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Phoned the sparky up (who was recommended by the spa shop) and he said it's best to put the piping under the ground and bring it up where the corner of the spa/pad will be.
It doesn't have a socket to plug into as mine needs to be fully hard wired into the spa (new guidelines I think) So all we have is a weatherproof switch to switch on and off.
Anyway they came out and did it yesterday, so that part sorted.

They will come back once we have had the spa delivered (and subject to fencing regulations being met (if any) to connect it up.

Will have to phone the council as can't find anything on their website regarding pool/spa fence.

Just waiting for the slab to be put down now. This is being done by a friend who is a concreter.

Hopefully should have it in a couple of weeks as the spa is in stock and ready when we are :thumbup:

Thanks for you're help everyone :thumbsup:

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Tiawamutu;

regarding the spa,
is the Spa fully electrical or gas.

decide the position then measure from the spa to the main electrical switchboard in meters.

then dig the trench in the garden to the house it must be at least 500mm deep to the top of the conduit, the conduit must be in bright orange conduit i recomend you use 38mm orange pvc conduit when you join the conduits make sure you use conduit glue when joining conduits to stop any water from entering the conduits.

then you also buy what called sweeping bends for each end where the conduit comes out of the ground at the house & the spa through the concrete or the footings ready for the concrete pour.

if your concreting the area make sure you have the conduit sticking out of the ground is inside the Spa area near the electrical connections part of the Spa.

most 4 seater Electrical spa's draw about 15 Amps of power thus making the cable size minimum 4.00mm cable single phase (2 Core & earth).

depending on the distance from the home of the spa if its more than about 60 meters in total you may have to increase the cable size to 6.00mm cable (expensive).

remember pvc conduit in the ground before any concrete is done.

then get the electriccian to look at the switchboard, your Spa shall have to be on its own circuit from the main board & also must have a safety switch connected (RCD) this can be installed at the main board or inside the Spa unit next to the electrical connections. All water tight.

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Thanks for that but read the above post.
Already done :)

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Just filled our yesterday after the summer. Prefer to use it on cold dark nights, than hot summer days, so to save power, we drain it in the summer.

Ours is on a slab quite a bit bigger than the spa to allow for steps and access to get teh cover on and off.

Electric is on its own RCD protected circuit from the mains board and runs beneath the concrete slab up and into the underneath of the spa inside.

Look at using the Nature2 spa sticks www.nature2.com they mean you can run with a lot less chemicals, making the spa much nicer. We also use Nature2 in our pool to great effect.

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Hi Red,

That's what we are doing, but our slab will only have a 10cm border each side of spa as we are thinking of putting feature pavers around the slab or maybe decking.

We have the power installed under ground now ready, and it has it's own switch and is hard wired into the meter box (with it's own switch)
This will be under the slab like yours.

Slab is being laid on Saturday :thumbup:

Our spa has the Ozone filtration system. It's a natural oxidizer, purifier, sanitizer. Destroys algae, bacteria, mold, viruses, prolongs equipment life.

It's supposed to cut down on chemical usage by up to 90%

Getting excited now :)

Just a question for you Red.

How long after you fill it can you actually use the spa?

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Use it instantly, you would if you filled your bath up wouldnt you?

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Although you need to wait to it to heat up first :D

We were eager to get in ours asap so used hot water as well as cold water for the initial fill and had to wait about 4 hours for it to get warm enough.

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Not if it was cold :eek: :rofl:

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Another question.

Those of you who have spas, did you bother to get the cover lifter or do you just lift it off manually?

If manually, how hard is it to do?

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Didn't buy the lifter - too bulky and ugly IMHO

We lift manually, light as a feather:thumbup:

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Ok thanks.

Thought that when she showed me it. Looked quite difficult to do but she said it made the job easier :rolleyes:

Did look messy too I thought

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We do it manually, but I must say ours is very heavy. I can do it, but the wife couldn't manage to lift it.

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We do ours manually and its pretty easy although our cover is getting towards the end of its life so is getting heavier to do now.

I looked at the lifters but most required a significant amount of space behind the spa to work and I didn't want to position ours that way

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Are you Wanneroo Council or Joondalup Council?

If you are in the Joondalup Council area, then the pool and spa fence coordinator is called Barrie Beetham. He is really nice and helpful. His email address is: Barrie.BeethamATjoondalup.wa.gov.au

Obviously replace AT with @ ;)

You can email him your house/garden plan and he'll tell you what you need.

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Think we'll just sse how we go without the lifter for now.

I'm in Wanneroo.

Thanks for that anyway