Hot Tubbin'

The saga of the hot tub continues. We got a "great deal" on a hot tub last January, and were totally thrilled with the idea that we could sit in our backyard, enjoying time together in the warmth of a humming hot tub. Rich and a few friends spent 6 hours moving it from a house less than a mile away to our yard, and there the story begins. The hot tub sat, and sat, and sat through the early spring months, and then most of the summer. Every once in awhile we would get inspired and spend a few hours working on it, moving it, putting up siding around it, etc. I even made a list of all the stuff that had to be done in order for us to enjoy it. (I don't think Rich responds that well to my lists...)

Fast forward a few months. It is now late September. We enlisted the help of Marlin, whose expertise in wiring was thoroughly appreciated. They spent two full evenings, while Sara and I watched, cheering them on, trying to wire the tub, and put all the parts in the right spot. When we heard jets and the blower fire up we were ecstatic. Turns out there were some more issues, but we were definitely closer to getting in and enjoying some hot tub time.


Well, Saturday night, it was all working. We got in, and enjoyed the warmth and coziness of the tub. The kids splashed around, jumped from side to side and generally enjoyed themselves.

It was all fine and dandy until the jets kept me up all night long. Each time the tub would go through a filter cycle (every thirty minutes) the jets would blast on, and it sounded like a car motor running right outside of our bedroom window. I finally woke Rich up and asked him to turn it off before I ripped all my hair out. (Who knew that I could be like that in the middle of the night...)

Trying to solve the jet problem, Rich followed the advice of our neighbor, rewired some stuff, and turned it back on. No jets. At all. Not a good sign. He rewired, rewired, rewired, and rewired again. No jets. He couldn't even get it back to what it was doing before. Bummer. Soooooo, as of this point, we are again hot tub-less and so very sad....
Whatever.