That was the longest 5 weeks of my life. My hot tub was delivered on Wednesday and hooked up on Friday. It took 5 weeks, reinforcing and refinishing my deck (in between daily thunderstorms) and upgrading my electrical system but it's in, working and we're loving it. Friday morning I woke up with a nasty cold. The electricians were here all day on Friday, installing a new panel, running the electric and doing a few other jobs and then by 10pm the tub was up to temp and ready to go. Problem was I was sick- coughing and running a fever. I went in anyway. Woke up this morning feeling much better than I thought, soaked again a few times (ok, three. i'm sure other new hot tub owners spend all day in it too) and now I'm feeling close to 100%. Do hot tubs really kick your cold to the curb or is that wishful thinking?
Oh- in case you missed my long posts about looking for a tub. It's a Sundance Edison. I LOVE it. So happy we didn't get the lounger. I love all 4 corners. I love the color (Platinum/Coastal Grey) I love the foot jets (so needed to have foot jets), I love the way it fits on my deck (7' square- any bigger would have been too big and any smaller would not have been big enough). I don't have pics yet because I've been too busy soaking and smiling.
Thanks to everyone who offered advice.