Outdoor spa pools and indoor spa baths can create a fun and relaxing space in your home. New technology allows spas to become a home entertainment system, a piece of exercise equipment and your own health retreat. There are several different spas available.
Swim spa pool
The 'swimming treadmill' is becoming more common in world. It's a long spa with special surf jets at one end that allow you to swim on the spot. Hydrotherapy jets are also included so you can sit back and relax, like a regular spa pool. A number of size options are available
Chromatherapy spa
A funky way of saying 'mood lighting', chromatherapy involves filling a spa with different coloured lights. The theory is that certain colours can affect a person's mood in a certain way. There's also a huge range of LED lights that can fill your spa with other effects.
Home theater spa
You can turn your spa into a home entertainment centre with a pop-up, flat screen television. By mounting special equipment to the underside of the tub, you can also turn your spa into a huge loudspeaker, not just hearing the music, but feeling it too.
Therapeutic spa
Hydrotherapy relieves muscles and joints by the use of heat, massage and the relieving buoyancy of water. Special 'spinner' jets can b e installed to massage parts of the body. Effervescent baths soothe with bubbles like champagne fizz instead of pulsating jets.
Portable spa pool
This self-contained unit is popular because it's much easier to set up and run. Plus, you can take it with you when you move house, or just move it around your backyard whenever you need to.
Inground spa pool
There's a lot more freedom of choice with inground spas, because a concrete spa can be made to almost any shape. But freedom comes with a price: installing an inground spa pool requires excavation or construction of a deck. For spas that aren't built as part of a pool, prefabricated shells are far more common than custom-made concrete.
Indoor spa
The trend of converting bathrooms into relaxation centres is becoming popular and the indoor spa is a big part of that. Although these spas are generally smaller and shallower, there are many therapeutic options available, boasting hydro-, aroma- and chromatherapy features.
The 'swimming treadmill' is becoming more common in world. It's a long spa with special surf jets at one end that allow you to swim on the spot. Hydrotherapy jets are also included so you can sit back and relax, like a regular spa pool. A number of size options are available
A funky way of saying 'mood lighting', chromatherapy involves filling a spa with different coloured lights. The theory is that certain colours can affect a person's mood in a certain way. There's also a huge range of LED lights that can fill your spa with other effects.
You can turn your spa into a home entertainment centre with a pop-up, flat screen television. By mounting special equipment to the underside of the tub, you can also turn your spa into a huge loudspeaker, not just hearing the music, but feeling it too.
