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candy
Citizen
Username: Candy
Post Number: 91
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 1:56 pm: |     |
We are going to be doing a major renovation in our bathroom. Can anyone share their positive or negative thoughts on the whirlpool tubs that seem to be so popular now? |
jgberkeley
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Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 3463
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 5:48 pm: | |
Negative.
Consider all the piping, tubing and pumps full of water with body oils and skin cells. Now think of the black mold that will grow when the tub is empty but these tubes are full.
Now think of the effort you will expend filling the tub with water and bleach then run the motors to flush the black mold out of the system.
And think of the 2 or 3 drain, fill, rinse cycles you will do to get rid of the bleach.
And if you don't, think how yukky you will feel when you are using the tub and black flakes of mold start mixing with your bath water.
I got so tired of it, I yanked my tub out.
Enjoy,
George
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. |
Barb
Citizen
Username: Flannery
Post Number: 74
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 6:44 pm: | |
Agreed with George. Found that I hardly ever actually used the jets in our other house. When we remodel the current bathroom, I just want to install a deep soaking tub... |
jab
Citizen
Username: Jab
Post Number: 182
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 8:41 pm: | |
George described it perfectly. In our previous home we had a whirlpool tub, which was also a shower, and the jets were impossible to clean. And once you clean them it does't take long for the black mold to collect again.
On a related note, where can I buy a cast iron bathtub that fits into a corner? Thanks for any information. |
compsy
Citizen
Username: Compsy
Post Number: 114
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 9:48 pm: | |
I know this is a hard leap to make, but why not consider an outdoor hot tub? Ozone gas (offered on some models) renders minimal the amount of chemicals needed to keep the water clean, the tub is always full and hot and ready to use, and if placed well on the property, you have a protected additional "room" in which to sit and enjoy the trees, sky, stars, dusk and dawn.
Seriously, we put one in three years ago for our backs, fenced it according to code, and enjoyed it year round (less in summer, actually), with very little messing around with chemicals. It was the best decision we'd made since having kids two decades ago, and when we moved last year, we sold it with the house, and put another one in the new house, without giving it a second thought.
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kathy
Citizen
Username: Kathy
Post Number: 754
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 11:03 pm: | |
We had a house with a soaking tub, which we might have used once in seven years. I often thought that I would have used it more if we'd sprung for the whirlpool. But now I'm thinking maybe not.... |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4650
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 8:01 am: | |
Jab, Community Plumbing on the center island of Route 22 in Springflied, near the Barnes and Noble, has all the catalogues and is reasonably homeowner friendly. |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 378
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 11:38 am: | |
My sister-in-law bought what she describes as a bubble jet tub. She had a whirlpool in her former home, but for the reasons listed above she opted for the bubble jet in her new home - which she says doesn't have the type of jet that requires cleaning. Anyone ever heard of this, and is it a good alternative? |
Barb
Citizen
Username: Flannery
Post Number: 75
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:29 pm: | |
We have had 3 hot tubs (outdoors) in the past and dearly miss not having one now. The water constantly circulates in them, so no black mold. There's nothing like sitting out in one on a dark winter's night and watching the stars... |
jgberkeley
Supporter
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 3465
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 10:03 pm: | |
I currently have a hot tub.
And, we love sitting in it on a frosty night looking at the stars.
Nothing like 102.
But, these units are not like in-bathroom bath tubs with jets. No soap scum, good filter, ozone and other systems to keep the water pure.
Enjoy,
George
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. |
compsy
Citizen
Username: Compsy
Post Number: 115
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 7:11 am: | |
I'm glad others have piped in on the virtues of outdoor hot tubs. I'm not in the "industry," honestly, but really believe they are the best thing since stressless chairs. It's like adding both a maintence-free, always clean soaking tub and whole new room to your house all at the same time, PLUS it allows you to have a completely different relationship with the outside, opening it up to greater and more frequent enjoyment, especially in our long, cold, northeast winters.
I agree, George...102 is the perfect temperature...not hot enought to make you start sweating, but just warm enough in the winter to feel like you're lying in bed under the covers, under the stars. It really is heaven. |
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