Hello all! First time poster, long time lurker. Appreciate all of you, as reading through TFP and this forum has really helped me get my feet under me as a first time Pool owner this past year.
We are currently getting out Pool replastered and tiled.
But, we’ve been dragging our feet on one decision. This Hot Tub. We bought this house a year ago, and when we did, this whole hot tub was covered with a wood framed platform and carpeted over. The story I heard is the previous home owners didn’t use it, and so they just had it sit dry and covered for a decade.
From what I can tell, this hot tub and whole area used to be outdoor on the deck like the pool. But at some point the old homeowner decided to enclose a portion of the deck, and with it, the gunite hot tub. So now it is somewhat indoors, in the enclosed deck.
We like the idea of having a hot tub in here. Dreaming of soaking in it and watching the snow fall outside in the winter months!
It is plumbed to the same equipment room as the pool. The company that is renovating our pool is going to pressure test the lines to make sure it is still good. In the equipment room, it has two pumps (one labeled “spa jets” & other “spa filter”) and a heater, and a sand filter. It appears to be plumbed and operated completely separately from the pool. All of this equipment seems pretty historic, so my assumption is, we’ll have to replace all of it too if we do renovate it.
We have been debating whether we replaster this and get new equipment. Or we just fill it in and put a normal/basic hot tub on top. Although, our contractor warned that’s not as simple as you might think. That there’s permitting we have to do to fill in the hot tub and electrical would have to be run here.
Assuming the lines pressure test okay, what would you do? And pros and cons you guys can think of? Also, if we do decide to keep it as a gunite hot tub, any suggestions as far as renovation and equipment? Any feedback is appreciated!
Thank you!!
We are currently getting out Pool replastered and tiled.
But, we’ve been dragging our feet on one decision. This Hot Tub. We bought this house a year ago, and when we did, this whole hot tub was covered with a wood framed platform and carpeted over. The story I heard is the previous home owners didn’t use it, and so they just had it sit dry and covered for a decade.
From what I can tell, this hot tub and whole area used to be outdoor on the deck like the pool. But at some point the old homeowner decided to enclose a portion of the deck, and with it, the gunite hot tub. So now it is somewhat indoors, in the enclosed deck.
We like the idea of having a hot tub in here. Dreaming of soaking in it and watching the snow fall outside in the winter months!
It is plumbed to the same equipment room as the pool. The company that is renovating our pool is going to pressure test the lines to make sure it is still good. In the equipment room, it has two pumps (one labeled “spa jets” & other “spa filter”) and a heater, and a sand filter. It appears to be plumbed and operated completely separately from the pool. All of this equipment seems pretty historic, so my assumption is, we’ll have to replace all of it too if we do renovate it.
We have been debating whether we replaster this and get new equipment. Or we just fill it in and put a normal/basic hot tub on top. Although, our contractor warned that’s not as simple as you might think. That there’s permitting we have to do to fill in the hot tub and electrical would have to be run here.
Assuming the lines pressure test okay, what would you do? And pros and cons you guys can think of? Also, if we do decide to keep it as a gunite hot tub, any suggestions as far as renovation and equipment? Any feedback is appreciated!
Thank you!!
