A Whirlpool That Stays Removable

In a ground-floor apartment garden in Las Maravillas, Playa de Palma, a Waterwave Relax was installed without pouring a single foundation. Water and power were routed from the utility room through the wall and across the garden, and the whirlpool itself came in over the hedge by crane.

Project Overview

This garden belongs to a ground-floor apartment in Las Maravillas, a quiet residential pocket of Playa de Palma. The owner wanted a full-size whirlpool out in the garden — permanently usable, but not permanently built.

Two things shaped the approach. Everything the spa needed — water and power — sat inside the utility room on the other side of a wall. And the spot could not be reached by any vehicle; the only way in was from above.

So the services were routed before anything arrived, the base was built to stay removable, and the Relax was craned in over the hedge under a permit arranged in advance.

Waterwave Relax
Las Maravillas, Playa de Palma (Mallorca)
Ground-floor apartment garden
Removable base — sand, gravel, mortared blocks
Water and power routed from the utility room
Crane lift under permit

Finished Waterwave Relax whirlpool in a ground-floor apartment garden framed by bougainvillea in Las Maravillas, Playa de Palma, Mallorca

Preparation — Services Before Anything Arrives

On a job like this the whirlpool is the last thing to appear. Water and power came from the utility room, which meant going through the wall: the skirting board was taken off, a channel cut, the pipe and the cable laid in, the channel closed again and the wall repainted. The same was done at the step down to the terrace, and from there the lines ran on through the garden to the spot where the whirlpool would stand. The planting was reinforced beforehand as well, so the garden screens the spa from the street once it is in use.

Routing water and power

Terrace edge against the apartment wall after the skirting was removed, the channel cut and closed and the wall repainted, Playa de Palma

Through the wall

Trench dug across the garden at the terrace step to carry the water line and the electrical supply to the whirlpool position

Across the garden

The garden during preparation, with planting cleared along the terrace edge before the lines were laid in Las Maravillas

Before the base

A base that stays removable

Concrete blocks and slabs ready beside the prepared ground for the removable whirlpool base in Playa de Palma

Blocks and slabs

Concrete slabs bedded on sand and gravel forming the level, removable base for the whirlpool in a Las Maravillas garden

Level and reversible

Detail of the whirlpool cabinet standing on the finished slab base with the garden edge beside it

The finished edge

A base that stays removable. The whirlpool rests on a bed of sand and gravel, with mortared blocks and concrete slabs carrying the load. Nothing is poured and nothing is anchored to the building.

That distinction matters on Mallorca. A spa standing on a removable base does not become part of the property, so it is not treated as obra the way a cast concrete foundation is. The base still carries the full filled weight and keeps the shell level for years — it simply stays reversible.

Where permission was required, we applied for it: transport and the crane lift were carried out under a permit obtained in advance.

THE LIFT

Over the Hedge, Onto the Slab, With the Paperwork Already Done.

A ground-floor garden in a residential block cannot be reached by truck. The whirlpool had to come in from the street, over the hedge and the garden wall, and land squarely on a base that was already waiting for it.

That is not only a lifting job. Parking a crane truck on a public street and swinging a load over a residential plot needs permission, and we applied for it before the date was set. On the day the whirlpool was wrapped, lifted from the lorry, swung in over the planting and lowered under guidance onto the slabs — no contact with the hedge, the trees or the terrace.

How the lift worked

Permit firstTransport and crane work applied for and approved before scheduling the day.
Base readySand, gravel, mortared blocks and slabs levelled and waiting.
Over the hedgeThe crane lifts from the street and swings the wrapped unit across the garden.
Lower inGuided down onto the slabs, exactly on its position.

RESULT

A Garden Spa That Leaves the Property As It Found It

The Relax now stands among the trees and bougainvillea, fed by lines that run invisibly from the utility room, on a base that can be taken up again without a trace. The planting that was reinforced during preparation screens it from the street, so the garden reads as a garden rather than a technical installation.

Crane truck set up on the street beside the apartment block in Playa de Palma for the whirlpool lift

Crane on the street

The wrapped whirlpool swinging in over the hedge above the garden in Las Maravillas

Over the hedge

The whirlpool being guided down onto the prepared slab base by the installation team

Down onto the slabs

The finished Waterwave Relax whirlpool filled and running in the apartment garden in Las Maravillas, Playa de Palma

Hydro jets running in the Waterwave Relax after commissioning on site in Playa de Palma

The garden replanted after the installation, screening the whirlpool from the street in Las Maravillas

The whirlpool seen through the bougainvillea in the finished garden in Playa de Palma

A removable base, services routed out of sight and a crane lift under permit — the same approach works for most ground-floor gardens and terraces in a residential block.
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THE BRIEF

The Challenge & What We Delivered

In an apartment garden the question is rarely whether a whirlpool fits. It is how the water and power get there, what the base does to the property, and how the unit reaches a spot no vehicle can approach. All three were settled before the delivery date was fixed.

The challenge

No vehicle access to the garden
Water and power only in the utility room
A wall and a terrace step in between
No permanent foundation wanted
Crane work over a residential plot
Spa visible from the street

What we delivered

Waterwave Relax, delivered and installed
Water line and electrical supply from the utility room
Wall channel closed and repainted
Removable base — sand, gravel, blocks, slabs
Permit, transport and crane logistics
Reinforced planting for screening