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LeeM
11-28-2012, 11:15 PM
So I am reading about bird cages and spas on these forums.

Are birdcages literally cages for birds or are they some sort of enclosure for a home?

And do spas refer to a hot tub?

Phanatic Luvr
11-29-2012, 08:19 AM
A birdcage is a large screen enclosure off your lanai. A lanai is a back porch if you are from up north. And yes a spa is a hot tub.

jimbo2012
11-29-2012, 08:21 AM
I'm doing one on our new build

cquick
11-29-2012, 09:58 AM
only people here in The Villages call screen pool enclosures "bird cages". I am not sure why, or exactly where the term came from....maybe in the '70's when women were called birds......:a20:

cquick
11-29-2012, 09:59 AM
A birdcage is a large screen enclosure off your lanai. A lanai is a back porch if you are from up north. And yes a spa is a hot tub.

:agree:

Applepie
11-29-2012, 10:40 AM
My parents lived in West Palm Beach and theyalways called their pool enclosure a bird cage. My brother-in-lay lives in Venice Fl. he also calls it a bird cage.

Serenoa
11-29-2012, 11:38 AM
I remember when I first discovered TOTV & started reading the various threads & posts & began seeing all the mentions of bird cages......I thought, gee whiz....there sure are a lot of feathered-friend fans down there. Took me a little bit to figure out who/what the so-called cages were actually for.

perrjojo
11-29-2012, 01:08 PM
My husband calls it a Bug Room

Cantwaittoarrive
11-29-2012, 02:07 PM
Birdcages are called birdcages because they resemble a birdcage. Also it's not just people in TV that call them birdcages

keithwand
11-29-2012, 02:30 PM
They call them birdcages in Winter Park, Orlando, Ft Myers......

cquick
11-29-2012, 02:35 PM
My parents lived in West Palm Beach and theyalways called their pool enclosure a bird cage. My brother-in-lay lives in Venice Fl. he also calls it a bird cage.

I stand corrected! Interesting......

cquick
11-29-2012, 02:36 PM
They call them birdcages in Winter Park, Orlando, Ft Myers......

I lived in Hunters Creek, Orlando, and nobody ever called them that.

perrjojo
11-29-2012, 02:46 PM
I lived in Hunters Creek, Orlando, and nobody ever called them that.

What did they call them.

rjm1cc
11-29-2012, 03:28 PM
Don't forget to check the building codes. I think the code for a spa and a hot tub are different. I think one is in the ground (subject to pool rules) and the other above. The building codes will tell you what safety devices etc are required in your county.