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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: paxthar on January 26, 2010, 02:49:11 pm

Title: Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
Post by: paxthar on January 26, 2010, 02:49:11 pm

I want to raise my hot tub off the ground when I install it. I am thinking I would basically build a 10' X 10' box that is about 1'6" high. I would make the sides of the box out of either garden ties or 6" X 6" PT posts. I would then fill the middle with 3/4 down and pack it with a tamper. Then a layer of sand, and then top it off with a bunch of pavers or sidewalk flagstones. Does this sound like it would hold up to a 8' X 8' hot tub filled with water?

Title: Re: Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
Post by: paxthar on January 26, 2010, 02:51:30 pm

Guess I should of added that I would connect the corners with a long threaded rod that runs from the top of the frame to the bottom and is nutted at each end......hah nutted.....

Title: Re: Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
Post by: hottubdan on January 26, 2010, 03:04:17 pm

I would fill it with driveway shale.

Title: Re: Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
Post by: 00limited7 on January 26, 2010, 03:59:29 pm

Or I would use pea gravel tamped down.