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A.O.:
If the deck is going to need replacing anyway, why don't you do that first? While the decking is off its WAY easier to shore up the frame underneath if needed, you wont have to crawl around underneath. And at that time you could possibly extend the deck a bit to fit the tub better.

cranbiz:
I got to agree with A.O., Get your infrastructure done now. The last thing you want is to have to drain and move the tub because you have a problem with the deck.

I'm doing all my prep work now. Pouring the concrete tonight to level out the patio, did all the electric work and the upgrades to the house needed because once the tub is in, those will be difficult to do.

With any luck, my tub will be here late March or early April.

moosethepug:

--- Quote from: A.O. on February 04, 2021, 11:41:35 am ---If the deck is going to need replacing anyway, why don't you do that first? While the decking is off its WAY easier to shore up the frame underneath if needed, you wont have to crawl around underneath. And at that time you could possibly extend the deck a bit to fit the tub better.

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Definitely something to think about. If we do pull down the deck, we'd like to do something nicer than just a concrete pad. And that's going to take time/money and planning. But it does make sense.

cranbiz:
Nothing wrong with rebuilding the deck. That way you don't have just a concrete pad.

You got to remember that the dry tub is probably around 950 lbs dry and that water weighs 8 Lbs per gallon. A 91" x 91" tub holds in the neighborhood of 450 gal. So the tub is roughly a half ton and the water weight is a bit over 2 tons. 4,550 lbs.

You will want to make sure the existing deck can handle that weight, add in 4 adults, you are over 5,000 lbs. So your deck needs to support about 96 lbs per square foot. Personally I would want it to be able to support close to 125 lbs per square foot for safety reasons.

A.O.:

--- Quote from: moosethepug on February 04, 2021, 01:21:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: A.O. on February 04, 2021, 11:41:35 am ---If the deck is going to need replacing anyway, why don't you do that first? While the decking is off its WAY easier to shore up the frame underneath if needed, you wont have to crawl around underneath. And at that time you could possibly extend the deck a bit to fit the tub better.

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Definitely something to think about. If we do pull down the deck, we'd like to do something nicer than just a concrete pad. And that's going to take time/money and planning. But it does make sense.

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I used to think this way as well, not wanting "just a concrete pad" Over the years my thinking has changed. Decks are nice and I have built a bunch of them and they have thier place BUT or around a hot tub/pool I have gotten to like a concrete slab! Its just not that much more expensive than a good wood deck, and lots of things you can do to make it look better.. stamping so it looks like tile or something, coloring the concrete, things like that. AND its basically maintenance free and seeing that you will be in bare feet most of the time around your hot tub... it does NOT give off splinters!

I cant figure out how to just post a picture so here is a video of my concrete pad surround

https://youtu.be/KAEVNd0r_hk

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