Recent content by mike_in_menlo

Thanks for the replies. He's putting in a 400K BTU Starite heater, which I assume is plenty big enough for my 6'x8' rectangular spa. He mentioned it may take a couple of hours to heat up in the winter. Maybe that's assuming the regular pool heater is off, and my pool water drops to say 50...

We are soon going to be starting to dig. I met with my PB yesterday, and was asking about heating the pool and spa. He says that the way they usually set them up is that they're typically both kept at the same temperature, with essentially shared water, I assume filtered together. You can...

Do you mean the near side? We are trying to keep as much grass / green as possible, so we don't want to put it there. Also, on the far side, it seems like it will be a nice focal point.

Here's another link. No idea what biases those authors have, so take it with a grain of salt, but here's a quote:

FYI, I found this thread: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/36114-Spa-size An excerpt about square / rectangular spas:

Well, if I were to do 5' by 9 or 10 feet, I would only have a seat / bench on 3 sides. So, there couldn't be anyone across from you if you sat on the long side... There's a fence behind it, so there's not much of a view looking back anyway... Does that make sense, or does that just sound...

We will soon (eventually?) be starting on the construction of our rectangular pool. (Currently waiting for permits.) We will have a raised spa on the far side of the pool. (See my rendering attempt below.) I'm trying to figure out what size to make the spa. The PB says that he typically...