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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: HotTubster on October 16, 2015, 12:26:21 pm

Title: Spa Pads?
Post by: HotTubster on October 16, 2015, 12:26:21 pm

Anyone use a spa pad as a base under their hot tub?

Any issues?

Does putting a few inches of gravel underneath it make sense?

or are 2' x 2' cement pavers a better option than a spa pad?

We cannot do a concrete base.

Title: Re: Spa Pads?
Post by: watson524 on October 16, 2015, 01:59:03 pm

We used the EZ Pads (4 interlocking) when we got our tub late December of last year. Few reasons, one, it wasn't going on it's permanent base as we expect to redo the whole outdoor area in the coming years and two, it was getting too cold to mess with pouring concrete. We took out the sod, dug down about 3 inches (more on one side to make it level as the ground sloped) then put in crushed stone and tamped in 2 courses and got it level. Pads on that and it's worked well. Our hot tub guy even complimented us when we delivered the tub.