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You Can Make the Best Hot Tub Ever: Relax! Warm Your Bones! Get to Know the Sky

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I was VERY disappointed with this book. I should have heeded the other 'one star' review I'd read, but thought that perhaps it was an exaggeration: but it was not! I had hoped to receive a book about building a quality hot tub, perhaps from wood or some other quality material, but this book really is about taking an old bathtub, sticking it on top of some rocks, and then routing heat from a fire underneath it. I was shocked and VERY disappointed. If you want to make use of an old bathtub, perhaps this is the book for you. If you want something of quality, keep looking...

Ok I don't know who wrote the scathing review above but don't be discouraged by it. Becky Bee is a revolutionary builder and visionary and this book is a true gift to the world. My friends (only 3 of us) had our tub up and running the same day. But I could have done it myself in a few days. Over the next few weekends I put the finishing touches and it looks great! I endeavored to keep the whole project under $200 which we did and could have done for under $100. I have found soaking in a hot tub, that I built to be extremely rewarding. Its hard work but I'm not an especially fit person, so if I can do it anyone can, just remind yourself to go slow and enjoy the process - its not a race. All of my friends that looked at this book thought it was a great book and became interested in building a tub at their house. Buy this book (by the way I've never met the author) but I have her other book and having built my own cob (a earth/straw/sand mix) tub using only this book I think I can speak with some authority. I would say that I added paper pulp to my mix with great success.

The author's idea of a hot tub is an old bath tub out in the back yard, propped over a wood fire for heat. No thermostatically controlled heaters and pumps, no sculpted reclining seats, no insulation.

What a GREAT little book !!! My friends and I were able to build and use a hot tub in one week-end. The book was full of helpful hints and tips that made the process painless. The materials suggested were inexpensive and easily found. We had as much fun making it as we did having a luxurious soak in the evening moonlight. The book inspired us and enabled us to create an inexpensive way to have our own hot tub. We built our tub small so we could change the water frequently and use no chemicals. Since it took suprisingly little fuel to heat the water it proved to be very inexpensive. I highly recommend this book. We also found the Cob Builders Handbook full of invaluable tips about building anything with Cob. I can't wait to build something else using Cob.

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