Decision made and order placed: Jacuzzi 470 it is

[wmccall]

Hopefully one more hour to go.  Now would be a terrible time for me to relate the horror story of my first hot tub delivery !    But that was with a dealer who no longer exists and contracted out their deliveries.  At least time my dealer is in this forum and they deliver their own spas. 

[Spatech_tuo]

Hopefully one more hour to go.  Now would be a terrible time for me to relate the horror story of my first hot tub delivery !    But that was with a dealer who no longer exists and contracted out their deliveries.  At least time my dealer is in this forum and they deliver their own spas.

You just Jinxed yourself! You can't put the genie back in the bottle now!

[wmccall]

I'll bet planetary is standing on the curb looking up the street trying to spot a crane. The problem with using a crane is the whole neighborhood knows what you got.

[planetary]

It has arrived!  Pictures.

[wmccall]

Great. nice to see it in place. Electrician tomorrow? 

[planetary]

Yep, electrician tomorrow, starting at 8am.

[soak-king]

Congrats! very nice location for a spa!

[planetary]

Thanks, soak-king.  My kids (8 years old) just got home from school and discovered it.  They're already inviting friends over. 

[Jacuzzi Jim]

 It looks really nice Jason, and a great choice of colors. 

[planetary]

Thanks, Jim!

I just got done wiping the tub interior down.  A little dust and a few bugs got into it today, and some of the interior blue taping left some residual sticky material on the lining.  Also, because Jacuzzi water-tests all its tubs before shipping, I noticed the usual couple of water spots, and even a tiny bit of standing water in the bottom of the footwell.  All wiped and cleaned.

I must say, sitting in the empty tub with clothes and socks... even THAT is impressive!

[wmccall]

Hopefully one more hour to go.  Now would be a terrible time for me to relate the horror story of my first hot tub delivery !    But that was with a dealer who no longer exists and contracted out their deliveries.  At least time my dealer is in this forum and they deliver their own spas.

You just Jinxed yourself! You can't put the genie back in the bottle now!

Ha! Delivery scheduled for Thursday afternoon 9/27.  Now I just have to try to make my back yard presentable and I live in the hood and I haven't done much yard work with the hot summer this year.

[wmccall]

Yep, electrician tomorrow, starting at 8am.

That should be about now.  Give him an hour to work, we should have an update soon. Not knowing where you are in CA, I don't know what your starting water temp will be.  I'll guess 60 degrees and given 4 degrees per hour (guess) soaking tonight!

[planetary]

Not sure.  Guy's not expected to finish until this afternoon.

60 degrees is about right.  I'm around San Jose.

[wmccall]

Not sure.  Guy's not expected to finish until this afternoon.

60 degrees is about right.  I'm around San Jose.

That makes more sense, I was thinking of my own situation again where I already have power to the back yard. A week from tomorrow, I'll unhook the old power and be standing there holding the wire when they set the new tub down.

[planetary]

That makes more sense, I was thinking of my own situation again where I already have power to the back yard. A week from tomorrow, I'll unhook the old power and be standing there holding the wire when they set the new tub down.

Awesome.    That's the way to do it!  Having the electrician do a bunch of work before delivery would have costed more time (and money) in my case, so I just opted for everything to happen after delivery.  Shame he couldn't do it yesterday, though.  Ah well.

Honestly, between chlorine stabilization and heat time, I don't expect to soak tonight at all.  If it works out, great, but... tomorrow... woot!