Recent content by kesham13

Thanks pooldv! Ahh-some was ordered 5 minutes after we bought it. The wife said "do we really need this stuff, it's kind of expensive" and I sent her to youtube to watch a video of it in action. She bought it immediately ;) I am planning on using the dichlor - bleach method, so thanks for the...

Thanks for your replies. We saw the tub yesterday and it's wonderful. We decided to pull the trigger on the Hot Spring Envoy and got it for $1,000. Seems like a pretty good deal. Now we just have to move it, @ 875 lbs! Happy Hot Tubing!

We just built a pool and want a good above ground hot tub that we can use year-round. We are on a limited budget -- so we looked at new Costco hot tubs and used ones on Craigslist. After doing a lot of research, the consensus opinion from the "experts" on this board is that buying a hot tub is...

Thanks everyone for your replies! Looks like the controller I have (Hayward PL-Plus-20g) is already able to control the solar, so all I need is an electronic valve actuator and I should be good to go (already have a Jandy 3-way valve and a temperature sensor). Can you mix and match a valve and...

I wasn't planning on having a solar controller due to the 3 way valve being away from the rest of the equipment and in a location without power. With the change in the plumbing, now I could put the 3 way valve right next to the equipment and might look into adding a solar controller.

Thanks for the reply jblizzle! Makes me feel better! And glad to see there are lots of other Tucsonans on these boards. Sounds like I just need to bite the bullet and add the extra plumbing to tie back at the pad. Bummer, but not really that big of a deal, probably and extra 30-40 feet of pvc...

Hi All! This is my first post, but I have learned a ton from the collective knowledge on these boards. We just built a pool in our yard (I'm not a newbie - we had a pool at our last house and I had one growing up) and while we have a trench dug and existing pavers pulled up, we considered...