Well, after a couple of years we finally broke down and purchased a new hottub.  The old one stayed with the old house when we moved.  I used to spend at least an hour a day in the hottub at the old house, sometimes more.  Since we moved, I have longed for the relaxation that only a spa can deliver.  Not surprisingly, a couple of weeks ago I was at the pool store getting chlorine and I came across a pretty good deal.  I talked it over with the wife and we decided to go ahead.  Once the order was placed, we started the prep work for the concrete pad it would sit on.

We had a 4-5 week wait for the new tub, so we decided to remove the bricks from our interlocking brick patio to make room for the new concrete pad.  It was a lot of work.  At 10' x 8', we removed a lot of bricks and a lot of dirt.  We found a great place to get concrete from.  You basically go there with your vehicle, they hook up a trailer full of stone, then you take it home and dump it.  Once you are done, you simply take the trailer back and pick up a load of pre-mixed concrete.  In less than a day we had poured the new pad and just had to wait for it to cure.  Usually a couple of days.

Well the tub was delivered a couple of days ago and we arranged for the electrician to come tomorrow to put in the new line for it.  Once we got the tub in place, we noticed a couple of 'standard features' were missing that were outlined in the brochure.  One was a waterfall jet and the second was an ozone injector.  I made a few calls and it turns out I can install the ozone inject after the fact, but the waterfall jet is not likely going to happen.  The most frustrating part is that the pool place removed this stuff for their promo, yet failed to identify that.  Anyway, I expect to have it full this weekend and to be in it by Saturday.  Wish me luck!