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Old 30th November 2014, 16:47
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Default Okay - It is not strictly a Tribute - or a car but it is a 2 month build

You know what it is like, the nights start to draw in and Downton Abbey vies with Strictly Come Dancing for your wife's attention so you get time to think.

I wonder if I could get away with building a shed...

a few beers ...

I wonder if I could get a sauna in there too...

what about a hot tub as well...

and before you know it you have sketched this


and are wondering about bench positions in this


so the next morning you wander into the garden and look behind the garage at all that wasted space and lay out a few bots of concrete to get a sense of size


A quick bit of spade work and some concrete blocks


and a call to the wood store and it looks a bit bigger than you first thought


A good shed with sauna and hot tub need power, lots of power


Drop the tub in over the top of the garage


Anothe rposting for the impressive crane driver


Now the tubs in place we can put up the walls


and roof



Starts to take shape, protected by green vapour guard


Glass in place an water tight


Please with the sliding doors to open it up when we want to


Sauna in


and happy hydrotherapy for me
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Old 30th November 2014, 18:05
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NICE!!!!

If only I didn't have that rusty lump of German camper lined up as my next project
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Old 30th November 2014, 18:33
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Looks good - but I'm sure I saw that gate pier move in the video when the lorry went through
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Old 30th November 2014, 20:30
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Very good Nick. I guess you are in it now
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Old 30th November 2014, 20:51
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Are you sure you need that sized cable? If so it's going to cost a fortune to run.
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Old 30th November 2014, 21:47
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Are you sure you need that sized cable? If so it's going to cost a fortune to run.
10mm - 50A ???
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Old 30th November 2014, 22:53
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25MM good for 124

32 amp sauna
32 amp Tub

Plus make the garage safe which is currently tripping if I use lights, drill and a heater
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Old 1st December 2014, 09:26
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Dont quote me but im sure a 25mm 3 core swa cables only takes 100 amps (or it did when i was in college) thats with an ambiant temperature of about 25-35 degrees C......
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I also wired a hot tub for a friend a few month back and was shocked when I seen it pulled 40 amp!
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Old 1st December 2014, 12:06
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The house supply is only ~70amp so the cable from the house to the cabin is bigger than the feed into the house. No point going bigger and 100amp (124amp quoted) should be sufficient given that most the time the tub is just ticking over drawing not much more than a light bulb.
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I also wired a hot tub for a friend a few month back and was shocked when I seen it pulled 40 amp!
I had no idea. There must be a sreious water heater in there.
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Old 1st December 2014, 18:37
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Has anyone patented a hot-tub that infuses the water with carrotene yet? There'd be a massive market in my native Essex.
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Old 1st December 2014, 18:40
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The one bit of advice I was given by the salesman was do NOT ALLOW ANYONE WITH FAKE TAN near the tub. He then told me that most 'easy' girls wore fake tan and that MY WIFE WOULD FIND OUT.

I bought the thing as a hydrotherapy pool to aid my knackered ankle. I have no idea what he thought I wanted it for
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Sticking your foot in a bowl of hot water would have been a little more cost effective! :-)
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Old 1st December 2014, 18:46
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Hey landmannn, a 10 kilowatt electric shower uses 40 amps, and that's not considered really excessive!
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Old 1st December 2014, 21:05
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Has anyone patented a hot-tub that infuses the water with carrotene yet? There'd be a massive market in my native Essex.
Marmite, Bovril, creosote?
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Marmite, Bovril, creosote?
No, no NO!

All of the above would leave you looking decidedly brown, when the desired tone is extreme orange. Obviously.
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Old 1st December 2014, 22:37
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They HAVE to look like they've been TANGOED!
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I presume now your bollocks must be boiled. Time to put in the sprouts for Christmas!
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