Getting Portable hottub, do I need to reinforce the deck?
 

Hi,
Im considering gettting a portable hot tub something like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/COMFORT-LINE-P..._sbs_hpc_img_5

It would be placed on my wooden deck, which is original with the
house, about 20 years old but looks to be in good shape. I'm trying to
figure out if I need to reinfirce the deck. I could put in another
concrete foor right under where the hot tub would be, but i'm trying
to figure out if it is necessary, any ideas? Thanks.

Getting Portable hottub, do I need to reinforce the deck?
 

On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:41:47 -0700, Sir.M.Messervy wrote:

Hi,
Im considering gettting a portable hot tub something like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/COMFORT-LINE-P...dp/B0015Z1VGQ/
ref=pd_sbs_hpc_img_5

It would be placed on my wooden deck, which is original with the house,
about 20 years old but looks to be in good shape. I'm trying to figure
out if I need to reinfirce the deck. I could put in another concrete
foor right under where the hot tub would be, but i'm trying to figure
out if it is necessary, any ideas? Thanks.

Water is approximately 8# per gallon. Take weight of tub and add the
weight of water when filled. That's how much weight your deck needs to
hold.

Then look at joist system: joist size and length.

Figure out how much weight can be supported per sq ft.

A tub of water is much weight.



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Getting Portable hottub, do I need to reinforce the deck?
 

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:41:47 -0700 (PDT), you
wrote:

Hi,
Im considering gettting a portable hot tub something like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/COMFORT-LINE-P..._sbs_hpc_img_5

It would be placed on my wooden deck, which is original with the
house, about 20 years old but looks to be in good shape. I'm trying to
figure out if I need to reinfirce the deck. I could put in another
concrete foor right under where the hot tub would be, but i'm trying
to figure out if it is necessary, any ideas? Thanks.


have a county zone and or safety inspector come out and inspect the
deck. It's highly unlikely that it'll be able to withstand that much
weight unless the deck is directly on the ground.

"Looks to be in good shape" isn't good enough if it breaks with people
either in it or under it.

Like electiricty, this isn't something you want to "kinda hope you go
right".