Jerund

I appreciate the thoughts, and I'm glad both opinions are covered. The hot tub will be about 3 feet from the garage glass sliding door, so we'll have the garage to dry off in, and just inside the house from that is a shower if needed. We are putting up a solid fence on the north and east sides for privacy, (the house faces north) and while the prevailing wind is from the west it is partially blocked, and the nastiest weather tends to come from the northeast. So we will give it a try as is for this winter and see how we like it. It will take a while to recharge the bank account anyway.

We are in the process of installing a California Cooperage model 170 in Rochester NY. We are initially putting up a fence on one side and an adjacent partial for privacy. My preference is to put in 4 corners and build a pyramid roof over the tub to reduce the snow build-up. My wife wants it wide open to see the sky. Are there any compelling arguments for or against a roof? I had originally designed a complete building enlcosure, I was thinking cedar with plenty of windows and skylights, but she wants the full hot-tub-in-a-blizzard experience. Being entirely new to this it sounds weird, but I guess this is normal?