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Best Wooden Hot Tubs
Finding the Best Wooden Hot Tubs
Being on the trail of the best wooden hot tubs can be
a challenging quest. Years ago all hottubs were made of wood. Recently,
cheap but durable acrylics have been used due to their cost savings and the
ability to mold home spas into modern, freeform shapes. Still, there is
nothing so rich and satisfying as the look and the smell of a wooden hot
tub.
Wood hottubs, like their acrylic cousins, are made in a wide range of sizes
and shapes. The best hot tubs, though, are found by their quality and the
type of wood used. The wood itself gives you many choices.
The most popular materials for wooden hot tubs include cedar, redwood, pine
and teak. Each have their own differences in cost, durability, even scent.
Pine is generally used in the least expensive and least durable of the
wooden hottubs. While more expensive, the best hot tubs are built of cedar,
redwood and teak. All of these hottub materials add tantalizing aromas to
your enjoyment and can make your wood hot tub last for many years.
The best wood hot tubs are solid in construction. They should look like the
work of a master craftsman. The different pieces are cut and shaped to an
exacting fit. Some are put together with wooden pegs, others by metal bolts
and bands. In any case, the materials are heavy duty and robustly assembled
to give your wooden hottub a feeling of quality and craftsmanship. The
weight and heft of these old-fashioned designs can be part of its special
feeling.
Wooden models come in a variety of styles. Designers reach across the globe
to find inspirations from Scandinavia, Russia, Germany, Japan and even
Native American cultures for their creations. In fact, the better design,
inspiration and craftsmanship married with the wooden materials are often
the reason hottubs made from wood feel so luxurious. Luxurious in ways no
acrylic portable home spa or hot tub
can ever hope to match.
For more information also see:
Props and cons of in ground hot tubs
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