HOT TUB NIRVANA FOR $100

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By taking it alone, you don't catch anything you will regret when you get married. By getting the temperature to as hot as you can stand, usually around 104 degrees F, your muscles relax so totally that you feel disconnected from your body. Your lymph system drains. Sweat glands open and all toxins dump like crazy. You will be clean as a whistle when you are done. And when you do get out, you will feel like human jelly for about half an hour. And you will be sweating. Put on a comfortable bathrobe and sit in an easy chair with a tall glass of water.

You can fill the furo with your shower, but it is more energy efficient to buy a $20 hand-held shower adapter so you can let the shower nozzle dangle in the bottom of the furo and fill it without letting the hot steam escape. It is best to get in it while it is filling, because you can stand the heat better if it is a gradual, rather than a sudden, entrance. To empty it, just pull the plug and the water goes into the tub and down the tub's drain.

Adding a cup of Epsom salts to the bath can make for an even more pleasurable experience. For a total sinus opening adventure, add eucalyptus oil. To feel like King Tut, add flower petals.

Assembly

1. Buy wood and other supplies, and get the wood cut at the lumber yard.

2. Take your two 26" x 28" sides and screw a 2 x 2 along the 26-inch sides; make sure the 2 x 2 is flush with the top of the panel. Insert the screws every 4 to 5 inches, at about 3/4, of an inch in from the edge.

Don't worry about an imperfect fit, the waterproof coating will fill the internal gaps later.

3. Now take your two 20" x 26" side panels and screw them to the 2 x 2s mounted to the 26" x 28" side panels. The 20-inch sides should be the top and bottom, thereby making the width 20 inches.

Just to double check, when you finish this step you should have a rectangular box that has the 2 x 2s mounted on the outside, with the internal dimensions somewhere near 20" x 24". If it doesn't fit, don't worry, be happy, wood is very forgiving, just take it apart and start over. I did.

4. Now make the bottom. Take the 20" x 24" panel and screw the two 20-inch 2 x 4 pieces to them along the 20-inch side, and then screw the 17-inch pieces along the remaining sides, so that the bottom looks like the one in the photo. Then insert the bottom into the box, with the 2 x 4s facing down, and screw through the plywood sides into the 2 x 4s to complete the basic structure.

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