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Best base for a hot tub?
We have saved up some money and can now buy a hot tub, but i have a question as i am unsure, what is the best base to use?
Some people have them on concrete bases, others have them stood on top of decking and others just on regular patio slabs. I priced up for a concrete base and it came out at £600, not something i want to spend. Will a patio area, and decking support the weight ? |
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Have you not checked Google?
http://www.hottubbase.co.uk/?gclid=C...FeG87QodWEYDtA http://www.doityourself.com/stry/you...ase--6-options It doesn't seem like a particularly difficult topic to research. I wonder though, if you're trying to do this on the cheap have you fully investigated the maintenance and running costs of a tub? |
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" Best base for a hot tub? "
A sound marriage.😊 |
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Check out a few swingers' sites. They'll know.
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Depends on the type of hot tub, I should think.
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We have saved up some money and can now buy a hot tub, but i have a question as i am unsure, what is the best base to use?
Some people have them on concrete bases, others have them stood on top of decking and others just on regular patio slabs. I priced up for a concrete base and it came out at £600, not something i want to spend. Will a patio area, and decking support the weight ? |
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They usually weigh something like 1.5 tons, full of water and people. You're going to need a well built deck.
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We have saved up some money and can now buy a hot tub, but i have a question as i am unsure, what is the best base to use?
Some people have them on concrete bases, others have them stood on top of decking and others just on regular patio slabs. I priced up for a concrete base and it came out at £600, not something i want to spend. Will a patio area, and decking support the weight ? Concrete and tiled, plastic blocking, pea shingle and slabs, it really is down to budget, taste and support. |
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Just do what we did and put it on the front lawn so all the neighbours can see how upmarket you'v'e gone.
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We have saved up some money and can now buy a hot tub, but i have a question as i am unsure, what is the best base to use?
Some people have them on concrete bases, others have them stood on top of decking and others just on regular patio slabs. I priced up for a concrete base and it came out at £600, not something i want to spend. Will a patio area, and decking support the weight ? |
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I'm guessing "jelly" would not be the correct answer.
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If you've saved up enough money for a hot tub, why would you spend it on a hot tub?
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Just do what we did and put it on the front lawn so all the neighbours can see how upmarket you'v'e gone.
But many thanks for the suggestion |
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Yep, that's classy, right there. Park it next to the clapped out and rusting car. Surround it with a range of abandoned kids outdoor toys - I find that the Little Tykes Cozy Coupe with sun-bleach-faded colours along with a broken tricycle and some rusty Tonka toys sets the mood just right. For added authenticity cultivate the grass in clumps ranging from 6" to 12" tall and the sprinkle liberally with dog poo hidden in strategic places to catch out the unwary.
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Because i have MS and it will help with my health, is that not allowed ?
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Because i have MS and it will help with my health, is that not allowed ?
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It's simple:
Anything containing a load of water is going to be extremely heavy. If any base is not able to support such weight then it will over time give way or may do it suddenly. Depending on the way this accident happens it may result in anything from slight inconvenience to serious injury to death. So first look up the stats of the weight of your tub when it is full of water. Add on weight of the maximum number of people it holds and then research if the area you want to put it can hold that sort of weight. You mentioned decking: That decking was only installed with the weight of people walking on it taken into consideration. It will have to be reinforced to make it suitable for its new use. |
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Put it this way, you'll have a weight of over 2.5 tonnes. You'll need power (certified electrician), plumbing (water feed and drain) -therefore building regs approval for plumbing and electrics. My driveway supports a 2 tonne car, and needed a foundation 18" thick to support it.
Apart from building regs approval may also require planning permission, depending on your local authority and the actual proposed siting. Plus, I would check title deeds to see there are no covenants prohibiting a hot tub. I know my son's next door neighbour had to remove his because the water company declined permission for it to be sited over a main water supply. You would be as well installing a jacuzzi indoors - at least yo could use that in all weathers! |
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Because i have MS and it will help with my health, is that not allowed ?
I wasn't asking why, none of my business, I didn't understand the response Gateaux gave you. |
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Hi,
I wasn't asking why, none of my business, I didn't understand the response Gateaux gave you. |
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Put it this way, you'll have a weight of over 2.5 tonnes. You'll need power (certified electrician), plumbing (water feed and drain) -therefore building regs approval for plumbing and electrics. My driveway supports a 2 tonne car, and needed a foundation 18" thick to support it.
Apart from building regs approval may also require planning permission, depending on your local authority and the actual proposed siting. Plus, I would check title deeds to see there are no covenants prohibiting a hot tub. I know my son's next door neighbour had to remove his because the water company declined permission for it to be sited over a main water supply. You would be as well installing a jacuzzi indoors - at least yo could use that in all weathers! The only thing you may need is an external power feed, depending on the location and power requirements of the hot tub. Ours runs off a standard 13A plug so all we were required to provide is a suitable external power socket with integral RCD, There are no plumbing needs apart from a tap and a hose to fill it and a drain for when it needs emptying. No planning permission, building regs, or anything else is required. As for the OPs question, a suitable hard standing is required. Because the wright is distributed evenly a typical patio is more than sufficient. That is all ours is on and we've never had any problems. |
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As someone who has owned a hot tub for over 18 years I'm sorry but what a complete load of nonsense!!!
The only thing you may need is an external power feed, depending on the location and power requirements of the hot tub. Ours runs off a standard 13A plug so all we were required to provide is a suitable external power socket with integral RCD, There are no plumbing needs apart from a tap and a hose to fill it and a drain for when it needs emptying. No planning permission, building regs, or anything else is required. As for the OPs question, a suitable hard standing is required. Because the wright is distributed evenly a typical patio is more than sufficient. That is all ours is on and we've never had any problems. |
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Until it leans.
If the patio is laid correctly in the first place there is no reason why there should be an issue. |
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As someone who has owned a hot tub for over 18 years I'm sorry but what a complete load of nonsense!!!
The only thing you may need is an external power feed, depending on the location and power requirements of the hot tub. Ours runs off a standard 13A plug so all we were required to provide is a suitable external power socket with integral RCD, There are no plumbing needs apart from a tap and a hose to fill it and a drain for when it needs emptying. No planning permission, building regs, or anything else is required. As for the OPs question, a suitable hard standing is required. Because the wright is distributed evenly a typical patio is more than sufficient. That is all ours is on and we've never had any problems. |
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