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Adrian Martin. How to Build a Pool and Hot Tub in your Basement
How to Build a Pool and Hot Tub in your Basement. A How-Did Book. Adrian Martin
Dedication
Acknowledgments
The View from Where I Sit
Why Put a Pool and/or Hot Tub in your Basement? (Or, Why do Anything At All?)
Essential Tools and Resources
Basement Design Software
Basement Pool Design
Basement Preview
Basement - Supplies
Basement - Plumbing
Basement Framing
Basement Bathroom
Basement Drywall
Basement Pre-Rock
Basement Rock
Basement Lights
Basement Block Hauling
Basement Floor Cut
Basement Jack Hammer
Basement Pool Hole
Basement Pool Slab
Basement Block
Basement Hot Tub Walls
Basement Pool Walls
Basement Piping
Basement Floor
Basement Equipment
Basement Pool Coping
BONUS - Basement Bar Skirt
BONUS - Basement Bar Top
Basement - Final Overview
Striving and Over-reaching
BONUS - My Secret Shame
What it is Like to Have a Basement Pool
Things we were Surprised to Discover
Swimming Against a Jet
What Are the Running Costs?
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I dedicate this book to my wife, who if you believe the many pictures, appeared to do all the work on this project. But don’t forget, photographers have the hardest job of all - taking pictures of people working. Capturing the moment when the light was right and lit up the concrete block as she was mortaring it into place required that I get to the jobsite early, set up my gear, and patiently wait for her to appear and then… magic!
As I sit here writing this, I hear the pump kick on for the swim spa, and the latching-click sound of the flow-switch activating the heater. This means that the swim spa is beginning a cycle of heating, filtration, and chlorination. Does this seem complicated? Are you ready to put this book down and go watch something else? Don’t leave before I tell you that I’m still sitting here writing. I haven’t actually had to get up to do anything or even think about the systems. Once they are set up, they run like little robots. You only need to step in when something breaks or needs adjusting. Most of the time, I just walk through the basement turning on lights and looking around. Since there is often nothing to concern me, I just progress into relaxing, swimming, or hanging out with friends. And once your basement pool is set up and stabilized, so will you.
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A CHANCE TO CREATE!
Never judge your own art. Just create, create, create. That is one good reason to do this. You and your spouse, family, and maybe even friends, can embark on an exciting creative journey where you write the checks, and they swing hammers and trowels. It’s a chance to be creative and explore your talents in woodworking, painting, tile, and design/architecture. This is a journey. My basement project took three years working mostly weekends, holidays, and occasionally, vacation time.
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