Monday, April 21, 2008

Indoor Spas


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Shown here is the new tile lined concrete spa at the newly rebuilt Soldier Field on Chicago's Lakefront. It features a computerized control system for the temperature, jets, and lighting.
This unit was a design/build by Spa Distributors Inc., finished in 2003 just prior to the first home game for the Chicago Bears in the new stadium. There are 10 seating positions, featuring 20 hydrotherapy jets. This unit is similar to that which we built for the Bears at their Lake Forest Training Center, which we finished in 1997.

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This photo shows the inviting hydrotherapy action of twenty jets pushing out 103° Fahrenheit water. The spa construction plumbing and electrical systems all agree with the latest directives of the National Electrical Code, the Consumer Products Safety Commission, and the National Spa and Pool Institute, in addition to all applicable codes of the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois.

indoor6c.jpg This photo shows the complexity of the spa equipment, all operating on 208 volt, three phase power with computerized controls specially designed by us for the Bears and manufactured by ComPool Controls, now a division of Pentair Pool Products. Included are a 1.0 HP Bronze Purex Pump, 7.5 HP Bronze Premier Spring Water Pump, 750 sq ft Stainless Steel Harmsco filter, 18 KW Coates Electric Boiler, 2 HP Roton Regenerative Blower, ChemTrol #230 Electronic Bromine Feeding System, Prozone Ozone Generator, and a custom electronic water level controller by Roman Fountains.
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This photo is one of a pool and spa done on a design/build basis for a Renaissance Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The pool is build of "Gunite" concrete and finished in a proprietary plaster called "Diamond Brite", with a special dark blue color made up of crushed blue quartz set in cement plaster.

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This photo shows the spa with its 15 hydrotherapy jets operating. The spa shell was molded from one piece of acrylic faced fiberglass and then completely covered with an off-white tile and highlighted with Cobalt Blue trim. The equipment features a 170 sq ft stainless steel cartridge filter, one 5 HP Bronze Premier Pump, one 2 HP Bronze Purex Pump, 18 KW Coates 3 phase electric boiler, ChemTrol automatic ORP and pH balancing equipment, Prozone Ozonator, and safety controls by ComPool.

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The complexity of the two mechanical systems is evident in this photo, showing the greater part of the pool & spa systems. In this case, the architects for the building allowed ample room to install all of the equipment needed for both pool and spa. The pool system includes a 72 sq ft stainless steel diatomaceous earth filter, a 5HP Bronze Premier Pump, a 24 KW Coates Electric Pool Boiler, and a ChemTrol automatic ORP and pH controller for sanitizing the pool. The electrical supply is all 208 volt three phase, requiring magnetic starters on all of the mechanical equipment.

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Shown here is the Levitation Bed, where the bed is approximately 10" deep. The occupant lays on the contoured bed and multiple hydrotherapy jets, critically positioned around the body, gently give a total body massage and float the subject off of the bed. This spa is part of a natatorium designed by the Dirsmith Group, Architects.

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This spa seating area will accommodate ten people. The seats and steps are shaped in natural weathered edge flag stone. Even though built over twenty years ago, all features conform with the latest specifications of CPSC, ANSI, and NSPI.

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Concrete spa with epoxy enamel interior surface, stone veneer on the outside.

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Rio Plastics Acrylic Spa in finished activity room.

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HydroSpa, in a greenhouse type enclosure, bluestone floor.

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Large concrete spa for the infirm at the Illinois Masonic Retirement Home. Note the ramps to take patients down into the spa area in stainless steel wheelchairs.

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Another view of the retirement home spa, showing the entrance ramp.

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This photo and the next four are of a recently completed spa in a Chicago home. The casement windows behind the spa open into a beautiful lounge room. The project design team included Fred Wilson and Susan Patenaude from Morgante-Wilson, Architects, LTD, with interior design by Carlos Martinez.
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A closer look at this photo shows a band of falling water coming out from below the window sill and flooding the back slanted wall (a continuation of the seat back.) The structural, hydraulic, and electrical design and construction was by Carefree Pools.
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This photo, taken from behind the spa through the open windows, shows the beauty of the imported glass mosaic tile. The equipment features three bronze pumps, stainless steel filter, ozone injection, two gas boilers, electronic water leveling control, and a computerized control system.

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This photo, taken from the front, shows the beautiful elliptical dome above the spa, finished in the same mosaic tile plus gold leaf. The general contractor for this project was S. N. Peck, Builders, Inc. of Chicago.

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Here we again see part of the domed ceiling and its' beautiful tile work. From behind the spa, one can also see the interior finish work in the room at the front of the spa.

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This lovely spa was produced and tiled by NeSpa Inc. in California and installed in a beautiful setting in Barrington, IL with the equipment in the basement.

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