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My wife and I went in before work. I just have not uoloaded the pics to smugmug. Tons of room for the 2 of us. Actually 3 easily. We did notice the water getting very close to the top with both of us in. Add a third (let alone a fourth) and the water would overflow. Interesting. What a...

Woo Hoo! Tub got up to a temp where I thought I would try it out... Avert the eyes! Covid hair alert! Not exactly hot but warm enough to enjoy. Tomorrow or tomorrow night I hope it stays somewhere between 102 and 104. Trying it with the cover bifolded. The folded cover should work great to...

That makes sense. Bugs will happily seek damp places and mice go into any gaps like that at will. By leaving it running on a reduced temperature you help minimize rodent and insect infestation and you also know the status of the tub when the fall hits. I will see what the deal is come summer...

Oh man... So tempted. It is up to 91 now. Water actually feels warm now instead of cool. Going to watch some of the Tampa game and check again in a bit. Maybe if it gets to 95? Regardless it will be dip worthy tomorrow before work or after work. Personal odometer turns over to 50 on Thursday...

Thanks so much for the input. My wife keeps telling me to leave it for the winter so I think I will leave well enough alone for now. I can always look into a conduit or something in the spring. As it is I think my plan is to shut down the hot tub come June and then get it going again in...

Woo Hoo! That makes 30 degrees in 24 hours. At least the water feels warm when I put my hand in. Will check again at 9 P.M. I am still confident it will get warm enough for me to get in at some point later tonight.

I grew up outside Ottawa watching the Leafs play and after a period of Sittler and Salming on came Howie. You just brought back a flood of happy memories for me. I had forgotten about that.

R.I.P. to both men. Sincere condolences to their family, friends, and loved ones. As a child I have a lot of memories of Howie Meeker. What great careers both men had and I can't imagine the number if you somehow tabulated the hours they were on TV.

Wow! That's crazy. Who or what would eat napthalene? Yuck! My wife and I were discussing moth balls. We wanted to give the skunk the chance to exit stage left before we did that. There was a sizable hole at the rear of the rear shed. After 11 last night I made a huge racket back there and then...

If it had gotten up to 87 or so before the sun went down I may have chanced it. The weather was awesome today. Great day to work in the backyard and get the last bit of landscaping done before the bad weather hits in earnest. Would love to go into the tub with my wife but by the time it is up...

I did not know that. Cool... Thanks for sharing the info. :) Another day of labor well spent. All the river rock got where it was supposed to. Fixed up this little wasteland near the side gate. If the wife doesn't like it then I can always move them somewhere else: River rock also got...

Sorry, I meant in my pool. Just going to go with the granuated chlorine in the tub for now. My bad for derailing the thread! Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

Ding! That's it; that's the stuff. Made a huge change and improvement once I used it and got it to the recommended level. I do have a floating dispenser. It went in when the pump was shut off. Could always try using the floater all the time. Anyone here use a chlorine dispenser? I think some...

The old adage of a watched pot never boils is proving true... Temp seems to increase about 2 degrees F per hour. Some a bit more; some a bit less. Will see if it gets any faster once it passes 80 degrees F. Disadvantage of a 110V tub is the slower heat cycle, less jets etc. Again, I am...

Nice! I have tried for years to get my wife to tolerate the Priest! I was playing some on the way to the Softub dealer and I gave it my best. All she likes is "You've Got Another Thing Coming". She likes "Painkiller" but that is about it. I tried "Love Bites", "Out In The Cold" etc. Tracks from...

Thx for this. Will look into it. The Swim University guy talks about inexpensive alternatives too. Seeing as it was my first summer I kind of went the "easy" way out and just did chlorine pucks. I spent about $60 in chlorine. Bucket from CDN tire was $44 and change. I used one bucket and maybe...

I guess I will just keep adding chlorine as I go and see what happens. Once I got the pool dialed in all I essentially had to do was keep a puck in the strainer and shock as necessary. If I see something weird with the hardness, or cynauric acid or something I may ask about it. I bought the...

Thx! I have a "pool bar" of sorts. All I bought today was the granulated chlorine and the vinyl cleaner. I have PH plus and minus etc in the shed from my pool use. I guess for now I will do the tablespoon of chlorine after every use and see how the chemistry works. Sent from my SM-G950W...

That's a cool idea. Never thought of that 2 hose solution. Present chemistry is good. Chlorine and free chlorine band on. Going to keep an eye on the hardness, P.H. etc since vinyl is sensitive to certain things and will wrinkle etc. Well... Chemistry is good. Chlorine, free chlorine, hardness...

Today is super "Woo Hoo" day! My early 50th Birthday Present came (even though I paid for it)... Got the voice mail from the Softub repair guy. I met my parents in Brantford for a socially distanced lunch (there is a chip wagon/food truck with a car wash) and we had fish and chips with our...