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paxthar

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Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
« 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?

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

paxthar

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Re: Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
« Reply #1 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.....

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Re: Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2010, 03:04:17 pm »
I would fill it with driveway shale.
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Re: Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2010, 03:59:29 pm »
Or I would use pea gravel tamped down.
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Re: Idea for building a base for a 8 X 8 hot tub...will this work?
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