I'm still thinking that the tub is the key.
Well, I hope so. Plans are proceeding but we still need clear costings to see if we can afford the installation as well as the spa itself and are talking to builders and electricians (the damn things need a seperate extra power supply!). I am hopeful therefore that if it becomes a reality, that a barrier will be crossed into a more permissive era that allows other boundaries to be pushed further away.
John
The boundaries will change dramatically with use and sharing. You get in, get hot, sit or stand out to cool, get back in, relaxing intoxication will bust barriers, on and on.
Its own power supply!!! A spa runs on a 1 1/2 to 2 horsepower motor (not British horses, I suppose). I had a separate box for safety concerns, but just a switch box on mine. To give you an idea, I run a 2 1/2 horse pump from my water tank into my house. It is plugged into a 110 outlet, not 220 (like a clothes dryer), but a 110, wall socket. At most, it only requires an extra breaker, depending how the house is wired. You have different electricity, but that is the basics. Spas come as fiberglass units these days and hook up simply. Everything inclusive and efficient.
I had a gas heater usually used for a 30x40 swimming pool and extra pump on my first. It heated up in minutes from cold, but was not energy efficient. I went to the factory, bought a second that had a small bump on the wall for less than half price. The bump disappeared under the water and lasted over 20 years. Got the fixtures wholesale, a friend helped me plumb it. I sat it on the ground (7ft diameter, 620 gallons). When I moved, a group of friends, a pickup truck and several six-packs got it across town. I dug a hole this time, so it was half way buried, then placed volcanic rock around the ledge at my leisure, raw brick around that, some lattice work. Later, I knocked out a wall, made an addition around it off of the bedroom with french doors. Later still, a framer enclosed it like a green house. Air bubble jets all around and water jets powerful enough to rotisserie on a rubber raft in the sun. They are great to lay in, on a raft, gathering sun in temperature controlled water on a hot day. I suggest putting it in a sunny afternoon spot.
There is other fun. It is fun to sit in the drizzling rain in a hot tub. An enclosed gazebo can be picked up for $100 to $150 and assembled by any intelligent pair of hands and top and/or walls removed at anytime, so there is choice for indoor and outdoor during season changes. When the air freezes, a body steams naked, as if it is smoking on fire and is able to withstand those cold temps in comfort (getting out there from the house is something else, however). There can be Jacuzzi spa to snow wallowing and back, like a good sauna and cold plunge. All of these features are fun sensual naked activities that break down the concept of changing back and forth in and out of clothing and get people out of the tub and into the yard and associated space. Get the drift? She will catch on, piece by piece alone with you. I kept a hose nearby. This practically keeps people from tracking dirt, or lawn clippings into the pool filter, but it quickly becomes a shower, something to cool off with and get back in, a solar heated shower in the sun, or a spray toy, or fake rain fall. They are great conversation pits, when the temp is adjusted just so. In short a place for extended naked time and good nude habits to form.
If I keep this up, I'll talk myself into another one! Well, a spiritual wood fired sweat house may have to come before that. The verdict on our sweat in the city will probably be decided within the month.
Jbee
