spa_newb Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 I am only posting this for fun, personally I think the guy is crazy, but you have to hand it to him for creativity and he did do a good job building it. I bet its not very sanitary though. Poor Man's Hot Tub I got the idea for this hot tub from this pic I found online. I used a 300 Gallon Rubbermaid Stock Tank from Tractor Supply. It's used for watering livestock and cost about $100. I bought a real Spa heater with electronic controller on Ebay for about $250. It controls a $30 pump from Harbor Freight. I get bubbles from a portable bathtub spa from Walmart ($40). I keep the heat in with an inflatable mattress( Ordered it online for around $15) and some insulation from Lowes($20) wrapped around the outside. Add some pvc pipe, a wooden box to house it all, throw in some chemicals and you get a pretty descent little spa for less than $500. It will keep the water around 102 degrees. http://www.hossmachine.info/fun_stuff.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Spa Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Probably costs less than $300 a month to heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnepr Dave Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 A friend lives off the grid, he had one of those galvanized steel troughs, you can get at feed stores, it makes a nice one person tub. Anyway, he put it up on some cement blocks and built a fire under it, when it was up to temperature, he'd put the fire out and have a soak. The steel rusted after a few years, so he got another trough. The new ones have a glued seam rather than a soldered one. The first time he used the new trough, the seam melted and the water put the fire out. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0Darc Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Probably costs less than $300 a month to heat Every double-wide should have one... jokes aside, it's pretty creative ...I mean, I see braided steel lines and no duct tape. He needs sponsorship from Rubb3rmaid! You can almost see the YouTub video... cow walks up and starts drinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRiSpaTech Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 I see that he used the Keys/Infinity (Home store special) and masterspa insulation method Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Hot Tub Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 A true Hillbilly Hot Tub We also have a customer that is off the grid. They built a spa with cement blocks that were sealed with some sort of special paint. They have a snorkle stove and they actually put in a makeshilft filtering system and 6 gunite jets. The pump is solar powered. They came back and forth with drawings of what they wanted to so and we got them the parts they needed. We have not yet seen the finished product, I hope they bring in pictures......maybe the cement blocks did not fair well?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickJ Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Here's the hillbilly hot tub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterBeast Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Look around on the guy's web site. He built his own CNC machine from a friggin drill press. This guy is no dummy, and hed definitely handy. Although, it is possible he hadn't found the water chemistry forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Wonder Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 If he got a better controller more jets and a good pump.. and insulated the tub with sprayfoam,, it wouldnt be half bad.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickJ Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Probably costs less than $300 a month to heat If he got a better controller more jets and a good pump.. and insulated the tub with sprayfoam,, it wouldnt be half bad.. Kind of like a Master Spa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poollady Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Probably costs less than $300 a month to heat If he got a better controller more jets and a good pump.. and insulated the tub with sprayfoam,, it wouldnt be half bad.. Kind of like a Master Spa. It looks like he has a regular hot tub cover, that must have cost him a couple of hunded dollars.........or maybe he made his own somehow........??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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