him-call-after-first-date.html

i had two dreams in one night can anyone help?

the first one was that i was on this mountain except as the trail got higher it got flat. when i get to the top i turn around and i see thousands and thousands of people. I couldn’t make out the figure but for some reason i start walking down the trail and inside the mountain is the people. as i walk there’s something there with me showing me all these people. it was like a huge mountain, and i see all these people just doing things over and over again. i duno if it was hurting them or if it was wat they wanted. but as i get to the end of the trail and the last person i recognize one of them. its my mom and she’s holding herself up and below her is a tub of very hot water. i see her in distress and that she won’t be able to hold herself up anymore. i can’t remember wat me and the figure spoke of but i saw myself talking to it. finally i just wake up. and when i go back to sleep the 2nd dream starts

in this dream there was a serial killer on the loose. i remember seeing a tv saying that before each kill he’ll leave a note. and so for some reason my brother and me start looking for this killer following his tracks studying every kill he makes. then i go home and we’re in these old apts we used to live in. and i’m walking out the front door and i see the note and i read it. and it says like things like a poem and i run to my bro to tell him. but he’s on the phone and so when he gets off he tells me not to go alone and that it could be someone just playing a trick on me. so i go back to where i found the note and i just start walking to my room and the killer jumps out. he over powers me and holds me down on the floor and i’m trying to free my hands so that i can push him off.. but he’s holdin them down. and so he starts going for the kill.. and i wake up hearing myself yelling no and to help me.. anyone care to help me out on what this dream means

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Is this normal for a teen sex life…..?

Is this normal for a teen sex life…..?
so me and my friends were sitting in a hot tub and chatting including girls and guys and a question comes up as why i don’t have sex with a virgin i am also a virgin and they know now but they want me to have sex with 2 virgin chicks i don’t even know u no just casually and just sex and the virgin girl wants me but here is the thing i am not gay or anything like that just normal but i don’t want to have sex with a person who just wants sex but i am horny you know and there are two of them
but i still don’t feel comfortable with this BC i want to do with the person i know not just two chicks who just want popularity in high school.. and they are so fake
….so my question is this normal for a teen like me or should i just go for it

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Just wait, dont do it, fuck your friends they need to except what you want..
You will find a girl…find a girlfriend and good one and let things go from thier.

Shower only works on very hot or very cold!?

Hi, so we’ve got a problem with the shower/bath and it’s been like this since my landlord/housemate moved in about 4 months ago. He hasn’t called out a plumber yet because he’s determined that despite no plumbing knowledge he can fix it, only he hasn’t got around to even looking up how to fix it. I’m hoping someone on here knows enough to say either what we need to do to fix it, or that we’ll need to call a plumber because it’s too advanced for any old person to fix (hopefully the former!)

So.. We’ve got a roll top bath with taps (separate ones for hot and cold) and a shower head on a hose. The taps work fine for their respective heats, however when we turn the handle so the flow goes through the shower head, it seems to be only one or the other. I’ll have the hot tap on (sometimes full way, sometimes part… doesn’t seem to make a difference to flow or temp), then I just need to turn the cold tap a fraction and I’ll go from scolding, to ok, to freezing cold in just a degree or two of turning each. It’s a nightmare finding the right temp and tbh I just give up and burn my skin off.

We also have an overhead shower above the bath. This has a lever to turn on and a single tap head to go from hot to cold – in theory at least. In practice it only does cold.

To summarize: Overhead shower runs cold only, shower hose from bath runs pretty much hot only or cold only. Where could the problem be, and is it something fixable by us, or will we have to call out a plumber?

Hope someone has an answer because at the moment I have to take my showers crouched down in a cold tub and it’s not fun!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The shower that works from the taps must have equal pressure to operate correctly. So if the cold water is from the mains water ( High pressure ) The hot is low pressure ( from tanks in loft ) then this will not work. The cold need to be from the tanks in loft also.

Move the lever as far to HOT as you can. Still cold? Then remove the handle by taking it of the body and turn the handle so that you can allow it to move even more to the hot end of the body. NOTE The handle moves the spindle on the body towards the hot so allow it to move it more. Does this work? If not it needs a new cartridge in the body.

We have a giant concrete slab in out backyard that get extraordianarilly hot in the summer months. We have stuff on it (hot tub and pool) so I can’t just lay a giant outdoor rug on it. Does anyone have any ideas on how to cool it off and keep my little boys feet safe? Is there a spray out there that we can put on it? Thanks!

Why don’t you get some of those foam puzzle type pads. They use them for gym equipment and playground equipment. You can arrange them so that they fit the area. Also, you can try carpet tiles. They can be arranged to fit any area. Target sells them both. If you want something more permanent, you could try using an epoxy coating like what they sell for garage floors. You can do it yourself or pay someone to coat it for you. They sell the kit at home depot and they also have professionals that will do it for you.

One prong on a three-prong plug overheated and the outlet is ruined. What could cause this?

Outdoor outlet, 110 volts, 20 amps. The circuit is dedicated to a small hot tub. It draws 1500 watts intermittently for the heater and a few watts continually for the circulating pump. Outlet is regular outdoor type with a plastic cover, and GFI plug. One night I noticed power was off. One prong was charred, with plastic melted around it, and melted plastic in the outlet. Breaker on panel wasn’t tripped. No evidence of a power surge anywhere else. Any ideas on what’s going on and what I should do to correct would be appreciated.

Thanks to all for your info. I have replaced the outlet and the plug/cord, and it’s working fine now.

All the answers were good and I don’t know which to pick, so I’m putting it to the voters.

Make sure you have COPPER wire, and that all the connections are nice and tight. Replace the plug all the way to the hot tub, as well as the GFI

backyard patio/deck expansion…..need ideas or suggestions please…not sure what to do?

I just bought a house…it sits on an acre…each house in the neighborhood has an acre…i have neighbors to each side but noone behind me so privacy is not an issue…..the backyard has nothing! It currently has like a 10×10 regular cement patio slab with the roof extending over it like most houses…..well I want to put some money into the yard to make it look nice cause i love cooking out/relaxing outside…..I am going to buy a hot tub and had thought about building a nice deck and dropping the hottub in the deck…well the more I thought about it is that the current cement slab will not blend in well or look good with a deck…so I have thought about building a huge patio with cool looking cement…I am not sure what I need/want to do…I want to be able to grill, have the hot tub in a good looking area, possibly a portable firepit, outdoor furniture..ect…what should I do?? price range is approx 8k….suggestions please!!

Think about painting the existing slab or laying floor tile or even square stepping stones.If you drop the hot tub in the deck you may not have good access to the machanicals if anything were to go wrong or to do any maintenence on it. I would put it on the slab to keep it out of the weather so it will last longer and to shorten the distance to the electrical box (coppers not cheap). Use the deck for grilling out and relaxing around the pit. Just don’t burn the deck down.

I have three electrical outlets on the back side of my house. We recently bought a 110V plug in hot tub and it was running fine. The other evening we had a massive rainstorm and the following day the hot tub has no power. I checked the circuit breaker on the panel inside the house but it was not tripped. I reset the switch a few times thinking it would be the problem but it has not worked. I tested all three outlets with a plug in light and none of them work. I even replaced the outdoor outlet that had the hot tub plugged into it thinking that maybe the outlet was fried due to water but that hasn’t solved the problem of no power. I’m now thinking that the breaker itself is bad. Could this happen that a breaker goes bad but does not trip? I was thinking of trying to replace the breaker in the panel as my final option before calling a professional. Any other ideas/suggestions?

I have seen this happen a hundred times. First thing that happened was that the cord plugged into the outside outlet required that the weather proof door of the outlet had to be left open during the rainstorm you mentioned. The outlet got wet and the ground fault protection tripped the circuit open. All you need to do now is to make sure the outlet is dry so you can reset the GFI outlet. On the thousands of houses my company wired in N. Texas, we always located the GFI outlet in the garage. The GFI outlet is the one with two buttons on it, test and reset. First, unplug the hot tup from the outside outlet. Now locate the GFI and press the reset button until you hear it click. If the GFI still won’t reset, the outlet is still wet. Either give it a day or two to dry out, or dry it with a hair dryer powered from an extention cord to an outlet that works. Since you have replaced that outlet, make sure that no wires are touching (like the bare ground and the nuetral) as the outlet was pushed back into the box.

Homes built in the 80′s allowed the outside and bathroom outlets to be on the same circuit. It is possible that the GFI reset is in one of the bathrooms. I have also seen GFI outlets located in stupid places like closets, basements and attics that just make it hard for the homeowner to find and reset. .

The chances that a breaker is bad is very low. GFI outlets themselves can and do go bad with repeated tripping and resetting. In the future leave the hot tub unplugged and the outlets weather proof door closed when it is suppose to rain.

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

Looking to find an indoor establisment with hot tub rentals by the hour.?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Which hotel in Orlando have an indoor/in-room hot tub?

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Atlantic city boardwalk hotel with indoor pool, sauna/steam room, jacuzzi/hot tub?

Any hotels in AC with indoor pool, sauna/steam room, jacuzzi/hot tub for free access for hotel guests? or a small charge? Planning on staying this winter.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Most hotels in Atlantic City have that. Just to an internet search for hotels in Atlantic City.

is it okay to get in the hot tub the night before a indoor track meet and the morning of a track meet?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The answer is no. The heat will drain energy away from you and the heat will losen you up, but without the same amount of heat your body will tighten back up and possibly cramp when you are running. I would avoid it the day before and not till sometime after the race.

Does the Sonesta Orlando Downtown Hotel have a hot tub?

Does the Sonesta Hotel in Downtown Orlando, Fl have a hot tub and/or indoor pool?
I already checked the website and it doesn’t mention it.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The Sonesta ex Radisson – us strictly a business hotel. They do have a rooftop swimming pool and a hot tub. BTEW the hotel is not really in downtown. It is just on the edge of the center,

Which of the following items if added to a home will recoup 100% or more of its cost at the time of its resale

hot tub, in-ground swimming pool, tennis court, extra bathroom, fireplace, wood deck, privacy fence, garage converted to living area, extensive landscaping, new exterior paint, new carpet.

Im trying to convince my parents to get one cuz we have a huge backyard. I dont want exact prices just a good estimate. Im talking about an in ground pool medium size not too big with a small hot tub to the side. How much would this cost???

Many many options and price ranges. My brother had his very nice inground pool installed for $30,000 but that included the pool and the whole cement and decorative cement around the pool.

**Before answering I would like to let you know that this is just a dream of mine to have, it most likely won’t happen and I do not need any harsh comments about what I’m doing wrong, thank you :) Extensive research will be done if this actually happens**

I have *always* wanted a farm/ranch, so I am wondering how much my dream house will cost:

Thanks in advance :) Please make an accurate a guess as possible, as “a lot” or “a few million” will not do.

I am thinking of putting in a pool, about 16 X 32 in size, 3 feet on the shallow end, 9 feet on the deep end. This is in the Catskills, upstate New York. Temperatures in the winter here can drop into the teens. What I want to do is keep the pool operational during the winter, but keep the temperature at about 60 degrees. I will need some kind of a thermal cover to keep the heat from dissipating, and insulate the walls as much as possible. Maybe even order a custom oversized foam cover, like they put on hot tubs, with hinges on one side of the pool and an automatic raising mechanism that will pull it up.

What would it cost to keep the heat at 60 degrees given that setup, lets say in gallons of propane?

A 16 x 32 inground pool would require at least a 250,000 btu pool heater. If you are going to try and keep your pool at 60°F in temperatures that cold I would recommend you use a 325,000 or maybe even a 400,000 btu heater.

100,000 btu’s will burn roughly 1 gallon of propane in 1 hour. So let’s use the 325K btu heater for this example. Every hour that the heater runs you are going to be using 3-¼ gallons of propane.

500 gallons ÷ 3.25 gph = 150 hours. SO you will use up a 500 gallon tank of propane every 150 hours of heater operation. I think in those temperatures it is easily going to run 50% of the time or 12 hours per day. At that rate you are going to be filling up a 500 gallon tank every 12 days. I don’t know what propane costs in that area…but let’s say $2 per gallon…thats going to be $1000 every other week.

There is a lot of “ifs” in that answer and I think I was being conservative in my numbers. I sell propane and apppliances. I always make sure people who want a pool heater fully understand just how expensive they are to operate. If you look at an average furnace in a home, they are about 90,000 btu’s. Well this pool heater is like running 3 furnaces!

If you are that serious about keeping it operational, I would suggest you put a building around it and heat and insulate that!

Reading between the lines it sounds like you don’t want to go through the expense and hassle of closing in the fall and opening the pool again in the spring. But this method is going to cost you big bucks to save comparably few pennies.

We are considering buying a house with an in ground pool. I am wondering what it might cost to fix. Maybe what someone has recently paid for the following types of repairs. Here is what I know.

You really don’t want to rely on guesses found here on Yahoo, as the cost of materials (pool supplies) and labor greatly varies by location. To get estimates here would cause you to get an apples-to-oranges comparison, which you don’t want.

My advice: Stick with seeking free local estimates from local pool contractors, and then picking the best one of the few you obtain. Estimates are free, and, plus, you really do need to get a free estimate from local pool companies in your area since, if you don’t, you would effectively short-change yourself; so, call some local pool contractors around your area for free estimates.

Better YET, for your convenience, I saw a reference to a handyman site on this forum earlier, yourhandymanzone.com, and they have a section devoted to pools, where you’ll find a text link ad that offers up to four free quotes from local pool companies (entitled, “Find Local Pool…Services. Get Up to 4 Quotes Now. It’s Quick, Free and Easy”). Here’s the link to this page that offers it in the middle of it:

http://yourhandymanzone.com/Your_Handyman_Zone_How_To_Pages_Home_Improvement_Zone_Pools.htm

This should help you out in trying to determine what you’re really looking at in costs in fixing your pool.

Does anybody use 35% hydrogen peroxide for hot tubs instead of Bromine or Chlorine?

HOW TO USE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN YOUR POOL OR SPA Hydrogen Peroxide Pool and Spa discussion.

For a spa, we do recommend you drain it to get rid of all chemicals. However, H2O2 will not adversely interact with current pool chemicals and some will transition to H2O2 usage. If your pool is highly organically fouled, you may want to use a much higher initial level of H2O2 to kill the organics, drain this, and then go to the same maintenance levels as for a pool.

For a pool, it is not necessary to drain the pool if you do not want to until when you would regularly drain the pool while using pool chemicals. Or you may want to transition to H2O2 at that time. Hydrogen peroxide will not have any adverse reaction or interaction with pool chemicals. The level of H2O2 suggested below will vary by the amount of organic material that comes into the water (leaves, dust) and by pool usage that then also brings contaminating organics into the water. Within the context of the water volume in a swimming pool, increasing concentration to address high pool usage or high organic content can not reach a harmful level no matter how high a concentration you decide to use.

Below are the recommended levels. You may then adjust this later as you feel necessary.

NOTE – There are no hard and fast rules for pool and spa maintenance. Each pool or spa is unique and depends on the following factors:

All the above will affect maintenance programs. You will need to customize your own program to each pool or spa. Keep in mind that there is no danger of health problems even if you use H2O2 at too high a level for what is actually needed. Store bought H2O2 is at 3%. To get pool or spa levels to a 3% solution would be extremely expensive. You are looking at 100-200 parts per million for proper dosing, and even if you got to 1000 parts per million, you’d be nowhere close to 3%.

Many recommend shocking your pool or tub to start using hydrogen peroxide. Either Food Grade or Technical Grade can be used.

To “SHOCK” your pool or hot tub, a relatively high level is used at a ratio of 1 cup of 35% concentration for every 250 gallons. DO NOT RUN your pump continuously. Rather, run it only long enough to circulate the water and then turn off the pump. Ideally, you should add the H2O2 at sunset and allow the water to sit 24 hours before turning the pump back on. The tub or pool may be used afterwards.

It is NOT necessary to shock your pool or hot tub if you are starting with fresh water. H2O2 will not adversely interact with other pool chemicals.

This depends quite a bit on the water source and the amount of organic materials that enter the water (dust, leaves, number of people using the pool etc.) If you are starting with new water, a good starting point is 1 cup of 35% H2O2 for every 500 gallons of water.

H2O2 interacts with and oxidizes organic materials and decomposes with UV light. This is a reason that H2O2 must be added time to time to maintain its level in the water. There is no danger of H2O2 levels increasing or forming dangerous residual chemicals.

Peroxide test strips are a plastic strip with a reactive pad on one end. They are used to test the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in a solution. You can obtain these strips by doing a search on Google for “Hydrogen Peroxide Test Strips.” See www.superfastsolutions.com

Ideally, you would keep the concentration level measuring between 50 and 100 ppm. For areas with high levels of organic contamination potential, this can be safely increased to as high as 1000 ppm. You can find test strips doing a Google search for “hydrogen peroxide test strips.”

NOTE: Be sure to check with your pool or spa manufacturer regarding H2O2 use on their equipment. Some systems have natural rubber which will be degraded by H2O2. More modern systems use a synthetic rubber which is not affected by H2O2.

CHECK YOUR FILTERS OFTEN: As with any pool or hot tub with a filtration system, you should regularly check your filter(s) as clogged filters will damage some pumping systems.

STORAGE: For best results, keep the H2O2 in a cool and dark place…a basement room that can be secured is ideal. You can empty the gallon or 5 gallon bottles into 1 gallon or quart plastic containers and refrigerate or freeze them for optimum storage. UV light causes H2O2 to decompose.

CAUTION:wear plastic gloves and safety goggles when adding H2O2 to the water as it can splash or spill. You simply add the hydrogen peroxide to the water and no special injection system is necessary.

I have been using H2O2 for the past 2 years. I use it orally to combat the effects of arthritis. I got this idea from Dr. Christiian Barnard. He is the doctor who performed the world’s first human to human heart transplant. I understand that there have been many attempts to discredit the use of oral H2O2, but it worked for him and it works to keep me healthy and arthritis free.

I just recently began using my H2O2 for other uses around the house and in my hot tub. I find that my skin is softer and more moist after a few hours in m hot tub and my energy levels are through the roof. This is good news as I am almost 62 years of age.

So yes, the combined effect of having tighter, more beautiful skin and knowing that I am not subjecting my body to harsh, harmful chemicals which will only place a further load on my liver and kidneys, makes this a no-brainer for me.

Also when I first started, I chose to not ‘shock’ my spa. I drained the chlorine-tainted water and refilled using H2O2. You will not believe the difference it will make in our skin!

In my hot tub, I am assuming I have a part that has lost it’s protective coating (probably a component of the pump). After a week or so after changing the water, the water turns reddish to black.

It’s not the heater, all the plumbing is PVC and I can’t get to the pump since it is bolted to the under side. I am contemplating dropping a couple of magnets in the filter basket and seeing if it clears the water…

We recently had the pump on our pool replaced. It is an 1.5 HP Hayward PowerFlo LX pump. According to the manual, the motor should be grounded to a ground strap. However, it also states the following:

Bond motor to pool structure. Use a solid copper conductor, size or larger. Run wire from external bonding lug to reinforcing rod or mesh. Connect a No. 8 AWG (8.4 mm²) solid copper bonding wire to the pressure wire connector provided on the motor housing and to all metal parts of swimming pool, spa, or hot tub, and to all electrical equipment, metal piping or conduit within 5 ft. (1.5 m) of inside walls of swimming pool, spa, or hot tub. (In Canada use No. 6 AWG

We understand the need to ground the pump motor. However, we have never heard of the need to ground the metal parts of the swimming pool itself. The motor and the pool are connected with plastic hoses. What is the reason to ground the pool structure?

Article 680 of the National Electrical Code states the requirements for swimming pools. It’s quite elaborate, so let me give a summary and paraphrase in the process. I base this on the 2002 NEC. There is a newer version in effect.

In the definitions section (680.2), it defines permanently-installed pools and storable pools. Any pool that is in-ground, partially in-ground, or can hold water more than 42 inches deep without spilling is considered to be permanently-installed pool, as is any indoor pool regardless of water depth. Outdoor pools that are above ground and aren’t deeper than 42 inch water depth, or have completely non-metallic walls, are considered to be storable pools. Caveat: Your local Authority Having Jusidiction (AHJ) may have a different interpretation.

In either type of pool, electrical equipment has to have an electrical grounding conductor (a.k.a. Be grounded).

Permanently-installed pools have to have bonded together all (fixed) metal parts in the pool or outside the pool within 5 feet horizontally or overhead within various heights. This includes any metal structure, and the rebar or mesh in the pool walls (except for epoxy-coated rebar). There are a few limited exceptions.

Storable pools don’t have the bonding requirement, but all electrical circuits have to be GFCI protected. They do have the grounding requirement, so your pump has to be grounded.

What the code doesn’t say is this. Usually above-ground pools have portable filter pumps that are connected via flexible hose and via a power cord. The GFCI requirement and lack of bonding requirement make sense from the standpoint that budget-conscious above-ground pool owners are more likely to provide this level of protection than they are to go the bonding route. Permanent pools usually have buried piping and permanent electrical circuits that often are more extensive, so the opportunities for electrical shock increase, hence the bonding requirement.

And as an aside, long runs of wiring will tend to nuisance-trip a GFCI breaker, especially with underground circuits that are constantly in a wet environment. So applying GFCI protection can be more difficult in permanent installations.

In your case, decide which type of installation you have and go from there. It doesn’t hurt to have both bonding and GFCI protection. But it would be a mistake to have neither.

Regarding motor amps, the NEC Article 430 requires usage of the following values for design purposes, for a typical 1.5HP single phase motor (Table 430.148):

In terms of actual amps drawn, the value will be somewhat lower as the NEC values have an allowance to cover things such as tolerances, control circuit current, and inefficient motors.

I looked at the nameplate of a 1.5 HP Hayward PowerFlo LX pump. It stated 12.0A at 115V single phase. 12A is significantly less than 20A. The 20A governs for circuit calulcations, but the lower number is more appropriate for energy calculations.

That said, the actual amps drawn can be even less if the mechanical load on the motor presented by the pump is less than 1.5 HP.

Okay while I was watching Twilight: Sega New Moon my heart starting racing and I really had an urge to physically feel my girlfriend. I hold her hand in parts of the movie and also my testicles suddenly got uncomfortable. My heart started slowing down but it was still going pretty fast as well as my breathing. It wasn’t because the movie was getting dramatic, it was racing at random points.

Also today after I got out of the hot tub my heart started pumping like crazy and you could see it pumping and my veins were bulging. I really wanted to hold my girlfriend but she probably didn’t feel comfortable with me holding her closely. But I kissed and hugged her pretty good so I got my benefits.

Also she has this wicked smell on her that turns me on so much. I mean wicked as in wild and crazy good…

I asked her if she was wearing purfume or something and she said no. But whatever it was it was turning me on so much…I don’t know what it is…but it makes me miss her more and want be in physical contact.

My girlfriend wanted to watch it, so I watched it with her…but then this happened.

16 year old guys watching twilight? Wow, what are teenage boys doing nowadays. Its sunday go watch some football

You gotta have a mother for me now your big azz ’round this way so I could work on that zipper

What is your favorite part or line and if you don’t have any, don’t bother answering! Thanks!

I know this is a hot topic, but what is a lake of Fire….. isn’t a lake usually made of water…..?

So to help our understanding of what to avoid, is it right to picture a Lake full of Fire that is never put out, and hence, cannot be quenched……Water cannot be quenched for it is water, but a Lake of Fire brings to mind a Hot Tub that should be avoided right ?

Mark 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Matthew 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

Matthew 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever

Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

IMPORTANT NOTE : Death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire, the second death…..But look and see who has the power over both…… “I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have THE KEYS of hell and of death.” Revelation 1:18

Aren’t you Glad that the Person of LOVE and Mercy is holding the KEYS of death and hell, which will be cast into the lake of fire?

Isn’t this a wonderful reason to revere and love and obey and honor Jesus the Awesome King of Glory who inhabits all of Eternity as both the Alpha and the Omega….Besides all the above, He also First loved us while we were yet sinners He commended His love for us….

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

The Devil is the one that is Cruel, and as you saw in the word, the Lord casts him into the Lake of Fire…

Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

“But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.” Luke 12:5

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. Psalms 25:14

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; HE THAT OVERCOMES shall NOT BE HURT of the second death. Revelation 2:11

So……my question is, who wants to Overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of our Testimony (Our living witness to the overcoming power of the Resurrection Life that is in the Blood of the Lamb) ?

” As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” Revelation 3:19

I cannot lie to you and tell you that God does not also have wrath for the stubborna nd disobedient, for He does, but praise be to Him that He is SLOW to anger and is LONGsuffering, not willing that any would perish…BUT He is not going to force obedience on anyone or it is not obedience :)

Dirk: how could the lake of fire simply be hell if hell itself is going to be cast into it ?

Burning gasses: 25 yrs ago scientists wrote about a “black Hole” on a supposed collision coarse to earth & discovered Gravity pulled it into itself so strong that light does not come out of it & discovered it is feeding on things in its path,but also upon it’s own energy making it the only eternal force ever discovered.>>>>and they will be cast into the lake of fire & there will be grinding of teeth…

OK, guys. A Best Answer will address each of the two parts of the question with at least one reference for each part. I am presenting at the governing board where I live, and I need facts. Thanks in advance.

(1) What is the MINIMUM temperature that should be used to provide the benefit of heat and agitation for a person who is in good health? Let’s assume a 5 – 10 minute soak.

(2) What is the MAXIMUM temperature that should be used for a person with some health risks (diabetes, hypertension [treated], hypertension [untreated], other)?

It’s a YA book about a shy boy who has a nerdy friend. He’s secretly in love with his step mom (it’s implied only). He meets a girl with red hair at a camp or something and starts to secretly like her. Their work program/camp counselor person is this huge jerk and tries to rape the girl and ends up firing her. The boy goes to the park with his friend and they meet these two really hot college girls, who they play frisbee with. They end up talking and become friends, especially the main character and the girl named Pam. Pam comes over as friends and the guy is attracted to her and she does this weird pseudo date thing and they go in the hot tub together. In the end Pam reveals that she’s a lesbian and likes the other girl she was with at the park. The main character ends up doing something (not sure what) to his step mom’s car in anger at his frustration with kinda liking her. The book has something to do with a little Beelzebub figurine and I think there’s a red devilish rubber duck on the cover, maybe? The red head figures into the ending somehow… I think they get together? Pam goes off to some other college to forget about the first girl and meets someone and emails the main character in the end.

Http://www.amazon.com/Zipped-Readers-Circle-Delacorte-McNeal/dp/0375830987/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271804865&sr=8-2

soo, two nights ago i went to this party and got a bit drunk. i did go into a hot tub…and one person performed oral sex on me, while i spent the night with another who just fingered me. i know both of the people very well and know they dont have any std’s, as they are both very very good friends of mine. but now my vagina feels itchy inside, and i took a look (i know way tmi) and it kinda looks like theres a white film or something like that, idk, inside. also it looks like theres some torn parts or something (you should know im still a virgin) please, any clue as to what it could be, and yes a yeast infection did cross my mind…

Sounds like an std, i know you say your a virgin, but the act you performed at this party sounds like your full of crap. And btw, why do you ask the same questions over and over?

I never dyed my hair before. I have natural light blonde hair. The most i’ve done is put Sun-In in it & it’s also gotten lighter naturally from the sun. Recently i went into a hot tub and the person had no idea how much chlorine was in it. It turned my hair such a green tint & for so long i tried everything to get it out. It got 10x better but u could still see it a little & it made my hair a darker weirder blonde. I went to my salon & they made some mixture to get it out but it had some bleach in it and made my hair a little lighter but more yellow. I’m not too happy with the color. I had the salon thing done last friday. Also apparently the chlorine damaged my ends. Ahh if i want to dye it whens the earliest time you suggest i can do it? Like in four or two weeks?

Right now my hairs about this color http://www.hairfinder.com/celebrityhairstyles/laura-bell-bundy.jpg

i would like it to be this color http://media.photobucket.com/image/jac%20vanek/SAO-x-SUSHI/Jac%20Vanek/Jac_Vanek43.jpg?o=81

3. Another option is bleach out your hair completley by taking steps and then dye it, and here is how you do that:

3. Repeat step 2 until your hair is white, and then dye it with conditioning dye. This is only if you want a totally different color though, and may take days to do.

Make sure it is a color that goes with your skin if you are dying different, and make sure you use alot of conditioner, and don’t leave the dye in for to long or to short a time. Good luck.

Where can I buy cheap plastic ivy garland for a privacy lattice around my outdoor hot-tub?

It’ll be outdoors so blocking the neighbor’s view is the main object…cheap and cheesy is fine.

I have an outdoor shower and I love it. I live in Fkorida so I don,t worry about water freezing, but I have jasmine vines growing over my lattice work and it not only give me super privacy, it smells awesome too. It loves water and grows super fast and other than snipping the tendrils off , unless you want to let it keep growing, it is an awesome outdoor plant that comes in fast and thick. If you want to get imaginative you can make an arbor type entrance to your hot tub. It will look real nice and guaranteed you will get major compliments. The only bummer is that left unattended, it gets out of control.

Hot tubs. Spas, Jacuzzi, which one to get how much electric bill per month Maintenance for them?

Looking to maybe get a hot tub. Just started looking and hot springs guys says his r the best. Jacuzi guy says that they started the outdoor hot tubs. Sundance is the Lexus of hot tubs. I just wanted to get feedback from people who own outdoor spas and what brand do you have. What was the cost to run it during winter and summer. How often do you use it. What is the weekly/monthly maintance for it etc.. Any info would help.

All three of those brands are luxury hot tubs. Do note that Jacuzzi rolls off the same line that Sundance does. All three are great tubs. They all are expensive to fix but the warranty will cover you for five years on the important things. The cost of running the Hotsprings will be the cheapest by about 8 bucks a month. No with that said..the cost of repairing the Hotsrings will almost always be more expensive since their parts are very difficult to otain and please don’t think your dealer will be there tomorrow just because they may have for 20 years. I repair all three. I like all three. I am hard to pick one over the over but I love Sundance’s quality and jets, not too mention their arrangements. Also I am no fan of the Moto Massage seat. They are broke at every tub I go to and being 80% fused (back) I am really into the therapy aspect of a tub. Of these three, you can’t beat a Sundance. Now with all of that said…I gave away mine and brought home a Masterspa LSX. What we don’t know is where you live so electricity is going to be hard to tell you. Sundance-Jacuzzi in NC, around $30 a month. Hotsprings about $22. I use mine every day and realy keep up on my chemicals. Now for sanitizing, I have a CD Ozonator, use very little Bromine, a Frog mineral cartrige and a non-chlorine shock for oxidizing. My tub has no smell and costs about $10 a month in chemicals. Almost every tub has a few different modes you can run it in to save money, except the Hotsprings. I do wish my Masterspa had those Sundance jets, and I wish that Sundance had that Masterspa frame. We always accept phone calls if you have a specific question.

I try and stay away from these questions because they’re a matter of preference but, you seem to be serious and in the market for a hot tub.

Go shopping, to a store that sells nothing but, hot tubs. Stay away from these half price sales and those that have specials unless it’s a store specializing in hot tubs. By name brand, not something made in Taiwan or Mexico without a guarantee or warrant.

Don’t let them sell you something your not going to use. If you don’t think you’ll ever have a ton of people over, why buy a hot tub for fifteen people when only you and a friend will ever use it. Stay within your budget and remember, you have to take care of the water, the chemicals and the maintenance

An average tub will run from $ 1500.00 to $2500.00 and more. With the fences and the goodies for a nice tub and enclosure outside, you’ll probably spend upwards of 5 or 6 thousand dollars. Remember outside you’ll need child protections like gates, fences, insurances, etc, it can be expensive.

I have a hot tub, and I live in Wisconsin. I start out at about 99 degrees when it’s warmer out, and if it’s at night I crank it up a bit. You’ll be able to tell how hot to set it while you are sitting in it. I can tell you right now that 104 to 107 will fry you out though!!! Another thought, if pools/etc is something new to you, let me recommend that you use bromine tablets, or granules rather than chlorine….It’s not so stinky!!! If you have any more questions, you can let me know!

PS: I don’t think you are crazy for setting up a hot tub in the summer, they are AWESOME to have, becasue you can lower the temp at any time if you want. And I personally drain mine for the winter, because it is too cold to sit in it!!

And in their house, the have an indoor hot tub, they have i think 3 plasma screen tvs, and like a bigiolion computers.

And its not like im jealous or anything its just so annoying when she wants all this stuff and she already has a ton

If she’s nice, and not a brat, then no, she’s not that spoiled. I have some money (no where near as much money as she does but still), and I kind of wish I didn’t have that much. The happiest days of my life were probably the ones where my parents were struggling to get by since we had stuff to all always, and when we weren’t working we went outside and did a lot better stuff since we didn’t have so many distractions or fast internet or anything like that.

Oh yea, and did ur friend earn her stuff, or was that bought for her? Cuz when you have a job, and have to work for what u get, you begin to appreciate things a lot more.

As long as it takes to make the wad o’ cash to fund materials, pay architect, get permits, pay contractor & subcontractors. It sounds like a lot of space for entertaining & toys

My Birthday is coming up soon and I have no clue what i should do to entertain my guests. i am turning 15 and we are renting out 2 rooms at a lodge that has an indoor pool and hot tub. All my friends are coming and so is my boyfriend and i have no clue on games to plan out… Please help and no stupid answers.

My family is going to Disneyland in California in January, most likely it will be really cold. I was wondering if anyone knew of any hotels with the following requirements:

It would be wonderful if you could leave me some good websites that show good pictures and information. Thank you! If you have any tips about Disney land that’s good too.

Most of the hotels around Disneyland Resort are nice or very nice. Millions of dolllars have been spent fixing up the resort area. If you have not been for a while you will be amazed at the difference. It will not be really cold, it never is.

My friend came over to our house and looked around, now she is saying that my kids are spoiled and will turn out to be brats. I don’t think they are spoiled. Your opinions?

7. They have mini-fridges in their playrooms filled with water, cut up veggies, etc. for the toddlers and other stuff for my teenager.

My kids do get a lot of stuff, but if they cry for it , they do not get it.They have rules to abide by and are punished if they don’t. They cannot eat whatever whenever. My 13 year old and 2 older boys, were treated the same way and are all very polite, grateful children.

I just re-read my question and it sounds like I’m bragging. Sorry about that, I was not trying to at all.

Yup, it REALLY sounds like you are bragging. Be thankful that you are SO blessed and teach them that others are not nearly as fortunate as your family.

OK i really don’t know what to do anymore i feel very comfortable naked around my brother my cousins, and they feels the same around me. my cousin is the sister i never had(i don’t want to think about the actual sister i had) and her brother and me are quite close as well. anyway i don’t know what i should do,my cousin got a erection from seeing me and his sister naked so i guess i should keep my clothes on around him,my brother has not once gotten erect when we’ve been naked together,and my female cousin she has the same parts as me its OK for two girls to be naked together,but yes i really don’t know what to do anymore,its only a matter of time before we do get caught.

what happened was i was at my cousins place today my aunt and uncle and my parents were all at work,so we had the house to ourselves. in their basement they have a hot tub(its above ground so in the summer its outside in the winter inside) and we all decided to go in it. my cousin and me both went in topless already,then the boys joined in and went in fully naked,so then my cousin and i took our bottoms off. BTW me and my twin brother are 16,my female cousin is 17 and my male cousin is 15. i am bi-sexual also and while i think my female cousin is gorgeous i have no sexual feelings for her.

Nothing wrong with some nudity as long as everyone is comfortable. It’s normal that your male cousin had an erection and you can’t necessarily say it was a result of seeing you or another woman naked, it could have just been, either way, it’s normal. But, if you feel there is sexual tension, you will likely be more comfortable covered up.

So i have been fainting and i’m a vegetarian. Should i be worried? Suggest please?

So a few months ago after i got out of the hot tub me and my best friend went and rinsed off in the shower and i fainted. But i woke back up feeling fine. Then a month later same thing happened only i just got out of the shower and was blow drying my hair and i fell to the ground waking up 20 minutes later. I ignored them thinking nothing of it. Now i have been feeling light headed and really hot. I have fell to the ground today and finally am gonna try and figure out what is wrong

But i am 14 and i have been vegetarian for 1 year and 9 months. I don’t wanna tell my mom or i will be forced to eat meat again. I honestly don’t think its the vegetarian part but i do not eat much because im not hungry so please tell me what i should do and what might happen if this continues

I’m thinking you should eat more and get checked out by a doctor. I know you say you are not hungry but your body does need nourishment to do it’s daily tasks and to get it running at optimum levels. There’s a health vegetarian and then there is an unhealthy vegetarian and you are heading towards the later.

Your mom should know…and she can’t force you to eat meat. Even my Italian step mother can’t force my husband to eat meat – god knows she tries.

ok so last night i had a dream, this is wat a remember: Ok so starting from what i can remember, i think i was coming from hanging with my friends but we were in school (in real live we are on vacation) and i didnt go to class but it didnt feel like i was skipping cause i was just walking though the halls. then i see this cat when im on my way to the library (in our school) and everyone had been talking about this cat, idk why but no one could find it or something like that. so i pet it and i let it follow me to the library. When i get there im looking for my friend Clarissa but shes everywhere like in different ages since ive known her which is like since 4th grade. but then i find the right aged her, cause i wanted to show off to her since lately in real life we hav grown apart, but then the cat isnt there any more so i look out the door and it was the local malls door and i see the cat ran away cause some family walked in back of me but it was coming to me again. so i pick it to show my friend and she just gives me look like “cool but i really dont care” so then i look down and it turned into a hamster. so then i go into this room in the library and its like hot tub thing and my moms there so we close the door and let the water fill up and we sit there for like a minute in a clothes in a hot tub. then i show her my new hamster, and she thinks its cute and holds it but then i think it bit her so she squeezes it or something and drops it in the water and it looks like it got run over by a car or something and i start yelling at her (which is normal because im a big animals rights person in real life) and shes just like “it bit me wat was i suppose to do?” and i yell at her more (as im getting out of the hot tub thing) and then i think i run out of the library and thats all i can really remember but i wish i could remember more because i feel as if something big happens after that too. i think we like hav a fire drill and i see the hamster on the ground again or something but im not sure about that part. Now i hav 2 ctas but the one in my dream wasnt ether of my cats and ive never had a hamster ive only bought one for my friend (clarissa) but it was the same hamster ether. so does this mean anything or was it that piece of pie i had before i wnt to bed? thank you! :D

I dreamt I was at my old house. Yeah, whatever…but it looked COMPLETELY different. It didn’t even look like my house! But I KNEW it was my house. Same neighborhood, same structure on the inside.

In the beginning of the dream, i was in my living room. Now, I KNEW this was a dream. I was gonna do whatever I wanted, go crazy. But i spotted something SO out of the ordinary…it was freakin crazy. a HOT TUB…was in the middle of my living room. It was like a little shallow kiddie pool tho. But it reminded me of the pool i used to have in my backyard..and my neighbor has one. Anyway, i got in it…but quickly got out because i thought i was ACTUALLY getting wet, like as if someone was pouring water on me while i was sleeping. So I was like, okay, going outside.

Now this was just…scary. I walk outside, and my backyard is freakin TRANSFORMED. A HUMOUNGOUS park is taking up like half of my backyard…and my backyard was like a dang football field now. The outside of my house was like a maroon color…it was just getting weirder and weirder.

Then i started getting hopeful…because, right before I moved, me & my BEST FRIEND sydney LOVED to hang out at this park nearby. everyday, every summer. sometimes in the winter too. we were in the same neighborhood, we lived close. but we moved away on the same day. She lives in Cali now, Im stuck here. So i hoped she’d be there.

I decided to look for her on the playground. I climbed up on the top of it, nowhere was she to be found. I looked down at the ground and realized…the ground was like…FAAARRR from where I was. It was REALLY abnormally far. It was like I was on top of a hospital. I then got scared.

Then, the thing I was standing on, one of the poles broke. So the thing swung over, about to break off and fall to the ground. I tried to climb back onto the playgrouund, but it was impossible. So then I was like, “Its cool, whatever. I’ll fall, its JUST a dream.” So i let go willingly.

But this…was the SCARIEST part of the dream…I laid there…limp. I couldnt move. I didn’t WANT to move.

Now to the scary part…a HAND. that’s right..a HAND tried to stab me with a stick.

So I dont die from the impact of a HIGHHHH fall, but I die by being stabbed by a stick? WTH?

During the dream, i wanted to turn around, and see who was doing this…who was killing me. But i didn’t want to move. I was just like…whatever. Kill me, i want to get out of this damn dream and wake up already.

So…question. Interpret my dream…and tell me why this dream was like this? WHat it means? Because its really odd to me.

Only you can truly answer that question, but. I think it may have something to do that you miss your old house & old friend… And the stabbing or what ever was you moving away…

I was looking for my boyfriend. In a hallway, a guy said, “he’s in there.” I opened the door and he was at the end of a room with white benches that were part of the walls. On the benches were girls. He was sitting at the other end of the room in the middle of them (not too close), with his laptop. I came closer. The girl next to him was emaciated and anorexic looking. I started to pick her up to help her and a brown liquid was underneath her (like some kind of anal leakage to be gross). I had compassion until I saw her beautiful, supermodel face, very vivid in the dream. I put her down. Confronted my bf as to why he was there. “I thought you were going to stop!” he replied, “it’s nothing (that i’m here with these girls.) But sometimes..sometimes..when she’s next to me…” and his fact got a dreamy, lustful, distracted, dreamy, lustful look and I was jealous.

New scene. Some girls in a hot tub. They had been granted some money that they spent recklessly and had spent all they had been graciously given. “Why did we do this?” they had empty, monotone looks on their faces. the ‘camera’ shifted upwards and there were two flags that said “I am Elvis” (i think this is just refering to how popular culture breeds mindless consumerism’.

New scene. My bf against a wall he looks 14. The model looks 14 now too and comes in and seduces him. He says “we have to stop” and then she crawled under his pyjama and started to perform oral sex (sorry for the graphic bit).

New scene. The hot tub. Girls and maybe guy(s) too. One blond has huge breasts the size of beach balls like fake ones that don’t exist even in the worst freak shows. She is showing them off. She points them at the guys. A white liquid jets out of them.

The white liquid changes the scene and white balls the size off volley balls are either falling from the sky or ‘falling’ up from the ground to the sky. It’s like a child’s party or something. Green hills. There is a man. He says, “I am nature. I used to be very kind.” his face turns scary green, he gets closer, he says “but now i am very very angry!” and this voice is loud, thunderous, terrifying and i wake up and cry a little. am too scared to get out of bed.

don’t know if it’s important but there is a lake behind that man, or pond or something. and hills.

I’m the intellectual of the relationship. Anytime I try to talk about religious philosophy or anything he gets bored. You’re answer good, but I do try to develop that side, too.

The women he is looking at are too skinny, unhealthy, and the brown stuff is the filth of it all.

You have asked him not to look at porn, I suppose, so maybe you are not surprised at this. He thinks it is ok for him to do this, and he will NEVER be true to you in his heart, or in any other way. He will always be drawn to this lustful addiction unless God Himself delivers him, and he has to want that. Porn addicts actually had opened the door to satanic control and they are gripped by it and cannot break free without confession, and spiritual intervention… These spirits much be evicted from his life, and he has to be willing for that to happen.

The girls might be the women he sees online…. Having spent their money, they pose before webcams or model, naked, to make more money. The 14 year old represents the girls in the porn as well. Men who are addicted to porn are stuck in a perpetual adolescence, settling for the fake even when it costs them the real thing… A true loving relationship with a flesh and blood woman. He is doing this at night, in his pajamas. Maybe even dreaming about them.

Elvis was this kind of person, stuck in an adolescent way of behaving toward women. He took 14 year old Priscilla from her home and brought her to live at Graceland here in Memphis, Tennessee, until she was old enough to marry. Then, once she became a mother, she was, in his eyes, too holy for sex, I think. He kept her enshrined and did not want to let her have a normal life or leave the house. When she left him, to gain freedom, he picked up women as casually as a cup of coffee, and believed because he was “Elvis Pressley” he had the right to do so, and that they should be honored to be in his very presence.

The man who says, “I am nature. I used to be very kind, but now I am angry!”…. In the the Bible God says ” ‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.” This is from the book of laws, Leviticus, in the Old Testament.

Read the entire 18th chapter of Leviticus. It details many sexual sins, and ends with the statement that land so defiled will VOMIT the violators out. This sounds to me as if God’s very creation is repulsed by such vile behavior and will erupt in earthquakes, etc. It is interesting, sometimes, to note what parts of our nation are most at risk for earthquake devastation, and also note where the epicenters of some quakes have been. I am not saying ALL quakes are the result of this type of behavior, but I do believe some of them are. God cannot bear to see people violate themselves and others in this way.

Spend much time in prayer with your Creator Father God asking for wisdom. If you do not heed His warnings, you will be the one who suffers the most pain.

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

Can you seal a hot tub leak in the winter?

I live in Michigan and have found a leak in my hot tub. Is there any substance I can use on outdoor plumbing that will seal in the cold. The average outside temp right now is mid 40′s to lower 50′s (on a good day) and alot colder at night.

I really don’t want to lose out on using the hot tub all winter!!!
The hot tub is currently empty and dry

Usedhottubsstore answers:

A perfect product choice would be Numetal sold KBS Coatings, a 2 part epoxy putty. I’d knead it indoors for ease b/c of the cold temperature. It will take longer to set outdoors but you can speed up the curing process by blowing warm air on it with a blow dryer.

Where do the outdoor tree frogs hibernate during Midwest winters?

Live in Northern Illinois. I have two tree frogs that like my hot tub. Where should they be during the winter?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Treefrogs usually hibernate in underground burrows, or inside rotting logs. Some apparently follow tree roots into underground crevices.

“Torpor (Hibernation). Wright (1932) speculated that gray treefrogs remained active in Georgia “until November at least.” Harlan (1835, in Wright, 1932) relates collecting a specimen several feet below the surface of the ground from under a root of an apple tree in winter. Burkholder (1998) discovered hibernacula of Cope’s gray treefrogs near the bases of sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum), 2.5–5.0 cm below the soil surface, as well as within leaf litter of varying depths; all individuals were found < 1 m from the base of each tree investigated."

Can I use pool chemicals in my outdoor fountain?

My husband is very discouraged at the mineral deposits left on our small (1/2 barrel) water fountain. We have a hot tub and are wondering if we can use some of the same chemicals in that fountain to keep it clean. It is not a home for fish or any other living thing so that’s not an issue. But there is not a way to circulate the water nor does it have a filter, like our hot tub has. So I don’t know if it will work or not. Anyone else know?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Absolutely the pool chemicals will work just fine. I do it with my fountain. No problems.

Modular Home Plumbing Questions?

In a modular home does the home come with all the plumbing done? If not how does installing the plumbing work?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Modular homes will come with all the plumbing and electrical roughed in, with only final connections needing to be made. If you have a special request like a hot tub on the balcony you should address this before the construct the unit to meet your requirements. Chances are they would have to do additional electrical, plumbing, and structural work to support the new hot tub.

I have a question about Sims 3 hot tub.?

So i want to download the Tiki Outdoor Party Set. I don’t have the Night Life expansation pack, so I don’t have any hot tubs. And in the set there is a hot tub. If i download it, will I get the hot tub still? Or do i need Night Life to have the hot tub?

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Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

Indoor Water Survey……?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

hotels in indianapolis are?

Hi im looking for a hotel around plainfield,avon,brownsburg,speedway,indianapolis area that has a indoor pool and hot tub or just pool that stays open past 12am or later….

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get rid of scars?

okay so i have cut my wrists for over a year now.
i dont want my family, or close friends seeing it.
is there anything i can use to make them go away or if theres a waterproof way to hide them because next moth im having a party with an indoor pool and hot tub and i dont want them showing. pleasee helppp.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The first answer is right….but you should really get some help for your cutting ….you are obviously not able to deal with your problems in a normal manner….even if you don’t tell your parents tell someone …I’m really scared for you ;(

A few questions about # 2?

Okay so I am 11 weeks pregnant with my second child (who is 19 months). I don’t really remember that much from my first pregnancy except the basics (not a lot of caffeine, to tanning, etc.).

I am already showing, which I did not show for my first until I was like 16 weeks, so my first question is, when should I start feeling movement, I don’t really remember when my daughter first moved.

and my other question is, can I go in a hot tub? I never thought about it with my first, there was no hot tub to be in, but me and my husband are going on vacation this coming weekend, and our hotel resort has a very nice indoor pool and hot tub, and I’ve been kinda stressing lately and a nice relaxing dip might help? As long as it doesn’t hurt my baby that is. (maybe not being in to long wouldn’t hurt? or just being in could, I need details). Also, it’s a 5 star hotel in Germany, in the Alps, I don’t know if that makes a difference in the hot tub or not.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hot tubs aren’t good for pregnant women. If you do get in limit it to 10 mins, and be sure the water temp is not too hot.

Are there any Bed & Breakfast in Denver area with nude hot tubs?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The only clothing-optional B & B that I’ve ever heard of is Strawberry Springs, but that’s all the way in Steamboat!

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

Massie Block Sleepover? 10 points Best Answer!?

Ok I do have a cabana, in ground pool & hot tub, I also live on a lake and I do have a lot of money and my parents to give me what ever I want. I am not a spoiled brat I do many of chores around my home. I love the clique series and I would love to have a sleepover with my 3 best friends next week, I have them sleepover my house once a month. I would like to have a sleepover party just like massie block does. If you could please give me ideas I will give you 10 points best answer. Also no rude comments I really just like the way massie block throws sleepover.
Thank you!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

That sounds so much funn! And omg i h8 those stupid answers like “ur retarted” “cliques are bad” blah blah blahh hahha well to hav the best massie sleepover ever u will need-
-awsum friends
-4 sleeping baggs(u included)
-4 pretty plates for ur friedns and u
-a bunch of bowls filled with ur friends fav snacks(low fat pretzels, edemamen, popcorn, gummy worms and feet)
-look up games and make a list of all ur favorite(play them duh)
-order sushi!(if u guys like sushi)
-only invite ur bffs but make sure everyone knows bout it
-have a theme(jean decorating, dress like a famus person etc.)
-have a ton of magasins
-rent or buy tones of movies
-hav fun!

How do I keep my Above ground pool cool?

We have no Trees or shade what so ever in my yard. During the summer our above ground pool heats up in the high 70s to 80s even.
Our pool becomes a giant hot tub instead of a place to cool off. In Alabama weather a nice chilled pool would be Nice.
Do you have any suggestions on how to keep my pool cool?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

There are things called aerators which spray water back into the pool from the pump. The principle behind it is the water droplets cool off when exposed to the air, then drop into the pool, thus cooling it off a few degrees. A pool store should have things similar to this for above ground pools. This is very popular in Phoenix, where even in-ground pools reach temps into the 90′s.

Hot Tub Questions?? (I am a first time owner of a hot tub)?

Our hot tub is out on our deck and this is our first time owning a hot tub. We live in Southern Ontario so it can get very cold in the winter. I have a few questions about it.

1. Do you keep your hot tub running all-year-round with the water even when you don’t use it? If so, what temperature do you set the water at for the seasons?

4. What type of chemicals should you put into the water? (We use the hard ground water that does not go through our filtration system in our house)

6. Can you use the hot tub but with cold water in the summer instead of the warm waters?

We do not plan on using it every night. At the most, we would use it once or a couple times a week.

Thanks in advance for all your help!
Also, is there a way to check the balance of chemicals in the water?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I am also a first time hot tub owner. I have owned it for over 10 years. It still runs great! I live in northeastern West Virginia, about 70 miles nw of Washington DC, so it get’s pretty cold here. The firat seven years it ran 24/7 without ever being shut off. I use it 3 to 45 days a week year round. For the last 3 years I drain it at the end of summer and snow bird it to South Carolina for the winter. I consider it one of my best investments. I get all my stuff from Lowe’s. I know they have them in Hamilton and around Toronto. I would say the two biggest things are these: don’t use your cover any more than necessary and keep your filters clean! If you’re not going to use it during the winter, drain it and cover it with plywood. Put the cover in the garage! Use Aquaez filter cleaner-from Lowe’s. I bought 2 sets of filters and I’m still using them! Clean them when they look dirty or once a month. Change the water when it looks dirty. Right now I’m going into my 3rd month; it looks fine. Getting back to the cover, those things cost 4 or 5 hundred bucks to replace. Now as time goes by that thing soaks up moisture like a sponge. It must pick up gallons. It weighs a ton! Now that I live down South in the winter I threw it out. I don’t need it; you will if you’re going to use it after say September. Get it out of the garage and use it in the off season. For the summer get a solar thermal ‘pool cover’ at Lowe’s. It will make at least a dozen to fit your tub. Use it from May through September. I have only turned my heater on twice this year (from May). Hey the sun heats it up to 96 to 102 and that’s plenty hot for me in the summer. I may be running out of space so click on my profile and e-mail me for more information. I use vinegar to clean the scale off around the waterline and 409 or other spray cleaner for the rest of it when I change the water or get it ready in the spring. My tub is filled with extremely hard (dissolved limestone) well water. You can buy water test kits at Lowe’s, anti-foam, ph up, ph down, shock, bromine (I don’t use chlorine), algecide, anti-scale, just about anything you need from Lowe’s. There’s also pool and hot tub stores and on-line. If your thinking about draining it in winter, you need to remove the side panels and pull a hose from the distribution manifold to drain it and also your heater, circulation pump and your jet pump(s). Don’t think the drain spigot will completely drain all the water.

how do you refill an 8ft. x 8ft. hole 3 1/2 ” deep in a patio where a hot tub was removed?

we had a hot tub in our patio.we removed the hot tub & refilled the hole with dirt to make it even with the level of ground where the existing patio is.I know I need rebar, but am not sure of the best way to fill this back in.do I start on one end and try to bring it up to the level of the patio and continue across the space,or do I just fill up the whole area as I go.I thought about using premixed bags-will that work?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If I understand you right you want to fill in the hole and lay cement to match the level of the patio ……………….correct?
When you are filling in with dirt you will need to lay no more than a foot at a time {more like 8” at a time} then hit it with a tamper as you go.
When you get to a foot below patio grade you need to lay between 6-8 inches of gravel and go over t with the tamper ………..then you can do your cement.
It is best to rent a tamper you will get better compaction.

Can I leave my above ground pool up all year long?

I live in Nebraska and we have sometimes very cold winters with sometimes quite a bit of snow. If I were to put a heater in for my pool would that work to swim all year long then? Or maybe make it into a not so hot hot tub?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You live in a cold environment in the winter so I suggest you do not swim in the pool. You can simply put a heater in or you can drain the pool and save money by not paying for heat. Aether way do not swim in it if you do you will get shock and have to go to the hospital.

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump

How do you fix air bubbles trapped in a hot tub spa pump?

I just got my hot tub installed and I filled it up all the way only to figure out I filled it up wrong. I tried draining it the way the manual told me to but I did everything the book said and it didn’t work so I drained it by syphoned the water with a hose. I then filled the tub back up the correct way ( through the filter ) and when I go to turn it on the jets are not working. I read that this could be caused by air trapped in the pump. How do I fix this? The manual does not come with any diagrams of the pump so pictures would help to!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I don’t know for sure but I had a similar problem with a pond pump. Try purging it . Turn it on and off a few times .It worked on my pond pump it might work for you.

Hot tub problem. Jacuzzi problem is that heating indicator light will blink and pump stops working.?

Hot tub problem. Jacuzzi problem is that heating indicator light will blink and pump stops working and thus no heating. I replaced filter but still happening. If I raise the cover and let it drop, the heat indicator stops blinking and tub starts to work again. Happens intermediately and runs about 2-3 hours okay after dropping cover.

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Flo-Master Pump for hot tub?

My friends need a replacement pump for their hot tub. It is a flo-master HP and, for some reason, there were 2 model numbers on it. One was: 02110010 The other was: 4105050400

The horsepower was 1-1/8. I can’t seem to find it anywhere! Best answer goes to the lowest price.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You dont necessarily need the same model of pump to replace it. If you bring in the pump to your local pool store they can give you all the various options you can go with including cheaper pumps.

The only real reason you need to bring it in is so they can match up the wet end for sizing (ie the thread pattern that the union ties onto. If its just the motor that is done you can save money and buy a motor instead of the pump and replace it relatively easily for a cheaper price the buying a whole new motor.

Personally though i wouldnt go buying one over the net as i see enough manufacturer goof ups when i buy from my supplier that it would be one hell of a headache if anything wasnt right with it and then having to mail it back and wait. From what i saw on the net its an obsolete model or you got the wrong horsepower written down. But for a 2 spd 1.5 horse it looks around 350 to 400.

For future reference just look up the manufacturer of the pump in this case flo master pumps and pick the one closest to yours. A little difference in horsepower wont make much of a difference at all. Heres the first site i found but look around and see what you can find.

Model/Manufacturer/HP – Its not always visible but even the manufacturers name can allow them to narrow down the field significantly
Voltage – is it 115v or 230v
Pumps Job – Circulation pump? Jet Pump? Or is it a two speed pump that does both
Pump Unions – how its connected on suction and return ; sizes dont usually go over 2.5″

I want to by a hot tub it’s a sundance 2001 Caprio model one pump with 23 jets with gazebo $3500 is that fair?

I saw ad in paper and I dont know if its really a good deal and I can I protect myself from buying a bad hot tub. what questions should I ask?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

No way, for a hot tub that is almost 7 years old. That is just about what the original price was. For about $5,000.00 you can buy a brand new Bull Frog tub.

using hot tub to heat pool, could it be done?

With all the rain and cool night our pool is colder than I like, would it be possible to pump hot water from the hot tub into the pool using the pump like when I vacuum the pool and then hold the hose where to return is to fill the hot tub again to reheat the water?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I don’t know, but I would be willing to sacrifice some time out of my busy schedule to test it out for you. We’re friends, right?

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

How can I get a girl to come over to my house?

My house is fairly large and there’s free movies on a good TV and an outdoor hot tub. I just want to bring some girls over… And I am currently 17 years old

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What is to hot for a hot tub when you are pregnant…?

I was going to take my kid to a outdoor hot springs in the mountians. It will below freezing outside… is that to hot for my baby, I am almost 4 months preg…

Usedhottubsstore answers:

The water temp. Shouldn’t be anymore than 100 degrees.You should only get into a hot tub with that temperature for 20 minutes max.

I am looking for a romantic cabin in Wisconsin?

My husband and I would like to rent a cabin this winter for 5-7 days. I am looking for something quiet and cozy. would prefer with an outdoor hot tub,but not a necessity. Thanks.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Here are a few sites that provide vacation home rentals, cabin rentals and cottage rentals from all over the United States. I advertise on these sites and find them to be very user friendly with lots of photos and area information:

Does anyone know where I could get a rental cabin near Sauk County, Wisconsin?

I’m looking for one with an outdoor hot tub. And the closer to Spring Green, Wisconsin the better but I figured if we were in the same county that would be good enough.

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how to get bees out?

ok i have a friend and apparantly he has a big outdoor hot tub (the ones you put in) full of bees on the inside so he cant just poor hot water on them like i said. he wants to know how he can get the bees out (preferably keeping them alive he doesnt want to hurt them) and get their honey out in a safe manor. any info would be great we live in hemet california which is southern california. thank you i will choose a best answer.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Those wont be the honey bees he expects to steal a sweet treat from. If he is worried about hurting them, suggest to him that he goes out there with a butterfly net and net them and put em in a jar and take them inside the house where he can keep them safe and protected.
If he wants to be rid of them, he should build a tent over the hot tub area with a tarp, and open up a couple of the insect fumigator cans under it, seal the tarp down, then take the day to go to the zoo or something, and wait to remove the tarp until the following day.
Its best to do anything with the bees early in the morning, or after nightfall, or when its real cool outside.

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

Night life in VT/NY ski resorts…please help?

I want to plan a getaway November 28th,2008. I have been trying to find a hotel/motel with a indoor pool/hot tub and then we want to have night life- even one of the nights to go snow tubing- But I just can’t find one. Perfect would be bonfires at the ski resorts.

We usually go to lake placid but the town shuts down at like 5:30 and theres nothing to do. Kind of boring. Can anyone help with specifics!!!! thanks! We are in our mid 20′s
THAT RESORT YOU GAVE ME LOOKED AWESOME BUT IT WAS ALMOST 7 HOURS AWAY FROM ME. bUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT i WAS LOOKING FOR

Usedhottubsstore answers:

White Face is a decent hill to ski. PnP is a mole hill with only 430 feet of vertical. White Face is about EIGHT TIMES more at 3430 vertical feet. Lake Placid is a great east coast mountain to ski, but you are right to say town shuts down early. The bobsled ride is more fun then most snow-tubing, but if you want to have fun when the sun goes down, there really is only one East Coast destination within the US. K-Town. If you want decent skiing and something to do, then Killington is where you need to go.

The Wobbly Barn and the Pickle Barrel are two of the places that attract the most attention. On the weekends, they can be packed while people get swayin with drinks and live music. There are also many pubs in the area if you enjoy smaller places. Not only are the bars abundant, so are the eateries. Unlike Lake Placid, you can have a wide range of food choices. You can get a taco at midnight if you really wanted. Also, the local busses make fun nights out safe because nobody has to stay sober!!!

As far as places to stay, there are many. I do not know how many in your group as there are sooooooo many lodging choices. There are many Bed and Breakfast type places for a couple that have hottubs/jacuzzi’s. If there are several couples in your group, then you may want to just rent a condo.

Unless you really want to drive a distance to get to Mount Tremblant in Canada, Killington is the only choice you should be thinking about. Tremblant has the bustle of Whistler or Park City and the feel of the village is distinctly european, but it’s a pain to get to.

Do a couple of quick searches for killingotn lodging. The B&B’s are mostly nice. The Killington Grand Hotel is sweet albeit pricey. There are spa resorts to stay at and even Ski Club-type housing.

would it be safe for me to get my belly button peirced 4 weeks before going swimming?

ok so my family is going to this one place in idaho in 4 weeks that is an indoor water park. it has chlorinated pools and hot tubs, but i was planning on getting my belly button pierced tomorrow. i figure that since it is 4 weeks after i would get it done, and i would clean it really super good with rubbing alcohol and stuff after i go swimming, then it wont get infected.
so if i do so, will it stay clean and not get infected?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

No, that’s not a good idea. I can almost guarantee you’ll get an infection. Navel piercings take 6 months to a year to heal, before they are healed they can get infected pretty easily if you don’t follow your aftercare, which includes refraining from bad water, i.e. Pools, hot tubs, and natural bodies of water. Pools and hot tubs are chlorinated, which is horrible for your piercing, and also contain a lot of bacteria believe it or not. And of course natural bodies of water have a ton of bacteria.

Rubbing alcohol will not make a difference. Once the piercing has been exposed to a bacteria, and the bacteria settles in, no amount of cleaning can reverse that. I mean with proper care it can go away on it’s own, but cleaning it after swimming won’t work, the damage will already be done. Plus rubbing alcohol strips away all the healing cells and good bacteria and defenders, which actually makes infection more likely.

Whatever you do don’t use rubbing alcohol, even if you decide to swim. Actually there is a way you can swim. There is a product called Tegaderm, which is a waterproof bandage that will seal your piercing out of the bad water. But the downside is that they are kind of expensive, and look absolutely ridiculous. Also, leaks can happen so it is a bit of a risk, but by far better than swimming with your piercing exposed indefinitely.

With swimming season coming up, and navel piercings taking a minimum of 6 months, but often longer, to heal, I’d actually encourage you to just wait until the end of summer to get the piercing. I know you probably don’t want to wait, I know I personally hate waiting for piercings. But this way you wouldn’t have to miss out, or highly risk infection.

Can i be charged for this?

Here’s the story. Me and two friends of mine used the pool, hot tub, and indoor restroom, of a house where nobody was home. The house belongs to another friend’s parents. They found out who went into their home, and told us they weren’t pressing charges, but the police had been notified because they said they still wanted the police to have a chat with us about what happened to maybe scare us straight. Three weeks later a police officer calls me on my cell phone and threatens to press charges and whatnot. Can the police officer (in Massachusetts) press charges himself? And, is entering a home without the intention to committ larceny or theft a felony? or is it just a misdemeanor crime. We did not in any way damage the home or property, and did not steal anything naturally because we know the family who the house belongs to, hence they’re not pressing charges. Also, why would the police officer have waited three weeks? if he really wanted to arrest us would he have doneso already

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Entering a home without permission is “breaking and entering,” even if nothing was broken or damaged. For this crime, the “victim” need not press charges.

You are right that, If the officer had intended to make an arrest, he probably would have done it before, but there is nothing in the law that prevents him from doing so now. Often time, the police know darn well who a guilty party is, but hold off on making an arrest until enough evidence has been collected to make even more serious charges stick. An example of this would be, for instance, if the homeowners decided to ask the officers to go ahead with the arrest.

My guess, is that the officer is still trying to “scare you straight.” But, you never know.

I want to go to myrtle beach in december sometime. i’d rather go in winter so i can enjoy the hot tubs…?

and indoor pools.. i found plenty of hotels but me and my guest are 18 and 19. i need a hotel with those amenties and the check in age to be 18+. any help????

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Most hotels’ check-in age is 18. Most of them don’t care or check your ID. If you book online, then most likely, you won’t get carded. Only a few higher-end resorts have a higher check-in age like 21. Examples are the hotels in Las Vegas and theme park resorts in Orlando. Your best bet would be to call the hotel you’d be staying at and check to see what their minimum check-in age is.

Does this sound nice for my family?

(Haha, yes, I know it’s July. The reason I’m asking now is because this will take a while to save for.)

I was thinking about what to get people in my family for Christmas, and I came up with this.

Maybe, sometime around Christmas, I can take my family to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg and stay there. In a nice hotel with a hot tub, and indoor pool. I could pay for the whole thing (the hotel, the things we do/buy)… I’m 13 so I’d have to save up for it… it’s a beautiful place escpescially at Christmas Time. How much do you think it would cost? When should we go? If I was to do this as a gift for you would you like it?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I’d have to say that in an expensive thing for a 13 year old to come up with the money although nice. I’d say even one night in a hotel is going to cost 100-250$ a night and if you plan on doing something for 4 ppl you are looking for another 100$ maybe but you would have to do research on the places you want to go be be sure and I woudl think that would be alot for a 13 year old to come up with

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

What’s the best Foundation for a hot tub?

I was given a hot tub and want to put it right behind my house. I live in Michigan, so the ground freezes, what’s my best foundation option? I’m thinking of a concrete slab, but I hear that might cause mildew under the tub, I am worried about the concrete shifting, cracking, or since it will but against my house, causing problems there. I am also thinking of digging up the grass, putting down that black plastic stuff, filling it in with sand or paver base (any recommends there) and then using four large square stones, like they use for A/Cs (any suggestions on another stone type?) and then filling the rest in with that white landscape gravel. With that option though, I’m concerned that the weight of the tub will shift the ground and become unleveled, and I’d have to empty the tank, remove the lines, to level it out again. Has anyone have issues with that? I am also going to put an aluminum or PVC material roof over the area (any suggestions?) Something light and translucent, just a cap though, no sides, to keep snow from falling on me when I’m in it in the winter. I will probably need to cement two posts for this and attach the other to the house. I was also going to build a back surround out of that new vinyl decking material. Just something to be able to set stuff (drinks) on, or to sit on and keep your legs, and will also be a privacy barrier from my neighbors too. Why not just build a deck, well I’d like to keep the tub as low to the ground as I can for privacy reasons. Lots of info I know, but please help me out, I’ve been struggling with options while this tub isn’t being used, and soon enough it will be fall, what other options do you all suggest?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Concrete slab is your best bet and where it will be poured against the house you need expansion material.

Song playing on Hot Tub Time Machine when lou is fighting Blane?

What is the song that plays whenever Lou gets up off the ground and tries to punch blane, but misses and the scene is in slow Motion. ??????????

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I just saw the movie today and loved it!
But i think that the song is “Hero” by Enrique Iglesias”. I could be wrong though.

Need Help/Opinons: Hot Tub Trips Breaker..wont turn on?

I just installed a hot tub. It’s an older model, but in working order when I bought it.

1. disconnected the jets to see if the power would remain – NO
2. disconnected the electrical load of the tub and the power to the GFI did remain ON and did no trip.
3. reconnected the tub and the GFI continues to trip.

Inside the tub, I confirmed that the ground wires are secure and the other 3 wires are connected as they should be ( Hot to Hot with the white to white neutral)

Can someone please take a moment to give me some advice? I read somewhere that the GFI Breaker could be grounded wrong, but since it stays on when disconnected to the tub, then that cant be it – right?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

A gfic device only measures an amount of current drawn over a short time. They can work fine even without the ground attached. They are designed to trip instantly without there being a full current draw, where as a circuit breaker requires there to be a full draw with a delayed trip for motor star-up. It sounds like you have done well in your diagnostics, next step would be to verify the current draw at the gfic device. Sounds to me that the older model is either drawing too much current or too much current too fast for the gfic to handle. You can also check the voltage at the tub, too little voltage due to voltage drop will increase the need for more amperage and trip the device. Last case scenario is a defective oversensitive gfic device. I can be reached via my answers bio.

Massie Block Sleepover? 10 points best answer!?

Massie Block Sleepover? 10 points Best Answer!?
Ok I do have a cabana, in ground pool & hot tub, I also live on a lake and I do have a lot of money and my parents to give me what ever I want. I am not a spoiled brat I do many of chores around my home. I love the clique series and I would love to have a sleepover with my 3 best friends next week, I have them sleepover my house once a month. I would like to have a sleepover party just like massie block does. If you could please give me ideas I will give you 10 points best answer. Also no rude comments I really just like the way massie block throws sleepover.
Thank you!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Well here is a list of ideas ;
*manicures
*would you rather’
*truth or dare
*snaks
*facials
*movies
*gossip
Have fun get ideas from what you guys like to do

What are some good activities for a Sweet Sixteen?

I am having a Sweet Sixteen tomorrow, and it was not until yesterday that it occurred to me that I don’t really have any specific activities planned out. Seeing as my back yard includes an in-ground pool, hot tub, trampoline, swings, fire pit, basketball court, and various lounging areas, I thought that those would all be “activity” enough. However, my friend had her Sweet Sixteen yesterday, and she also has some of these things, and some people would still sometimes look bored. The last thing I want at my party is for any one to look bored. I wanted to know if any one knew of any fun activities to have at a Sweet Sixteen. I am obviously sixteen, so I don’t want any thing that isn’t age appropriate. For example, nothing involving drinking or smoking.
So far, the only activities I can think of that interests me are as follows:
*Water Balloon Toss/ Fight
*Rock Band Tournament
*Karaoke

I don’t have a theme.
The party is mainly outside.
I’m expecting around 15-20 people, both boys and girls.
I have a big yard with a lot of room.

Again, nothing inappropriate like 7 Minutes in Heaven, Truth or Dare, or anything like that.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

First of all, HAPPY SWEET 16th BIRTHDAY!!!!
I love love love party! My birthday is coming up in September and I already planned my party idea. I know it’s going to be a blast. You can use my idea if you like ; I’ll make a list.

These are my favorite games ; I’ll include detail to make your party more fun // instructions.

Jello head dunk :
Get a GAINT bowl of jello and , and your supposeed to put a charm or something at the bottom for people to try and grab with their mouth .

TWISTER : [ MuST PLAY THIS ] :
Okay for the twister game , don't play the original style. Play it this way, you will need 4 players, grab a partner and get a rope then tie each other ankles togerther ; and try to use only half of the board of the spinner . Then the last two standing wins.

The rest are just simple activities you all can play :
hide and seek
Bonfire
Jump on your trampoline if you have one
Swim in your pool if you have one
Bake cupcakes
Bake brownies
Have a pillow fight
Blow balloons
Have a hula-hooping contest
Play board games
Make s'mores
Make puppy chow
Have a baking/cooking contest
Have a singing contest
Have a dance contest
Play with your presents
Camp in the backyard
Have a jump rope contest
Play truth or dare
Play balloon volleyball
Have guests make their own recipe
Have a scavenger hunt
Have an Easter egg hunt
Climb trees
Build a fort
Have a painting contest
Play Twister
Make crafts
Eat pizza
Play charades
Tye-dye shirts
Make lemonade
Do a relay race
Have a pickle-eating contest
Have a pie-eating contest
Have computer chair races
Make ice cream sundaes
Act out your favorite movie
Find objects in the clouds
Look for star constellations
Throw frisbees
-finger painting
-Capture the flag
-card games
-dance off
-ouji board
-supersoakers/water balloons
-football/soccer/volleyball/kickball
-Spin the bottle
- face paint
- movie
- badminton
-tractor rides
- Ghost story competition.
- Film a movie,
-bone fire
-poker tables
-costume party
-blackjack
- perform a skit,
-scavenger hunt.
-rock band
-musical chairs
Kareoke
like red rover
sack races
kick the can
Jello head dunk
bouncy castle
pass the parcel
musical statues
musical chairs

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump

how do i get my pump on my hot tub to shut off?

it kicks on automaticly and i press the button three time (hi/lo/off) the light goes out the pump stops but a couple seconds later it kicks back on i have a 1999 la spa

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Are you sure there is not a timer switch on it, if in timer mode “off” is only off for a period of time – when not in timer mode off turns the unit off.

Hot tub auxiliary pump.?

I pourchased a house with hot tub included but no instructions. It has 2 jet pumps and an auxiliary pump. What is the auxiliary pump for. Do you have to run this when heating the tub up or is it for draining the tub? Thanks for the help.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

One pump is for cirulation,second is for higher pressure to the jets. These pumps should not be ran while draining the tub.

Why cant you use a hot tub with a pacemaker/difibulator?

I have a quick question. I want to use a hot tub and I have a pacemaker/difibulator, why cant I use a hot tub. Is it because of the motors? Because I take hot baths. And what if the hot tub pump is a about 7 meters away from the hot tub

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You are correct, a hot tub will cause even a normal heart rate to increase. This is noted among younger and older patients. That why you will see warning signs around hot tubs.

A hot tub will have no additional affect on your pacemaker. Feel free to use one. As far as hot tubs/saunas here is the scoop. When in hot tubs/saunas your heart rate and blood pressure start to increase due to the heat. Under these circumstances a patient who is prone to arrhythmia’s
increases their chances of having an arrhythmia. There is no risk to you other than getting a shock should your heart rate increase and you get the arrhythmia. There are several things that you can do to decrease your “chances” of getting a shock.

Hot tub – Don’t go all the way in the water or shift back and forth from sitting in the tub and sitting on the edge of the tub/the stairs of tub to keep your legs in water. This way you won’t get too hot and your body will have a chance to cool down. Drink a lot of cool water while your in the tub.

(Notice I didn’t say cold beer, although tempting, this would not be a good idea as it would increase your chances of getting a shock even more since alcohol heats the body, too.)

You have to be your own judge of how you feel. Your other option is to buy a heart rate monitor. They have some that are just wrist band units, others you strap to your chest. Not that you would have to wear these all the time, but the first few times you could have an idea of the reaction you are
having to the heat and how fast your heart goes. Several people with defibrillators use hot tubs and saunas – you just have to be careful. As long as your doctor is ok with it and you try to limit the amount of time you are in the heat, I think that you should feel free to indulge yourself.

Hot tub pump not pumping water or heating?

I have a 1994 Cal Spa 8 foot Lounger. Recently the jets stopped working and it stopped heating. The pump and the heater are one component. I am assuming since the pump is not circulating the water it can’t heat and circulate the water either. The pump/heater are running, I checked the fan inside the pump and that is working too. Any thoughts on why it is not pumping the water through? If something is clogged how do I unclog it? Thanks,
The blower is seperate from the pump/heater. They operate from two different controls too. The blower is working perfect. If that piece you mentioned is broken what am I looking at for cost?
The pump/heater is only 1 year old. The main pump is what is running, just not circulating any water

Usedhottubsstore answers:

When you say the fan are you really talking abut the blower or the main spa’s pump? If the pump is in fact turning and no water at all is flowing (there’s always a little even if there is some major obstruction) then you do need to open up the wet end of the pump and see what is happening. I would bet ther “wet” end of the pump would show the impeller damaged. That is an older tub and I bet your pump is not working and your actually hearing the blower. No heat can happen if there is no water flow. Feel free to send us digital photos, or post them here.

HMMM.. Look to see if there are any “gate” valves on each line and make sure they are up and open to allow water flow. As far as your pump is concerned. It sounds like you have a problem in the “wet end”, Your going to need to take it apart and see if something is broken(impeller) or stuck, or something is caught in it. Parts can run anywhere from 18-44 for a new one. 12-22 for a new shaft seal if needed. One hour of labor. I would make an attempt first to do it since there’s not much to it. Feel free to contact us directly and I can work you through it.

Hot Tub Pump only stays on for 10 seconds at a time, then stops for 2 minutes before repeating.?

I just replaced my pump (Waterway Executive 4hp pump) on my Catalina Spa and fired it up. For some reason, the pump turns on for 10 seconds and the jets flow, but then it shuts off immediately. It remains idle for 2 minutes and then turns on again for 10 seconds. This cycle has been repeating endlessly as far as I can tell since installing the pump a couple days ago. Also, there are no error messages on the spa’s readout display, only shows the temperature like normal. Any ideas?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I hate to tell you this but your circuit board needs to be replaced. The good thing is if your the original owner you do get that horrible pro-rated warranty where you actually get to pay for a portion or majority of the component. (I hate their warranties) If your out of warranty I do urge you to look at replacing it with a nice cheaper generic Balboa VS spa pack. Most of the time I replace your whole spa pack, heater and top side control for the rice they want for their circuit board.

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

Is there a power circuit breaker that alarms when it is tripped?

I have a outdoor hot tub wired directly into a breaker in my breaker box. The breaker tripped recently and I didn’t know until I happened to check the tub and notice ice forming (not good). After I thawed it out so the pipes didn’t freeze I wondered if there exists a circuit breaker that give an audible alarm when the power is lost/ circuit trips.
Has anyone heard of such a thing and if so where can you find it.
Thanks!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

There are some that have a second set of contacts that can be used to trigger an alarm when the breaker trips. They are usually used in industry for monitoring critical circuits.

A better idea which gets to the heart of the matter is to get a temperature-based alarm (because it is the low temperature you really care about). When the temperature drops in the hot tub for any reason the alarm is triggered. You can get them with wireless capability and battery operated. That way if there is a problem the alarm sends a radio message to inside your house to alert you without the need for wiring.

How can I heat my hot tub faster?

I recently got an outdoor hot tub and it really bugs me how it takes a day or so to heat it up from cold water to a good temperature. And to keep this tub running 24/7 in order to avoid the 1day wait sounds really expensive. There must be a way to keep the hot tub at a good temperature so that when I am not using it the tub doesn’t have to be running and when I decide to use it the water doesn’t take a day to reach a nice temperature.

Maybe keeping the heat dial turned down to about half way and only raising it higher when i want to?
Or maybe the jets are what use the most energy?
Also doesn’t the hot tub have to be running in order to treat the water with oxidizers and chlorine and other chemicals?
Does the hot tub have to be running all the time? If not How can i reduce the heat up time?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Cover it and leave it at the temp you like. Thats the only way. Most people who have them use them daily or every other day. If you only want on weekend put a timer in to turn on then.

why is the water in my spa fizzy like soda pop?

Its an outdoor hot tub.Also, when i turn on the air jets,the bubbles are milky and this peanut butter colored gooh gets caught in the bubbles.The ph and everything else is normal.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You’re covering the hot tub when it’s not in use, right? If not, you should be so that things don’t get into that shouldn’t be there.

GFCI plug on hot tub started tripping intermittently?

The GFCI plug on the end of the electric cord on my 110v outdoor hot tub has been tripping about once or twice a day, making it difficult to keep it hot enough in the middle of a cold Minnesota winter. I notice that a small piece of plastic at the base of theGFCI plug has broken off, could this be enough to let in moisture and cause it to trip? And if the GFCI plug needs to be replaced, is this something I could fix myself? I haven’t been able to find a replacement plug yet, only the GFCI receptacles. Any advice appreciated.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Where can I find a romantic mountainside cabin in Gatlinburg TN?

We are looking for the real deal in the mountains cabin with a great view. An outdoor hot tub is a must.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Try the link below. I’ve stayed at Timberwinds several times and have not been disappointed. It is a little bit off the beaten path in Townsend (where one of the other answers suggested.) It is a little bit of a drive to Gatlinburg, but always a nice one. Most cabins have a hot tub on the deck. Most or all have a grill. Some have a pool table in the upstairs loft. They are available in a variety of sizes accommodating 2 people to 10 or more. Check out the photos to get a better idea of what each cabin has. Also check the top of the home page. Sometimes they run specials like stay 3 nights get one free or something similar.

Almost Heaven is one of the more popular “romantic” cabins, but all are nice.

Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

Help! How to keep my Indoor cat cool in a hot house?

I don’t have A/C, it doesn’t get overly hot in my area. This summer we got a heat wave 95-97 degrees, humid with hardly no breeze. Been like this for 8 days. My cat gets very warm and licks herself for relief. She lays on the floor usually the kitchen/bathrm, but I can tell she’s miserable and 1 day she even threw up her food. At 8pm it’s 90 degrees in my house and doesn’t cool down till midnight. I give her fresh water a few times a day and tried adding ice cubes, but they melt instantly and do no good. I keep her food in the fridge and give it to her cold. I turn the fans on, but it just swirls around the hot air. I keep the blinds and curtains closed, which helps. I tried opening windows, but the hot air just seeps in the house. When the sun goes down I open everything up. I can hop in the tub and sit in cool water, but my cat doesn’t like being wet. I’d let her outside to sit under a tree, but it isn’t safe too many dogs in the area. We are soooooooooo miserable!

What can I do to help my cat be more comfortable & cool in this smoldering heat?!?

It’s supposed to be 100 degrees today. I’m worried and don’t want her to get sick. Totally need some advice for my baby thx
You’re right Wednesday, I live in Seattle and that 103 degree heat wave was awful

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Cats originated in extremely hot climates and can withstand 100F heat all day as long as they have a ready supply of water. And if you can keep air moving in the room that’s good too. And low speed fan is fine. When my cats get hot they lay in a hole that the dog dug out in the garden or lay on the branches of the cherry trees.

DO NOT WET DOWN THE CAT – cats regulate their body temperatures by allowing air to move through their fur. If their coat is wet the air can’t circulate. And they don’t require cold water – just keep it fresh. Trust to Mother Nature; cats are better equipped to handle the heat if we just leave them alone.

anniversary question?

Ok, it is my boyfriend’s and my year and a half anniversary.
So far we are going to a hotel that has indoor pool, hot tub, and we are planning on bringing strawberries, chocolate, and whip cream [original i know].
The problem is, the hotel doesn’t allow you to come in till 3:00pm, what shall we do until then???
Name anything, you can even say things that you and whomever did.
by the way, the hotel is in our own town, we just wanted to get away from our roommates for awhile.
so, we already have been EVERYWHERE.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

It sounds like you are up for something romantic…go to a park and pack a picnic. Bring a frisbee and play some catch or take a long walk. Another option would be to find downtown, there are usually random shops that are fun to do lots of window shopping and great small restaurants. Without knowing your location this is something good you can do almost anywhere. Then you can spend the rest of the evening enjoying you “dessert”.

year and a half.?

Ok, it is my boyfriend’s and my year and a half anniversary.
So far we are going to a hotel that has indoor pool, hot tub, and we are planning on bringing strawberries, chocolate, and whip cream [original i know].
The problem is, the hotel doesn’t allow you to come in till 3:00pm, what shall we do until then???
Name anything, you can even say things that you and whomever did.
By the way, the hotel is in our own town, we just wanted to get away from our roommates for awhile.
so, we already have been EVERYWHERE.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Have a romantic picnic at the park….pack a lunch and maybe have some teasin goin on before you get to the hotel..maybe go to a movie…..or go to the place you had your first date at and reminisce…..something different

Fun things to add to your house for entertaining?

I am 22 and have a decent size home i am getting a ping pong table dart board fire pit out door cooking station/frig. I am thinking of things like horse shoe pit, hot tub, but dont have a lot of out door space for a pool or anything big or enough indoor space to get a pool table. Has anyone seen anything cool or fun, or can you think of anything that can add more things to do when entertaining at my house?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

lol too tempting!
You could get a nice upgraded computer for what your probably thinking of spending, however, if you don’t like that idea, how about a dog? Or just a game system?

CRAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!QUESTION?

ok in my daddys house we have an indoor inground hot tub and im having rele bad cramps but im not on my period like i get them a couple days before my period and was wondering if getting in my hot tub would help the cramps or make them worse or what!!!!! thax

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I think it wouuld!(: keeping yerself warm always helps the cramps mellow down.(:

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

What does this CRAZY dream mean?? Opinions?

So in the dream, my dad made me ring my slutty friend’s doorbell. She brought me upstairs and it suddenly became a spongebob cartoon but spongebob was drunk and he was trying to find plankton in the middle of the ocean. Then he sees this rock and its huge and an orange-ish-red color. Plankton is running to get in the archway, which was the entrance, and then I’m in there and its a GIGANTIC CLOSET!!! So I’m walking around picking up cute stuff and Stacy and Clinton are there from What Not to Wear! And they tell me to change into this robe so I do it and then Stacy tells me my boobs aren’t big enough to get laid…well I had a major WTF moment and Clinton goes “don’t feel bad, its worse when your penis is brown.” Then he brings me to this room with these beds in different sizes and they tell me that the smallest one is only good for lesbian sex, the medium one is only good for gay sex, but the BIG one is perfect for straight sex! Well I’m just confused now. Then all of a sudden I’m blonde and I have short hair and I’m in a bikini in the middle of an airport. I was freaking out because I was missing a little book full of blank paper from my bag. So my dad runs into a disney store and buys me a snowglobe for some strange reason. Somehow I wind up in a hotel elevator with this guy from my class and he grabs me and starts kissing me and I’m annoyed that its not my boyfriend so he starts taking of my clothes, so I smacked him and ran to this place that looked like my backyard, but with an in ground hot tub. My boyfriend was in it and so were my parents and a bunch of other people but he insisted that since it was after 10pm, hot tub rules state that bathing suits are not required. So I ended up with no bikini, sitting on my boyfriend’s lap, sipping a smoothie, and talking about something with my mom. What the hell does this mean?? Was it just a REALLY freaky dream or what?????? Sooooooooo creepy!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Something to do with betrayal, right?

So my dream starts out last night in a colossal movie theater. Not really important. I’m waiting for my girlfriend to arrive for our date. When she doesn’t arrive I opt to go to her house and find out what’s up because I forgot my phone. So I arrive at the empty neighborhood and get out to walk up to the house. No one appears home so I go around the side to check if they’re out back, as I come to the corner a shotgun nearly blasts my arm off and I duck around the corner again. To my surprise my girlfriend is being dragged away by her mother, one-handing a twelve gauge. Familiar thoughts yet? So I can’t really get close yet but she’s going backwards into this sort of labyrinth of fences and houses. As I start moving forwards though, jumping a fence or two, I find her brother laying down a lot of bullets to stop me. I get behind a very convenient brick wall and sprint to and jump another fence to get closer. Except it seems he’s out of ammo and there’s a grenade at my foot. So I dive away from that and a few more only to find their dog is charging at me. (I know, dog assassin? Weird.) So I pick up this toy ball-shooter in a yard and put one on the dog’s head, then catch its muzzle in the barrel as it tries to eat me. I run for it through an open back door and a little while later arrive in this area with an in ground hot tub and a greenhouse. Girlfriend’s parents are still hauling her away from me. The shotgun is gone but her dad has a knife so I jump the tub and tackle the father into the greenhouse windows. I get up, he’s unconscious, and the mom’s nowhere to be found. Just as we’re about to have our touching reunion I’m woken by my phone.

I’m thinking obviously this has something to do with a fear of betrayal. I just want a second opinion from someone with a bit more experience in dream interpretation.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

What does your dream house look like?

You can have all the money you want to make your own dream house, what would yours look like?
Mine would be a fairly large 2 story with 4 bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms. I would have a huge backyard without any houses behind my house and I would have a circle in ground hot tub and a big screened in patio with light green chairs and weaved tables etc.. and a mini little fire pit thing in it. The master bedroom would be really big with a t.v. hanging on the wall in front of my California King Size Memory foam bed with light green sheets. The walls would be painted a light tan/brown color (so earth tones) and a huge bathroom with double doors leading to it. Also the Entrance to the house would have double doors and a fairly large front patio and a 3 car garage. There would be a lot of windows in it and all light colored brick. What would your house look like?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

You have a good imagination and that is a real good thing to have. I have one too, but at the moment, my dream house wouldn’t be the turn of the century three story farmhouse with lots of animals,tree’s,windows,land and people to care for them. I’ll settle for the house I’m in now but without any bills to pay! Now that’s a BIG imagination!! Keep dreaming and never stop because sometimes that gets us through the tough times.

Adding a sub-panel for a Hot Tub?

I need to run 240V to my hot tub.
I’d like to take my 240V from my stove (unused) and run it to a small sub-panel in my crawlspace, then have this feed the hot tub and some lighting around it.
The 240V wire running to my stove will be disconnected and will power the new panel.
From that I should have 2 hots and a neutral (although this is the braided alumminum type).
Can I use this to power the panel (providing 2 hots and neutral) while planting a seperate ground stake to run to the new panel for ground?
The Neutral from the stove cable is braided AL. but is totally isolated from the new panel to the old panel neutral bar.

Inside the new panel I’ll have a 240v GFI breaker for the hot tub and
a 110V gfi for the lighting.
Is this OK? Im trying to avoid breaking down walls to run anything to my already packed old panel.

I’m in NC, and I was told I need some type of “panic button” near the tub as well – can this just be attached to a junction box near the tub?
QUIXDRAW:
Yeah I do know how to wire a GFI. Done it many times. But I’ve seen “professionals” stand around in a stupor when trying to wire a 3-phase.
Folks like you create this dilemma.
Who am I going to trust? The incompetent professionals, the “master electrician” who talks down to others (while shouting in caps), or myself?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Come off of the line side of the panel to feed a sub panel. From sub panel run a disconnect. From disconnect to hot tub. This is my hubbys way of doing it and hes a commercial electrician I would call a pro in though. Good Luck!!!

i have a blue ridge hot tub that want turn on at all help?

I have replaced the wire going to the hot tub now i don’t know if we should how we should wire the wire’s come out of tub should they be red to red , black to black and white to cream, and use the copper as a ground wire. , Should the red botton on the front panel that is a GFCI stay in when pushed in if not could that be bad. and is there a reset button somewhere out side the white control box that i’m not finding that maybe the reason it’s not turning on… this is a used tub and as you can see i’m a woman with no help on this…. thanks.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

What you need is a quailifed hot tub technician and trouble shooter. Blue Ridge Spas in my area were a brand of spas sold by Lowes and built by Gatsby Spas of Florida but Lowes also had other suppliers for this private labled spa depending on the area of the country you are in. The trouble you are describing is caused by some sort of electrical short or malfunction but in a hot tub there are many components that can cause the GFCI breaker to stay open and not run. Since it smoked when you held the button in, it would be safe to say that there are damaged components that need replaced. I would suggest calling local hot tub dealers, tell them them your situation and ask them if they have anyone that can trouble shoot and repair a Blue Ridge. If they can not, ask them if they know of anyone who can. The problems you describe are not easily repaired by inexperienced Do-It-Yourselfers and an improper repair can be dangerous or even deadly. If you can not find any one local, try to find the name of the company that built the tub somewhere inside the equipment and you may be able to find them online. If they are still in business they may be able to refer you to a local repair service. Good Luck!

Your Questions About Hot Tub Pump And Heater

need ballpark cost for wiring a hot tub?

Looking for a ballpark cost for wiring and hook up of a new hot tub to be located outside on the deck, approx 60ft from panel in garage, conduit would be half inside/half outside. Tub is 220V with 30A pump and 50A heater, and I’m told by the tub dealer that safety code requires a disconnect within 10′ of the tub. See tub website for more specifics, Model 451 – http://www.bullfrogspas.com Appreciate any and all help. I’m located in upstate NY. Thanks!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Should be connected easily in a day for one man so say $150-$200 for labor. Material would be approx. $200 to $250.

Hot tub help?

My hot tub does not get hot enough. The light on the heater does not come on. Anybody have any tips for me? Everything else is fine, jets, pump, and breakers are not tripped. Thank you. If you think you know what the problem is can you explain how to fix it?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If you would open an email or a IM program I could try to help, with not enough information to go on, I would say to call someone to fix it.

diagnosing hot tub power fault?

I have a 4 person hot tub that tripped the circuit breaker apparently when not in active use and immediately trips when resetting. It is a 30A connection running from GFCI breaker to quick disconnect to hot tub. It had been running for about 2 years (brand new) with no problem. If unplugged at quick disc. then the gfci holds. I tried unplugging the pump and tub light and still trips. There is mild corrosion around one of the heater terminals, which I removed the connection, cleaned and reattached and tightened both. If the heater has failed, would it trip the breaker? I here a click from the tub circuit board as soon as I turn on the gfci breaker. Any ideas? Thanks.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I had a hot tub do the same thing after 9 months and it was the heating element.

hot tub power problems?

I went to use my hot tub last night and there was no power to it at all. The display, pumps, and heater are not working. I tried cycling the breaker inside the house and that did nothing. Is there anything someone could think of to check before I call a hot tub repairman? It is a aruba spas type hot tub.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Some tubs have a GFI breaker in the control panel. You need to check for voltage where the electric wires come into the panel. If you do not have power then you can call an electrician instead of the hot tub repairman.

Hot tub electrical question.?

I have a small 4 person hot tub. Never had any problems out of it, then one day it triped the disconnect breaker in the sub panel. I reset it and it instantly tripped again. I waited till the next day and tried it, once again it tripped as soon as the pump and everything came on. I then turned off the main power source to the sub panel, pulled out the dedicated breaker out of the sub panel and just temporally hooked the leads up straight to the power source turned the main breaker back on and it started right up and ran fine, After about 1/2 hour, I turned off the main breaker to the sub panel, wired it back up the way it goes, and turned everything on and it worked fine. This happened again several weeks later, after the power had been out in a storm, the water had fallen quit a bit in temperature, when I went to check on the tub, I noticed it had no power, I tried resetting the sub breaker and it tripped again, so I went through the whole wire, hook straight, wait then rewire it again and it worked just fine. At the end of the season, it did it once again, and I upon re-setting the sub breaker it ran then I heard a small pop and found out it had blew a Littlefuse SLC 25 in the main works of the tub its self.

I’m having a ‘spa tech’ come out to check it, but there’s only one in my area and I can’t say that I really trust em, any ideals on what might be causing this? I know it could be the heater, or the pump, but both worked just fine when the tub was running, no problems at all. The only time I would generally have it trip the breaker would be after a power failure.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Sounds like your right on the edge of the maximum current draw and any little extra demand pushes you over the safe limit and because you trip both breaker and blow fuse its not a issue with either its a real honest overload so you need to isolate and measure with a clamp on type amp meter and compare to each spec for amp draw for both the pump and heater , you most likely have a motor with extra drag due to bad bearing or something or an intermittent short to ground somewhere

Your Questions About Outdoor Hot Tubs

Removing my Hot Tub?

I recently purchased a new home with a built-in outdoor hot-tub, but the monthly expenses are so high so I want to get rid of it.

What i want to know is who can I get to pull the spa out from my deck, and when they do take it out what will happen to the pipes that were connected to it?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Ususally the hot tub has no external piping. (Most are filled with the outdoor garden hose)
If there is a pipe to fill it, there must be a shut off for it. Disconnect the pipe anywhere after that shut off, and cap it.
The hard part is disconnecting the electricity to the tub.
If you have no clue of how to do this DO NOT ATTEMPT!
Newer hot tubs just plug into an outlet, but if yours is directly wired to the fuse box, get a pro out there. It’ll take him about 5 minutes to safely disconnect everything.
As far as tub removal goes, put an ad in the paper and see if you can get a few bucks for it.
I’m looking to get one and it will cost me about 2 grand so if I see one for a steal, i’m definately going to check it out!

Our daughter dumped Calgon in the Spa (hot tub), now what?

Our cute, innocent, delicate, wonderful, loving little daughter just dumped about a quarter of a box of calgon in the hot tub. The water is blue, and the scent is nice, but OMG!, What should I do? Do I drain the tub? Here in OHIO it’s snowing, draining it would be a pain! (it’s an outdoor tub that we use daily). Suggestions anyone? Drain it or wait it out?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

First put one 1/2 gallon of distilled vinegar in it. Run your pumps for a few minutes. Drain competely. Repeat with fresh water two more times and you should be alright. What a mess that can be.

For the person that thinks it’s no big deal..it is. Waterway jet gaskets will deterioate if they are using the common Bromine or Chlorine sanitizers. Waterway gasets are in most hot tubs. It’s the combination of chemicals that will do the harm. Calgon by itself will do nothing except foam like crazy. On average it takes me roughly 45 minutes to change out a jet’s O-rings on a non-foamed tub. If it’s foamed then we have to dig out the foam adding hours sometime for one jet.

I must admit bad advice like this keeps me driving Porches and Range Rovers. Thanks!

Help finding a Wisconsin cottage rental?

I need help finding a cottage/cabin rental in Wisconsin. I prefer the lower half of the state – I don’t want to go further north than Door County. The ideal rental will have no more than a 2-night minimum (the week of October 8), is in the woods, relatively secluded, on a lake or river, sleeps 2 and has an outdoor hot tub.

Do you know of such a place? I have googled and googled but have only found one that meets my requirements.

Alternatively, if you KNOW of a site where I can search that allows you to select the amenities you want, that would be great. I’ve come across some that allow you to search for some things, but I want to be able to limit searches only to those with outdoor hot tubs.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Hello there,now im praying to the good lord that these are going to help you,you sound pretty desperate,

Birch Lake Secluded Getaway
21476 Inshore Ave, Tomah, WI – (608) 374-3150
“… Birch Lake Secluded Getaway, Tomah Wisconsin vacation cabin rentals with hot tubs in central WI near the Wisconsin Dells resorts cottages cabins lodging …” birchlakegetaway.com

Sherwood House in Colorado
896 Young Road, Hudson, WI – (888) 755-8595
“… Every amenity imaginable, from the 60′ big screen TV home theatre, the two jetted tubs in the bathrooms, the eight person hot tub on the deck, fully-equipped …” rentalo.com

Best Western Derby Inn
Hwy 45 North/ P.O. Box 2470, Eagle River, WI – (715) 479-1600
“… Many of the features that separate The Derby Inn from others include a large heated pool and an over sized hot tub & sauna. We also offer guest laundry, …” derbyinn.com

D Scott Diller Llc: Diller D Scott CPA
1263 Willow Grove Dr, Pewaukee, WI – (262) 695-9100
“… Vista Verde North’s private heated pool and hot tub are located just steps from your door. This secluded and relaxing oasis is said to be the most beautifully …” floridavacations.com

M & M Victorian Inn
1393 Main St, Marinette, WI – (715) 732-9531
“… We have two suites each with a two person jacuzzi tub, one with a private wood burning fireplace, and both with an amazing original stained glass windows. …” wbba.org

Hidden Valley Inn & Resort
W7724 County Rd W, Phillips, WI – (715) 339-2757
“… This rental includes one bedroom on the first floor with a king size bed, and a sleeping loft with a full and two twins. Air conditioning, two baths, hot tub, …” cottages.org

Econo Lodge
700 E Main St, Watertown, WI – (920) 261-9010
“… Free local calls; Car rental desk; Family rooms; Wheel chair access; Pets allowed; Free parking; Meals; Economy; Hot tub; Free breakfast; Nonsmoking; Data port …” hotel-guides.us

Super 8 – Eagle River
200 W. Pine St, Eagle River, WI – (715) 477-0888
“… Our amenities include: Whirlpool suites, king suites, indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, conference room, super start breakfast, cable TV and a 24 hour front desk. …” eaglerivervacations.com

Courtyard-Milwaukee Downtown
300 W Michigan St, Milwaukee, WI – (414) 291-4122
“… There were a lot of kids in there and voices would echo, which made it hard to relax in the hot tub. Parking was $15, but the ramp was connected right to the …” tripadvisor.com

Jacobson Terry & Sally
21476 Inshore Ave, Tomah, WI – (608) 374-3150
“… The resorts also offer ice skating, nature trails, duck watching, turtle teasing, stargazing, campfire roasting, hot tub soaking, or just plain old deck loafing …” findrentals.com

Phones Plus Inc
2745 S Calhoun Rd, New Berlin, WI – (262) 784-2311
“… Full wrap-around deck with private hot tub for those cool nights included. Professionally decorated with a ‘North Woods’ decor.Ravenswood lodge is located in …” vrbo.com

Re/Max Preferred Real Estate
100 E Main St, La Valle, WI – (608) 985-8484
“… You’ll love the kitchen/dinette and the big living room complete with a fireplace and access to the lakeside deck & hot tub. 2 Car detached garage offers nice …” realtytimes.com

i may help better if you knew the exact location,theres hundreds for door county!! Can you give a specific town? Hope this as helped a little good luck in your search,best wishes…

Termites in Hot tub plumbing pipes?

Help. I have a large termite infestation in my outdoor hot tub, Jacuzzi, spa…. They eat the filter out in about 1 week and appear to be coming out the air hoses and not the water hoses. Any advice on how to get the m OOUT!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

This is not trivial. Disconnect the power to the unit. There may be a short forming. Call an inspector and have the whole property inspected for termites as they are likely to be eating in other places as well. Get the termites controlled and then have the tub serviced. Termites will eat through insulation and once they are gone, their dried out workings are often flammable.

Air hoses are usually a softer plastic than the water pipes, that’s why they get penetrated first. Chances are there is a minor water leak that attracting them.

is it possible to have an outdoor kitchen, fireplace, patio and hot tub all with the same stone?

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Your Questions About Indoor Hot Tub

are there cameras in indoor swimming pools?

I was just wandering if there are cameras taping what you’re doing in the swimmig pools and the hot tub cause like I thought that was illegal in USA
also, the swimming pool I go to is a swimming pool with life guard around

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i’m 14 weeks pregnant and my husband wants to go to an indoor waterpark this summer?

i’m not a big fan of waterslides (except the kid ones that are fairly short and not too fast) but i do love the water. can i go to a waterpark when i’m 4, 5 or 6 months pregnant? can i go on any waterslides at all, even little kid ones? i know i can’t go in hot tubs but what about the wave pool?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

you can go into the wave pool but i wouldnt go in very deep where the waves are really crazy.

Some slides will be ok, some will not. There should be a sign outside each slide and it will tell you if pregnant women should ride.
-most slides will not let you unless its exremely easy going.

How do I have an amazing party?

I am having a party August 30th and I want it to be very good. I am inviting 55 plus people to my house with an indoor pool as well as a hot tub. While we are old enough to drink I don’t want the entire thing to be a drinking thing. I would like answers on themes, the time to start and to end, what food, what smells to fill the air. I really want to have the party of the year, but please don’t put dumb answers about alcohol and drugs. I want serious answers

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Rent a DJ and A disco lights with a PHAT music and it’s gonna be alot of fun but you’re saying you have a pool a a hot tub ok tell every body to came in there swimming suits it will be damn good
Do A Grill You’re self not by hiring a chef

Question about a Tennessee cabin rental site i was on a few months ago?

me and my family were on a tenneseee cabin rental site, but i cant remember the name of it. all i remember is the cabins had names, ranged from 1-14 bedrooms i think, some had an indoor pool, most had hot tubs, some had movie theaters in them and you could look inside the cabins on the site. the name was kind of weird too, not like cabinrentals.com or something obvious like that. please help me out, thanks!

Usedhottubsstore answers:

However, just Google “Tennessee cabin rentals” and it should pull up a bunch. Perhaps you will see the right one. If you remember what town the rentals were in, Google “(town name) cabin rentals”.

I need advice for hotel in Nacogdoches, tx?

I’m gonna be staying in Nacogdoches, TX for an upcoming weekend and would love to get a hotel that has a hot tub or indoor heated pool, anyone can help me?

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I’m from up here, and its a small town.
Comfort Inn and Suites
3429 South Street, Nacogdoches,TX (936)560-9900
They have an indoor heated pool. Right off of 59(south street).

Your Questions About In Ground Hot Tub

is it ok to change my hot tub water in the winter?

I’m in Canada and there is snow on the ground and it’s about -12 outside. Do you think it would be alright to change the water in my out door hot tub. I would have to run the hose to the street and then fill it back up again. Please help! Thanks everyone.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

If you run the hose to the street, it would be sure to make ice somewhere. Would this be a problem? Could someone get hurt by the ice slick? If it’s not a problem, then go ahead and do it. But fill up your hot tub and start running it as soon as you can, because you don’t want any residual water trapped in the pump and plumbing to freeze.

I’m in Southern California and don’t have freezing weather to contend with. But when I empty my hot tub, I drain it into a cleanout for my drain pipe to the sewer. You probably have one too, located just outside the house near the bathroom or kitchen. Unfortunately, it may be covered with snow. Look for it next summer.

I bought a house with a hot tub.Unused in 3 years. How do I start to enjoy my hot tub? I know nothing about it?

The tub is above ground and surrounded by a deck that may need repair. Some boards are weak. The boards are not under hot tub I don’t know whats supporting the hot tub from the ground its all enclosed.However the hot tub is stable and firm in place. Is there any one who can help me? Thanks
Is there anyone who can tell me off hand what I should do to get it up and runnning.
Is there anyone who can tell me off hand what I should do to get it up and running.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

What the hell is the question? Help you with what!? If you want to enjoy it, then get the hell in and use it!

I was going to wire my hot tub with some teck 90 #6 3 wire with a ground and already purchased the wire. the t?

I was going to wire my hot tub with some teck 90 #6 3 wire with a ground and already purchased the wire. the teck wire has a black, red, blue and a bare ground wire. my electrician has said that this cannot be used because you need a black,red, white and green wire. I spoke to a hot tub installer and he said that all they do is tape the blue wire with white tape and the bare wire is ok in Canada. I am located in southern Ontario. Any input is appreciated.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

I’m from Ont.and the way that the hot tub installer said is the right way you can do it..

what does my dream mean?

It was a mash up of several scenes. I usually don’t care about this stuff except this one was just so weird! I was yelling at this old guy for being smug but I kept calling him Wilt Chamberlane, but he looked more like Winston Churchhill. Then all of a sudden I’m at this party that looks like something out of a Tu Pac music video! R Kelly is my brother, like literally my brother (on a side note: that’s actually kind of weird cause I always thought my brother looked a bit like puff daddy) anywho… R Kelly was my brother except he was also a transvestite…a really convincing one! She kept seducing all the guys at the party in this hot tub. Then there was this unconcious white blonde soccer mom looking woman laying next to the above ground hot tub. She was wearing a red silk robe. When she woke up she got scared and tried to hide under the tub. Then all of a sudden I was getting my husband ready for work (which is actually what I should have been doing, he let me sleep in) and we were running late he had 10 minutes to get there when we live 30 minutes away and I was stressing about it but he was perfectly fine about it. I know how weird this sounds but I’m serious this isn’t some kind of stupid joke.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

This dream suggests that you wish that your life was more of a hot, sexy party rather than a hum drum life of getting your husband to work on time.

It also suggests that your not getting enough sexy party time and that if you can’t get it in real life you’ll at least pretend to get it in your dreams.

Where can I buy those lights…help with this new years party?

I’m having a house party of around 50 friends from ages 18-23 both guys and girls (obviously). i have a ping pong table, pool table, and built-in-the-ground hot tub (should i open hot tub?). I know I have to buy a whole load of liqueur. Do you have any suggestions? Music is trance- like Basshunter, DJ Playboy, Megara, DJ Splash, eTron, Scarf!
I have faerie lights, excellent big speakers, and a wide open space. What kind of stores sell those lights that make everything slow motion, and other colored party lights? I’ve already handed out really cool invitations.

Usedhottubsstore answers:

Sounds awesome you should open the hot tube!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can i come..no ol jk but definatly check online cant give much more adivce than thta

FAQ Hot Tub & Spa Assistance

Can any one find prices for hot-tubs?

Graeme Renwall answers:

Where can i get low priced hot tubs ?

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Why cant I find hot tub prices online?

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Best online hot tub filter prices?

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Prices on installing a hot tub?

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how do you check a hot tub heater element?

Graeme answers:

How can I remove a cracked fitting from my hot tub heater?

Graeme answers:

how to heat home made hot tub?

Graeme answers:

if the hot tub heater provides 5900kJ/minute, how long, in hours, will it take to heat the water from 16.7 to?

Graeme answers:

I own a older Jacuzzi hot tub the heater won’t work wondering where the heater element is, trying to save $.

Graeme answers:

how do I clean the filter on our outside hot tub?

Graeme answers:

How do I clean this hot tub?

Graeme answers:

How do I neutralize soap in a hot tub without draining it?

Graeme answers:

My hot tub has sat empty for 4 years. What do I need to do to get it running again? Suggestions?

Graeme answers:

Why do my hot tub jets keep turning on randomly?

Graeme answers:

Where I can buy just the top of hot tub gazebo. My wooden gazebo is fine except the top is rotted.?

Graeme answers:

What kind of plant can I grow near a hot tub?

Graeme answers:

How would you suggest we go about removing a 6 foot black rat snake from our hot tub in our gazebo?

Graeme answers:

What is up with the older couple resting in the bathtubs in Cialis commercial?

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How do I remove an electrical breaker box from my yard?

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Your Questions About Inflatable Hot Tubs

Water bed heater to supplement inflatable hot tub inflatable spa heat?

Graeme answers:

What is the cheapest brand of INFLATABLE hot tubs. INFLATABLE ONLY!! Please?

Graeme answers:

How much does it cost on average to run an inflatable hot tub?

Graeme answers:

does anyone have an inflatable hot tub?

Graeme answers:

looking for inflatable hot tub?

Graeme answers:

how do i turn off my balboa hot tub jet?

Graeme answers:

hey i have a Balboa hot-tub and the jets are spraying everywhere can you help. the knobs on the side do not?

Graeme answers:

what does the code F1 mean on the control panel of a 1999 Balboa Hot Tub ?

Graeme answers:

Hey i have a Balboa hot-tub and the jets are spraying everywhere can you help. the knobs on the side do not?

Graeme answers:

balboa hot tub trouble!!!!?

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Your Questions About Used Hot Tubs Prices

Should I fix my hot tub?

Graeme answers:

I need to replace my hot tub cover. Any recommendations?

Graeme answers:

How much to ask for used jacuzzi?

Graeme answers:

Anyone know a good website selling chlorine resistant swimsuits for women? Regular and plus sizes?

Graeme answers:

How much would it cost to transform a room into a bathrrom?

Graeme answers:

How much electricity do you need to hook up a hot tub heater and pump?

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Hot tub pump causes the GFCI to trip, any ideal why?

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Is my hot tub pump supposed to Shut off?

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Why are there large air bubbles coming through by heat pump in my hot tub?