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Hot Spring vs Hot Spot
dasno:
HP,
Congrats on your purchase... I hope you find your tempo as relaxing and comfortable as I find my Hot Spot!
Did you get the Freshwater III system put in it?
Spatech_tuo:
--- Quote from: honeypot on April 10, 2010, 08:38:12 am ---Hello All!
I am now the proud owner of a Tempo! I soaked in it and found it to be wonderful.
Pam aka honeypot
--- End quote ---
...and thats why we recommend a wet test. This way, when you purchase you know its the right spa for you. Sometimes we hear from someone who bought a spa that doesn't fit right but they find out when its already in their back yard.
Congrats.
Vanguard:
Way to go!! We're glad for you. You'll really enjoy it. I'll bet you're really glad you wet tested.
honeypot:
Hello All.
It's the middle of the night and I'm wide awake. I think I'm overtired.
I am having the walk out basement patio expanded for my Tempo instead of having the decks rebuilt to handle a hot tub (that was mucho dinero). They excavated the earth on Saturday to level an area that will have pavers and a retaining wall. A lot of stress with the planning; not to mention communicating with "Team Tempo" as I am calling them. The beer at the end of the day seems to help with the motivational factor. The physical work for me was to relocate and plant all the shrubs that had been growing there. I've come to learn that physical work is not nearly as tiring as mental stress. I'll get into the neighbor issue later... ugh.
The dealer came out today to inspect the site and take a sample of my inside softened water. He still thinks filling the tub with soft water is best. He said the site is going to be great. I hope so - he said this tub will weigh 6,000 pds when filled. I hope "Team Tempo" knows what they are doing ::)
Alarm just went off so it's time get ready for my real job.
More later.
Thanks!
Chas:
Congratulations~ welcome to "SpaTopia." May you soak long and prosper...
As to the soft water issue, be sure you are clear on this: you should NOT fill a tub with soft water and leave it that way. Water which is too soft can and will damage expensive things in the tub, and it will cause foaming which is not fun. What I think your dealer is telling you is to fill with soft water, BUT then add calcium hardness to bring the water up to a level of hardness which will protect your warranty, your equipment, and your tubbing experience. Many people, including some here on this board, do that every time they change the water.
Another way to do the same thing would be to fill the tub with a mixture of hard water and soft - but you need to know a few things about that as well - for most folks adding about 25% soft water is just right. That is roughly the last few inches when filling. Because of the crazy shapes of the benches and footwell area, you don't have nearly as much water volume down low as you do at the very top of the tub. Fill the tub with hard water, stopping just about three inches short. Finish with soft. Test, and you should be just right. Some people fill with hard water all the way up, but then top off with soft as water evaporates and gets splashed out. That also works.
Not trying to make this sound hard - once you find the system which works for you it will become second nature, and will be quite easy to repeat. Also - read about "Chas' Law" - change water once at the end of the first 30 days of ownership.
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