Will I need to drain and refill my tub, start from scratch, to switch to this system?
759172
If you use Bromine now there is no need to drain and refill. Always best to start out clean and clear but it is bromine
759173
No, you wi8ll not have to start from scratch. Follow the dfirections on the box, and enjoy your spa.
447172
We did not change the water in our pool when we switched but we hadn't put any new chlorine in it for several months. We switched at the beginning of the swim season. The system is designed to create chlorine out of salt so, I would think you would be fine. I am certainly no expert, though. Check with your local pool and spa stores.
23440
If you want to winterize a system, just put in a tee, a valve and run the open tube outside the dwelling. You would then just need to shut off the water source and open the valve to drain the system. Just make sure that the tee is the lowest point in the system...you may need multiple tees and valves to easily drain all the water out....
1551586
If there is water in you will have to drain it from the back. There are two metal clamps that attaches a grey hose once you were to remove back panel, of course unplugging and moving with a folly if you have one to some Where you don't mind getting flooded with water. I had to learn the hard way. Water everywhere. Once the tub is drain, hose reconnected with clamp and plug dry and connected the door will open. I am a female and was able to do it before calling service. Mind you after three time twice finding a coin in my pump I now have a new top loading washer again.. Good luck!
1018969
All the components are there. Just plug and play. As long as your plumbing matches up. Your good to go.
1481125
After my response to you I watched two youtube videos on refilling it as suggested by another post to you, using regular water. It can be done and it looks easy enough to do.
1053100
Yes, it comes with the hoses in the back to hook up to an existing bath but you must first remove the facets that are currently in your tub/shower. I haven't installed mine yet...remodeling is taking longer than I expected.
1242258
Yep - use the existing one. I think it's to combat the 'derp' factor of someone buying this and not actually having a shower. *shrug*
619863
you could hook it up to the cold water inlet instead of the hot water if you don't want to sacrifice any hot water from your main water heater. But be aware when you've used up all the hot water in this small tank its going to be a while before you'll get hot water again. if you plan to use large flows of hot water, I'd suggest you not do this. The hot water use for a normal bath sink is typically minimal.
1736685
Hello, we purchased this last year for a bathroom reno; it is universal, however, we hired a plumber to install the tub as the drain needed to be moved, and also to install this system; there were no pictures or instructions to follow; as an experienced plumber he spent a good 30 minutes to try and put the pieces together; once up it looks great and works well; worth the trouble but not a DIY project
843880
Nope that's just silly. You fill it once and don't have to add water until you go to change it. This tub is AMAZING. Had mine for 3 years and haven't regretted it a bit!
1913040
It's all flexible hoses - including the drain. The unit can be moved (a short distance) with the plumbing attached.I put hot and cold water shut-offs low in the wall where the original tub had been (like you would for a washing machine). This allows hook-up prior to sliding the thing into place.
804808
No. This tank came already pressurized and ready to go. It was just a matter of hooking it up to the system. No filling or draining required, no time at all.
1163729
Unless you have the same connections set up at the new location, it should be pretty easy to connect. If no existing connections, I would expect that a plumber would charge around $150 to create the connections for you. There's probably solution that will let you tap into the water lines with the need to cut the copper pipes. I was lucky enough to already have all this setup already though.
1531160
I do not believe you need a special drain. You do need to get a tub stop of your choice. I chose a pop-up style.
1980008
You will need a shutoff if you want one, keep in mind this is an old fashioned sweat system. I installed Pex in my location, the sweat adapters where cheap but I needed an experienced plumber to install them (worked for beer). I thought about putting angled turn off valves in but backed off at the last minute. For the price a great deal for a quality system, also be forewarned you will need to plug that bottom port to the bathtub. I heard there is a plug in the box but I must of misplaced it was not fun finding a replacement.
2268392
I ordered the drain that was recommended with the tub..it fit perfectly with no modifications, sometimes you can spend a lot more $$ trying to beat the system and make your own. It just ends up costing time , money, and further down the road something unusual that is impossible to find parts for.