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I'm not sure how big your coleman is going to be width wise but you also are going to have to make sure there's enough room to flip the cover over to get it off as well. If you're spa is around 3 feet high and it's 8 feet square then the cover addes a few inches and you'll need 4 feet more to flip the cover over (half the 8 foot width). If your spa is 7 feet wide then you'll need 3.5 feet extra hight to flip the cover over. In any case, it might be tight...Reason I bring it up is because I have a friend with a spa under his deck and it's pretty low. When he flips his cover over it actually rubs the underside of the deck so he 'just' has enough room to get his cover off.
No you don't understand. My steps hubby has built me are 22 inches high and the tub room is 7 feet from floor to rafters the cloeman is 35" in height, what I'm wondering is if I need to have him lower the steps a little. His intensions were well placed, he only wanted to ensure I could easily get into the hot tub with minimal problems. As far as the cover, it's not even in this senerio because, the way we are taking it off it ges to towards the front of room and the stairs will be to the back of the room with the hot tub somewhere in the middle