Randa

I thought for sure the original poster was my neighbor, because they have described our situation almost exactly, only we live in Oregon. Another point, I have no complaints about any of my neighbors for any reason. Also, I would be elated if our neighbor would keep it off during sleeping hours. For those of us who can't sleep through this noise, it is a very REAL problem. We have already spent $2500 dollars to have soundproof window inserts installed. That did not solve the problem. We then had a sound technician out and were told that sound waves travel out and up. Since none of the other neighbors are having an issue, it is apparent that the placement of our upstairs master bedroom to their hot tub puts us in direct line to absorb the vibrations. The technician pretty much told us that there is nothing we can do to insulate our home to stop the vibrations. Our neighbor promised to turn it off by 10 pm and not run it before 6 am as it is on a 6 hour circulation cycle. He sometimes forgets and we don't sleep that night. Sometimes he forgets for multiple days in a row, and my sleepless brain starts going to a conspiracy theory; refer to the poster who said to tell the neighbor you did something and see if they think the problem is solved . When they go on vacation, we would gladly take up the job of turning it off and then back on, but they must not trust us, so they leave it on the entire time...45 minutes of recirculation, every 6 hours. Our solution? Today I am going over and I am going to offer to pay the purchase price of a silent circulation hot tub. We are not rich by any means, but I don't do well with day after day of interrupted sleep. 11 to 11:45 pm and then again 6 hours later. The time can vary, but there is always one or two middle of the night recirculation times. The only other option is to move. I'm all for dealing with the devil you know rather than with the devil you don't know. Moving would cost us probably more money and we love our home. We don't love those neighbors because talking to them about this has deteriorated to the point they turn and walk the other way when they see us. I am sure they think all the things other posters are posting, but his IS a very real problem to us.