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- From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Whirlpool or SPA and related questions...
- Message-ID: <CARL.92Dec28145612@atlantis.Cayman.COM>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 19:56:12 GMT
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- Organization: Cayman Systems Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Well, the time has come to finish the basement (I really mean finish
- finishing it). We have built three rooms already and have room for a
- nice sized bathroom. There is an existing bathroom (very old) that
- we're going to basically tear out and rebuild from the ground up. I
- have a plumber and electrician to take care of the necessary work
- however there is one (well, maybe more than one) rather interesting
- decision(s) that we haven't made yet.
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- When we rebuild the bathroom we had originally planned to put in a
- whirlpool bath. After talking to people at several stores, I was told
- that whirlpools cannot be used as a normal bathtubs (i.e. w/ soap,
- shampoo, etc) because this would foul the pumping mechanism. I have,
- however, seen several models that come complete with a shower
- attachment (flexible hose with something like a shower massage head on
- it). What good would this do?
-
- So, can you use these as a normal bathtub w/ soap (or just the shower
- attachment?) to wash first, THEN fill it (after the shower) and use
- the whirlpool. Am I missing something obvious here?
-
- Of course, the same would go for a SPA. The problem with SPAs is that
- they must be filled/emptied with a hose, there is no drain. The water
- stays in them and is treated chemically. So there is definitely no
- way to use these w/ soap/etc.
-
- The other issue is heating. I really wanted a whirlpool w/ a heater
- so I could sit and soak and keep the water hot (around 100-102). The
- most I have seen is that some models have an in-line water heater
- which is only for heating the water during the filling and does not
- heat it during the recycling action. All the SPAs have the type of
- heater that I would like.
-
- Are there any whirlpools out there that also heat the water during
- recirculation???
-
- Thanks in advance for any info. If people email me, I'll post a
- summary in a week or so.
-
- -Carl-
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