Gazebo Royale: Turning Spa Into a Whole New Experience

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Gazebo Royale: Turning Spa Into a Whole New Experience

What is a gazebo? Where did it all begin? These are but a few questions that this article will try to provide.

Maybe you have seen a gazebo but are not able to identify one.

A gazebo is a pavilion structure that is usually found in gardens, parks, and other spacious public areas. Its basic function is to provide shelter, shade, aesthetic taste, and a place to rest. It can be roofed, freestanding, and open on all sides.

Hopefully, the description above made your idea of a gazebo clear up a bit. Here is a piece of history about gazebos.

Some time in the past, it was assumed by many that the word gazebo came from the French expression, “Que c’est beau”, which means “How beautiful” and the Macaronic Latin Gazebo or “I shall gaze”.

Earlier structures of garden pavilions were open on all sides. Later, garden houses at Montacute House were termed as gazebos. In the film entitled, “The Sound of Music”, there was a gazebo scene but the pavilion is not open to views.

Just what now is a spa gazebo?

A spa gazebo is an outdoor structure that encloses your hot tub, Jacuzzi, and/or spa. It is a decorative and elegant rectangular, square, or hexagonal structure. It is elegant in a sense that it has large open windows, vaulted roof, and an archway that replaces a door. Usually, spa gazebos range between 8 and 20 feet in diameter, but it can also be much larger.

Below is the variety of spa gazebos that are available nowadays:

1. Traditional spa gazebos

These usually have single or two storey roofs that have Victorian style and made of red cedar. The aura within these structures is so attractive and soothing because they are open to views. This is mainly the reason why many people opt to use them as garden pavilions minus the spa. Instead, furniture for relaxation can be found inside these garden pavilions.

2. Enclosed Gazebos

Gazebos like these are closed gazebos, unlike the traditional spa gazebos mentioned above. These boast of Plexiglas windows that either swing open or slide. Skylights, and/or single or double French doors may complement the large Plexiglas windows. Structures like theses may be used as workshop studios or garden houses instead of spas.

3. Cedar spa gazebos

Cedar spa gazebos may or may not have floorings. In fact, some are installed on the lip of spas. These structures are particularly useful especially when the spas are on outside decks. Imagine a gazebo brim extending at the lip of a spa and from there walls are rising, thus creating a large hat. These are enclosed with bronzed acrylic windows and sliding doors for privacy.

4. Bamboo spa gazebos

Instead of a cedar, many opt for bamboo walls for these add a taste of the tropics, are less expensive, and are very easy to install. However, most spas like these do not have flooring.

5. White PVC vinyl

Like bamboo spa gazebos, vinyl spa gazebos do not have floorings. These types of gazebos are maintenance free and are always fresh in the eyes. Roofs, however, may come in other colors but white.

6. Aluminum spa gazebo

Aluminum is very durable as compared to cedar and bamboo. These can be found in commercial areas like hotels, restaurants, and even golf courses, but are still marked with the elegance of vaulted canopy roofs. The metal itself has powder coat pain with white or black finish.

Nowadays, spa gazebos can be bought in kits and are ready to assemble by home or building owners. It can take at least 4 days to assemble a cedar kit while an afternoon may be enough to assemble a bamboo spa gazebo.

Prices normally depend on the manufacturers and the complexity of the kits, but the most modest open gazebos usually cost 2,000 dollars while deluxe and complex models cost more than this.

Structures below a hundred square feet do not require any building permit. So if you are ready to spend on the beautification of your home, installing a spa gazebo is one heck of an investment.