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Hot Tub Installation

Bob joins Ed Weller and Laez Wilent to observe the installion of a custom-made hot tub. A person may wonder, why a hot tub in South Florida? For therapeutic reasons, even if in a hot climate. Tim is installing small decorative tile on the hot tub walls. The water is warmed with a gas heater that is remotely set away from the hot tub.
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Hot Tub Installation

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" Joining us now is mark -- from island waterfall welcome bait the request you know you get though. Hundreds and hundreds of these every year why do people and hot climate here in south Florida even want a hot tub."

" Well Bob a lot of people -- Florida when they come home from a stressful day at work that -- that went home and relax and -- in one. And then take the daily stress away and also believe it or not here in south Florida during the winter months attempt to those -- down to the point where somebody would really enjoy hot."

" Though the main thing is therapeutic and you don't necessarily runner with cold water that. That's correct in his ability of the way it yet. Well we have gotten our general contractor Ed Weller has gotten the slab in place here during the last week. And then I guess did you guys come along for after after the -- that's correct I was here before the -- was in place and we."

" And then we did the excavation of the spot where our wood forms -- our rebar and -- local inspections and then did the clock replacement. Now how is the concrete placement stunts we utilize the shock -- method which is ready mixed concrete that's prompt thorough pros with -- air introduced at the nozzle. It's sprayed right up the walls -- better system than with -- cutting rods and -- they gonna make the shape of the spot so it's kind of like warning I'd done -- tool that's correct."

" And you've basically. Separated onto the the steel. And the material that is used for the coping is not a sprayed on. Product that is what is this -- today cement bull nose brick cocaine. Which is locally manufactured. Popular of these fellows construction dust on it right now -- looks real pretty specially with the the Lew -- color of the tile. Is there any trick to doing all this finish work that that Tim's involved with right now Tim."

" Pointing as we get around this corner here we start that would pull a couple sheets but once we get around this corner we'll have to start maintenance. Single strips and what kind of minute he's very using -- that gym opens -- that -- and -- to thinset. "

" Is that mark that's correct -- command prior to ten senate -- we mark's site the spot just like we would any other spot to guarantee against any leaking that there were some breaks through the ground what is the -- what's it made of the market. --"

" You know so little been set down so. That's him why you have to apply them like that in single strips. Well simply when he goes around a radius like it should need to -- those tips that he can -- the radius. Really the only way you can -- it and -- appearing job used to it like this to be tried to take both he put some cuts in it. And tried to bend them it would -- who had too many cuts. A large there's going to be a fair amount of water in this hot -- heated this."

" To those plaza in with a gas heater and that he articulated equipment I can show you it's placed already surest. Bob we've set the equipment around the corner here so as to. Put it out of view while you're in the actual spot so. Now this is the heater for the water that's correct this is they Teledyne Lars 325000. B -- LP gas heater president big enough to dual major swimming pool. Yes it is but in this particular spot the case and we wanted bill to give the customer -- availability of -- bottom -- which worker at a time. And the skaters capable of in the 360 gallons of water in the spot. Raising temperature approximate thirty degrees and about fifteen minutes that's great so is there any efficiency -- that sure there is the customers not going to be using as much gas. Now do you add chlorine into the spot at. Disbarred you do that here no Adonis declare application and this is equipped with the electric Nader. Chlorine generator which produces and don't boring and how does that work well that's the control panel itself and what this doesn't this changes the AC current DC current in the itself. And what we add. Granular insult to the actual spots though and it's -- a table salt that's correct. In this particular application lot about fifteen pounds of salt water and the salt will dissolve and as the salt passes through the so it's charged separating the sodium from the all right. Producing want to censor board that's amazed. -- and then what's this thing here this is a stay right system three modular media cartridge filter. Which is a 450 square foot cartridge filter which is going to give this spot. Planning -- is going to be a clean spot that's correct quality of Tim is ready for grout OK want to do that. That's quite a -- again going to attempt. What kind of grout -- that they they is that he's using."

" Body -- resistant grout that if handled it can make opens Bob water about it right now so it's resistant to -- in the water you have to worry about it that's and is this the approved method of installation just with a -- rubber gloves that just. The hands welts on his in the hand applied method because that is better control of the grout and it's easier on the vertical surfaces to apply it that way as opposed to using load. And then once he has. But it and he just finds it clean and that's correct just like any -- yes how long -- the water. But we're going to wait 48 hours and let let it -- and come back and we've got several items are going to take care of -- water and we've got -- Snowballs on the bench for the bubble harangued we've got a foot of fiber optic lighting and angle and put together inserts and it's gonna be a fantastic but."

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