One of the nonmedical treatments my doctors recommend for my chronic pain now is swimming and hydrotherapy (jacuzzi)
I decided to purchase a hot tub, but new ones are on back stock because if the supply chain and high demand and can also run way above my budget ($9,000+ is what I've been quoted from dealers)
I should have waited and bought one from a hit tub repair person or a certified pre-owned one from a dealer. Hindsight is 2020.
I bought a used hot tub from a guy on Facebook Marketplace. I first went to see it, and it was very clean. He told me it works great, that nothing was wrong with it, and he'd give me all the parts when it picked it up since his home is being renovated and he needed to gather it all.
2 weeks later I went to meet him to pick it up with a great spa moving team (Royalty Spa Movers).
After requesting quotes and availability via Yelp, I went with Sam and Coordinated with a date to get the Spa cleaned and set up for use.
I was having decomposed granite (DG) installed in my backyard to be the base of The spa upon recommendation from my landscape designer. I've seen a few other sites where folks have used this as a base, but most people use wood, concrete, spa pads, or gravel. So, I was already not feeling 100% about DG with stabilizer as the base.
The DG was installed a day late, hadn't cured or hardened (it needed 2 days), and that meant when Sam came for the appointment, I wasn't ready. (He didn't get my message to delay because he was busy)
He came back that afternoon and then assessed the hot tub and the flooring.
He gave free advice based on his almost 20 years of experience, and let me know what he recommended to ensure my hot tub would be on stable foundation. He recommend installing wood foundation into the ground what would be invisible, which I appreciated. I didn't want more concrete in the backyard or an ugly spa pad.
Since Sam couldn't fill the tub with water until he felt the tub was stable, (for my protection!) he ran a diagnostic of the tub for me.
The GFCI plug was broken, and needed to be replaced. I hadn't known to look for that.
Additionally, the Jets were ALL missing--the pieces I got from the seller were garbage. So, I was feeling pretty ripped off at this point.
But knowing I had Sam on my side to salvage this purchase meant everything.
He even came back the next day to install the flooring, replace the plug, add a wire net/grate underneath the hot tub to prevent rats from getting underneath and chewing the wires and foam. He really thought of everything.
And then he cleaned the tub and added the chemicals.
He's coming back soon to add the Jets and hopefully soon I'll get a cover lifter.
Let me say that Sam is a Godsend.
It was my fault that I wasted his time yesterday. He could have had an attitude and been nasty, but he was understanding, accommodating, and so incredibly knowledgeable and I feel lucky to have found him.
He has worked with the manufacturers before going on his own, so let me tell you his knowledge is EXPANSIVE.
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