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shari
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Juan starting rock hot tub!
Juan has the day off from diving for caracoles and started building the hot tub rock wall today. One of the few things I miss about Canada is a TUB!
So my honey is building me one...what a guy! Finally the foggy mornings have disappeared and it's been clear the last few days. I hope Boris pushes
some warmer water our way though...yesterday it was bloody freezing!
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shari
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The island looks so close today and the sealion chatter is very loud as the breeze is coming from the south from the island. One of those chamber of
commerce days here for sure. The trotters will be glad they are home!
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standingwave
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Way to go, Juan!!! What a great location for a hot tub, Shari. :-)
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David K
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That is going to be sweet! Is it your own private tub or can visiting Nomads take a dip if they bring the beer?
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shari
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NOmads can do pretty much anything if they bring the beer!!! YOu know our motto here...SHARE the WEALTH! We had a nice jam session last night with our
amigos here...just missing drumming Dennish! (Perifcue pronounciation!)
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Bob H
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Wow, that will be sweet! A custom made rock hot tub with a million dollar view!
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stimbo
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What kind of beer do you drink?
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shari
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We are a multi beer family..if you want to suck up to Juan...bring Tecate in cans and well I drink just about anything (except cheap american beer or
moosehead)...love lagers and dark microbrewery beer. come on down...no dress code either!
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Bob and Susan
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how are you going to heat it up???
$$$$
what about the chemicals???
$$$$
what kind of pump???
$$$
is it already plumbed???
work work work
the pacific salt water is COLD!!!
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Too many questions Bob; no skeptics allowed in the tub !! 
Shari,
Looks like a great addition to your ever-improving homesite !
The view will be amazing, especially at sunset !
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shari
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Bob & Susan...umm...does it look already plumbed???? We might get a solar heater system, gonna do some creative plumbing...no chemicals...just a
small 12 volt pump for circulation...nothing too extravagant...baja style thingy. Juan wants just a cool place to dip and I'm going for the hot tub
option. Our pet builder here has made them before in La bufadora up north and will help with the plumbing semantics, jets etc.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Bob & Susan...umm...does it look already plumbed???? We might get a solar heater system, gonna do some creative plumbing...no chemicals...just a
small 12 volt pump for circulation...nothing too extravagant...baja style thingy. Juan wants just a cool place to dip and I'm going for the hot tub
option. Our pet builder here has made them before in La bufadora up north and will help with the plumbing semantics, jets etc.
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Recirculating warm water and no chemicals
Location is beautiful
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BajaGringo
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Consider looking into ozone as a means to treat the water. There are some new ozone generators out there that could work off solar. Ozone is a much
stronger oxidizer than chlorine yet leaves no residual as chlorine does.
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shari
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muy interesante..we have 110 here too...power that is...not temperature! NO
worries mstrotter....the "unwashed" nomads won't use the tub anyway! We
wanted to go deeper but it's sheer rock there and no blasting caps to be found here...maybe a small earthquake would suffice? NOT!
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Bob and Susan
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shari...
fresh water left outside WILL be green in ONE week...
if you put humans in it...well...you will ALL be SICK...
mosquitos LOVE green water too...
if there was a good WORKING solar heater system somewhere i'd have it for the winter
there are NONE...
a 300,000 propane heater uses a 35 ltr tank in 5 hours and will ONLY raise the temp a few degrees
the next day it'll be COLD again
make a planter out of it....unless...you do it right
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shari
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WE plan to have it covered...possibly with black roll up type cover that would help heat it too. Much of the year, we want it for a cool off pool too.
We don't need it hot all the time. Of course we will figure out how to keep it clean...maybe it won't work out, maybe it will with some good ole
mexican engenuity...we can always use it for water storage and a kiddie pool for the unwashed nomads who don't mind the grimey side of life
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Bob,yer taking all the fun out of it! Let them build it and if there is a guy who can get er done right, then so be it.
I can imagine a solar heated tub....in Summer.
Consider downsizing and using UV to treat the water . Oh, it must be fresh water? Might be a waste of a precious resource imho. Of course that would
make me a hypocrit with our large tub. Then again, I only fill it once and a while.  
Damn, ya just can't be PC and have fun at the same time anymore! Unless of course, you are a Republican.
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Bob and Susan
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shari...i can't let you go on....
"water storage"... after people have sat in it!!!
"and a kiddie pool for the unwashed nomads" ...
where is the doctor!!!
"we will figure out how to keep it clean...maybe "
NOW IS WHEN YOU DO THAT!!!
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i had a client for whom i built a home do a solar hot tub and it worked fine, 105 degrees free 24/7 year round - yes it gets COLD here in winter too,
phx AZ.
he had several collectors, a sep storage tank insulated and below grade to store constant warm water and 2 12v. transfer pumps to cycle collectors to
tank 1 to tub and return. also a simple thermostat and relay to switch the circ on and off.
then you do a 2 HP booster on 110 V. just for the agitator and a 3/4 HP for active filtration to a 4.9 SF sand filter. this is EASY to do and yes
you can have hot aqua for free!
Bob - lets build one at Playa!! you need a rotoplast tank buried for the storage, insulated of course. and otherwise plumb the hot tub as per normal,
build it out of block or concrete. to a tile lining tho for comfort.
i can't wait to use Shari's!!
and yes.........either do a salt water type ion filter system or plan on a bunch of chlorine , acid and algaecide around all the time.
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Bob and Susan
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i'd get a pre-fab unit...
now lets see...
100 degrees
shallow water and
capt mike
i don't know
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