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  1. Jims14 Jims14 is offline

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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 2:07am)

    So, a family member is moving out of their house and they can't take their hot tub with them......Win!

    My question is where to put it. I have two options, the first is the easier and safer choice....we have an unattached garage that we basically only use when we have people over (drinking garage and lawnmower storage), there isn't a drive way but it has a a nice cement pad that we could put the hot tub on.

    sorry not those kind of pictures


    Please ignore Luke and the grass in the cracks.

    Option 2 would be better because it would be closer to our house, and it's where I want to put it. The problem is that I'm not sure if we have a good enough base to support a hot tub. It is a patio made of ~3 inch thick bricks, with approx 8 inches of sand under that, with the sand held up by some sort of blue mat?? (we just recently bought the house, I have no idea how long the patio has been there but the house is ~35 years old).


    Close up of the tiles (I assume that I need to fill the cracks with more sand??) As you can see, the the tiles aren't exactly even....


    I pulled up one of the tiles and dug down and this is what it looks like



    Sooooo is it do-able to put it next to our house , and if so-how do I make it work? I REALLY don't want to rip up the patio, would it work without re-doing everything?
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 2:11am) in reply to Jims14

    cant really tell from your pics but whats your privacy range looking like?

    a hot tub is pretty much a sex toy. the garage might not be such a bad route if you dress it up
     
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 2:12am) in reply to stackinsideways

    I would go patio. Maybe even build a little wooden frame, after you level the area with sand.
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 2:15am) in reply to stackinsideways

    Privacy would also be much better next to the house as it would be totally secluded, whereas the unattached garage is probably 25 yards away from the house and slightly visible by the neighbors-though there is probably only a 10% chance that they would look over. This is also another reason to put it on the patio, but I'm not sure if that is feasible.
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 2:20am) in reply to Jims14

    If privacy is better there... your closer to your water source... and you are getting a free hot tub... I would just build my own concrete base on the side of the house.

    I dont know how much that would cost but I think with a few boards and some concrete you could do the job.
     
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 2:30am) in reply to stackinsideways

    The patio should be fine. Build some sort of simple base for it to rest on and just shim it level. Easy and effective. I would probably build a fence for 2 of the sides. Your house can be the third wall. You can probably get 2 prefabricated sections of a privacy fencing and set those up to make it even easier. I wouldn't worry about the patio being a problem. It's old and a little uneven but the ground is packed down well. Short of a sink hole you should be fine.

    By base I just mean a square of 4x6's or something similar.
    Edited By: SirLiesAlot Aug 24th, 2011 at 02:31 AM
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 4:44am) in reply to SirLiesAlot

    Do you think that I need to lay down cement or will it be good as is?
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 4:51am) in reply to Jims14

    I'd dig down all the tiles and make it an underground hot tub. Perfect for privacy, you can even make a make shift water fall down the side going into it...
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 6:33am) in reply to BigEarn7

    figure out a way to put it next to the house. especially if u live somewhere that gets cold in the fall/winter.
     
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 6:53am) in reply to AmSlim22

     
    Originally Posted by AmSlim22 View Post

    figure out a way to put it next to the house. especially if u live somewhere that gets cold in the fall/winter.

    ^^ There is nothing worse than getting out of 105 degree water, only to have 10 degree air render you breathless as you attempt to make it back inside.
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 7:28am) in reply to JRoth15

     
    Originally Posted by JRoth15 View Post

    ^^ There is nothing worse than getting out of 105 degree water, only to have 10 degree air render you breathless as you attempt to make it back inside.


    This is another reason to put it by the house because it does get cold, I guess the main question that I'm asking is whether or not the set-up next to the house is going to be able to hold a hot tub and the couple thousand pounds of water.
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  12. deadeyehank deadeyehank is offline

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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 12:48pm) in reply to Jims14

    pull up the patio and cement it.
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 1:56pm) in reply to deadeyehank

    put it on the roof.
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 3:34pm) in reply to SirLiesAlot

    This is your best and cheapest option. I've installed a few of these, and have done this exact thing. Oh ya, expect a hernia after moving this. So calculate that into the cost of everything.
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 4:58pm) in reply to jhesser

    We bought a hot tub and had to go through all kinds of stuff to have it legally put in. I'm in AZ. We had to get a permit and leave it on property when we moved and when we sold the house, we had to have everything inspected, the lines underground, etc. They laid down a ton of cement and it was a two day project to do it right. The city then had to inspect it. Looking back, the whole thing was not worth it, especially in AZ.
    Edited By: AZlady Aug 24th, 2011 at 04:58 PM
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    Aug 24th, 2011 (8/24/2011 7:44pm) in reply to AZlady

    dig up bricks. level area. and pour your own cement base
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