Bella Vista
Frequently Asked Questions

Hot Tub

We offer the hot tub as an optional rental amenity for a separate fee of $30 per rental. 
(For Airbnb, HomeAway, or TripAdvisor rentals, this fee is incorporated in the housekeeping fee and will be rebated after completion of the rental if the guests state at the time of booking that they will not use the hot tub). 
In the unlikely event that the hot tub is not operational, we will refund the $30 paid use fee.      

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USE OF THE HOT TUB IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.  Our hot tub is serviced by a professional contractor prior to each rental. It is and sanitized with a combination of ozone and bromine. While sanitation with ozone and bromine, each by itself, is highly effective, and the two are synergistic in their sanitation effect, there is always a finite possibility of an unforeseen malfunction out of our control. People who are sensitive to such chemicals or water-born skin irritations should refrain from using the hot tub.

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The hot tub is built into the deck off the master bedroom. The controls are on the wall below the kitchen window.

-- NO children in hot tub without constant supervision!
-- Never step on hot the tub cover -- it is not designed to walk on and will break (replacement cost over $600).
-- NO washing of wet suits in the hot tub!
-- NO sand from the beach in the tub!
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-- NO abalone handling in the tub

-- Cover:
It is perfectly adequate (and much easier and safer) to fold the cover only half-way, rather than removing it entirely.

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To conserve energy, we keep the water temperature at about 80 degrees when not in use, and ask you to
set it to your target temperature (100 degrees) when you arrive and back to 75 degrees before you depart

Plan for about 3-4 hours heating time to reach that temperature (
rate of heating is about 6 degrees per hour).
Keep the cover on at all times to avoid unnecessary heat loss.

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Control System & Misc. Features:
-- The first (left) button on the controller will turn on the pump (first low speed, second high speed, third off);*
-- the second button is designed for the air bubbler (which is disabled: THE HOT TUB HAS NO AIR BUBBLER);
-- the third button is deactivated at Bella Vista;
-- the forth (right) button is for the temperature adjustment.** 

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* When the tub is in the active heating mode, the "off" mode will still have the pump running at low speed.

** That same button is used for up and down temperature control.  Press and keep holding the button until it has reached the desired temperature. If you missed it, press and hold again and see it go in the other direction.  Minimum and maximum settings are approx. 65 degrees and 104 degrees, respectively.

Note that a few seconds after such re-set, the controller will revert to indicating the actual, not the set temperature. 

*** Even small amounts of sand will damage the pump system and cause expensive repairs.
 
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Should this bother you at night, you can simply set the thermostat (right button) to a significantly lower temperature setting, say, to 80 degrees,* which will give you several hours of quiet time until the water temperature at the sensor location has dropped to that level and the pump will do its thing once again).  Next morning, don't forget to set the temperature back up to your target temperature).


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