When you want an enclosure for your hot tub, once you start looking you will be surprised at the many styles that are available. It does add to the landscaping of your garden or your deck and provide you with privacy at the same time. It will also give you protection from the elements of the weather so that you can enjoy relaxing in your hot tub at any time of the year. Hot tub enclosures and gazebos can be open to the air or fully enclosed depending on your needs and your taste.

Most of the spa and hot tub (http://www.mybath.biz/besthottub.html) enclosures on the market come in the form of kits that was quite easy to assemble. The kits include the panels for the walls, the roof, doors and windows as well as the hardware and accessories you need to have a complete project once you follow all the detailed instructions.

Such a project will take only a few hours to complete and you can do most of the work on your own. One thing that is not included in the kit is the floor. You do need to have a solid base in place for the hot tub because it is quite heavy when it is filled with water. It also needs to be able to withstand the weight of the walls and roof of the enclosure.

Open air spas, hot tubs (http://www.mybath.biz/servlet/the-Hot-Tubs/Categories), or Jacuzzis can simply have lattice walls that you can even cover with greenery. The panels fit together quite snugly on all four sides of the hot tub. You just need to provide ample room around the hot tub so that you have room to walk around and have room for entertaining. Such an enclosure is usually open on the top, which makes it perfect for relaxing in the hot water under the stars. However, you won't have much protection from the sun during the day or from the rain or snow.

An open-air hot tub enclosure can also be a pavilion style in which there is a roof but no walls. The roof is supported by posts on four corners of the enclosure. If you wish you can use screens to provide you with privacy so that you can open them during the day or close them at night. This is the least expensive type of hot tub gazebo because there are no doors or windows to buy or install and the addition of screens is completely up to you.

For total privacy in your hot tub enclosure, you should look for a totally enclosed spa enclosure. Not only will this keep the neighbors from seeing you when you are in the hot tub or entertaining around the tub (http://www.mybath.biz/typesofhottubenclosures.html), but you also have protection from all types of weather.

If you don't want to entertain guests in the same area as your hot tub, you still need to make sure you have a walkway around the tub of at least two or three feet wide. This will allow you and guests to sit on the edge of the tub and dangle you feet in the water and have room enough to walk around the tub.

You can have sliding doors and windows or ones that open and close just as they do in your home. The roof and the walls can be made of cedar or metal depending on how you want to match the exterior of the gazebo to the exterior of your home.