Free-Reprint Article Written by: Emerson Lockwood See Terms of Reprint Below.
***************************************************************** * * This email is being delivered directly to members of the group: * * [email protected] * ***************************************************************** We have moved our TERMS OF REPRINT to the end of the article. Be certain to read our TERMS OF REPRINT and honor our TERMS OF REPRINT when you use this article. Thank you. This article has been distributed by: http://Article-Distribution.com Helpful Link: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Overview http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Article Title: ============== Hot Tub Installation - A Do It Yourself Job? Article Description: ==================== Now that you have decided to purchase a hot tub there are a few things that you need to consider. One of the big decisions that you need to make is whether or not you want to install the hot tub yourself, or if you want to pay a professional to do it for you. There are many different factors that you will need to consider before you make this decision. Additional Article Information: =============================== 1100 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2006-06-06 10:48:00 Written By: Emerson Lockwood Copyright: 2006 Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TEXT and HTML Copy-and-Paste Versions Of Article: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/l/diy-hot-tub-installation.shtml#get_code Emerson Lockwood's Picture: For more free-reprint articles by this Author, please visit: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/d/index.shtml#Emerson_Lockwood --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot Tub Installation - A Do It Yourself Job? Copyright © 2006 Emerson Lockwood Super Home Ideas http://www.SuperHomeIdeas.com Now that you have decided to purchase a hot tub there are a few things that you need to consider. One of the big decisions that you need to make is whether or not you want to install the hot tub yourself, or if you want to pay a professional to do it for you. There are many different factors that you will need to consider before you make this decision. The first factor that you will want to consider when deciding whether or not to hire a professional to install your hot tub is the legal mumbo jumbo in your city codes. Many cities require that you have a building permit to install your new hot tub. Others require the gas and/or the electrical systems to be installed by a professional. Many jurisdictions don't require a professional to do the installation, but if you decide to do-it-yourself, your only requirement would be to have the plumbing inspector check your gas connections and the electrical inspector to check your electrical work. Each jurisdiction varies in how they approve gas connections, but often you will have to put a certain number of pounds of air pressure on the line for a specific amount of time, before the gas line will be certified. These laws will of course vary from one location to another, so you need to be sure that you contact the proper city authorities to find out what the exact ordinances are, prior to your hot tub arriving. It could be painful if you went to the trouble to install your hot tub yourself, and then had to take it apart to have the electrical and gas connections inspected by a city inspector just to make sure it is up to code standards. One major consideration concerning your hot tub installation is how are you going to get the hot tub to its final location. Remember that your new hot tub will weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of 600 to 700 pounds. Great, the delivery guy left a 600-pound hot tub sitting in your driveway, now what? Unless you are the incredible hulk, you had better of planned ahead. Hopefully you have already selected an appropriate location for your tub (a location with at least a 4-inch concrete base). If you know someone that has a hot tub dolly then you are golden. If not, the delivery service usually has a lift gate on the back of the truck to unload your new hot tub. Some delivery drivers will help you maneuver your hot tub to its final resting place. But, other delivery drivers will tell you that it is not their responsibility; they just deliver the thing. If the delivery driver works directly for the hot tub store, your driver will be prepared to help you get your new hot tub into your backyard or home. If you bought your hot tub from a company outside of your local area, and you find yourself in the position of having to deal with getting your hot tub located on your own, you may want to contact a local hot tub company to see if they would be willing to hire out their crew to you. Most local hot tub companies will be more than happy to help you, for a fee, to get the hot tub to its final destination. Once you have ironed out how to move the hot tub, and you have it where you want it, it is time to start hooking it up. Depending on the hot tub that you purchase, and the company that you buy it from, there may be some assembly required before you move on to the gas and electrical hook ups. Let's go back to the legal stuff for a moment. Many cities require that a professional hook up the gas connections. They have to tap into the gas line and having a gas leak simply is not an option. Almost every city will not allow you to do this yourself. Once the gas line is installed and before it is covered over, it is often required and advisable that the gas connections are inspected and tested by the city inspector to insure that there are no leaks. Now it is time to consider the electrical hookups for your new hot tub. If your hot tub has an electrical heater, then you may be able to hook it up yourself. Again, you will need to refer to local codes to keep your hot tub legal. My recommendation is that you should only attempt to hook up the electrical components if you have experience with electrical systems. Most people opt to have a licensed electrician install up to a 50-amp 220-volt GECI breaker and to connect a four-wire power line to the equipment control box. The heater location should also be inspected to determine compliance. Saving a little bit of money is simply not worth risking your life. The next consideration is if you choose to plumb a water line directly to your hot tub. Having a direct line sure beats spending a couple hours with a water hose, every time you want to refill your tub. The availability of having water hooked directly up to the hot tub will depend on the particular hot tub that you purchase and the company that you purchase it from. The water plumbing is slightly easier than dealing with the electrical or gas, but still most people opt for professional installation. Finally, if you think that selling your house in the future may be something that you would do, then professional installation is strongly recommended. This could particularly be an issue if you decide to sell your house with the hot tub being sold along with it. A potential buyer would have the house inspected and if your hot tub does not meet code standards, or was not installed by a professional, a potential buyer may ask you to foot the bill to have it inspected and to insure that all the appropriate permits are in place. The potential buyer of your home will want to see the various permits before buying. The bottom line is that it is generally a good idea to have at least some professional assistance with installing your new hot tub, unless, of course you decide that you are going to take the hot tub with you when you sell your home. A hot tub is an investment that can improve the overall value of your home and shoddy workmanship during installation will only cause expensive problems in the future. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerson Lockwood writes on topics related to Home Improvement. When you are ready to buy a hot tub, please visit: http://www.spasnstuff.com/ for factory-direct discounts and pricing on hot tubs and spas. If you would like additional information about how Spas 'N Stuff can help you get your new hot tub from the curb to operation, please read their hot tub Shipping information here: http://www.spasnstuff.com/content/view/23/95/ . If you are interested in reading more Home Improvement articles written by Emerson, please visit: http://www.SuperHomeIdeas.com --- END ARTICLE --- Get TEXT or HTML Copy-and-Paste Versions Of This Article at: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/l/diy-hot-tub-installation.shtml#get_code ..................................... TERMS OF REPRINT - Publication Rules (Last Updated: May 11, 2006) Our TERMS OF REPRINT are fully enforcable under the terms of: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281.ENR: ..................................... *** Digital Reprint Rights *** * If you publish this article in a website/forum/blog, You Must Set All URL's or Mailto Addresses in the body of the article AND in the Author's Resource Box as Hyperlinks (clickable links). * Links must remain in the form that we published them. Clean links should point to the Author's links without redirects having been inserted into the copy. * You are not allowed to Change or Delete any Words or Links in the Article or Resource Box. Paragraph breaks must be retained with articles. You can change where the paragraph breaks fall, but you cannot eliminate all paragraph breaks as some have chosen to do. * Email Distribution of this article Must be done through Opt-in Email Only. No Unsolicited Commercial Email. * You Are Allowed to format the layout of the article for proper display of the article in your website or in your ezine, so long as you can maintain the author's interests within the article. * You may not use sentences from this article as an input for any software that steals sentences from others in order to build an article with software. The copyright on this article applies to the "WHOLE" article. *** Author Notification *** We ask that you notify the author of publication of his or her work. Emerson Lockwood can be reached at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Print Publication Reprint Rights *** If you desire to publish this article in a PRINT publication, you must contact the author directly for Print Permission at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..................................... If you need help converting this text article for proper hyperlinked placement in your webpage, please use this free tool: http://thephantomwriters.com/link-builder.pl ===================================================================== ABOUT THIS ARTICLE SUBMISSION http://thePhantomWriters.com is a paid article distribution service. thePhantomWriters.com and Article-Distribution.com are owned and operated by Bill Platt of Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. The content of this article is solely the property and opinion of its author, Emerson Lockwood http://www.SuperHomeIdeas.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/FGnolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To have your article appear in this distribution list, you must absolutely be a client of thePhantomWriters. We offer a paid article distribution service, and this is one of the more than 60 groups where we submit our client articles. To learn more about our program, visit: http://thePhantomWriters.com/x.pl/tpw/index.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thePhantomWriters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
