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Thanks for the concern. It's designed specifically for carrying the extra weight. It will have the ledger, 3 carrying beams and 9-6x6 posts with "bigfoot" footings. I don't have the calculated deck load in lbs/psf handy but I will tomorrow night when I go over the final details with the builder.
I am totally new to the world of hot tubs. We just purchased a Hot Springs Aria and if all goes well, it should be installed and running by the first week of November. We having a 12 x 12 deck addition built off of our existing deck and that’s where we are putting it. It will be off the back of our house and about 10 ft off of the ground. I live in MA and the winters can be just about anything that you can imagine. Given the way that it’s gone the last few years, I anticipate at least a few heavy snowstorms. I’m curious to know any tips & advice as to the best way to handle the elements from other owners who live in the northeast or similar climate. I obviously want to stay on top of getting the snow cleared from the tub and tub area. Are there special snow removal tools used specifically for hot tubs so that you don’t damage the cover? Are there special tarps or something similar that I should consider as well? Removing powdery snow is one thing, but when it comes to heavy wet snow and combinations with ice storms, I get visions of a major headache along with a backache. Long term I’m thinking of some sort of retractable awning but that’s not in the budget any time soon. The initial cost of the tub and deck is enough to digest for now.
Quote from: hotubhotub on October 18, 2011, 08:50:34 am I live in MA and the winters can be just about anything that you can imagine. Given the way that it’s gone the last few years, I anticipate at least a few heavy snowstorms. Just about any quality brand will be fine for your moderate winters in the New England area.
I live in MA and the winters can be just about anything that you can imagine. Given the way that it’s gone the last few years, I anticipate at least a few heavy snowstorms.
Comments like those last two make me wonder what the motives of the poster are. The first answers a question that wasent even asked and the second poo-poos the winter in Duluth Minnosota where they expierence one of the widest tempature changes in the world and recieve some 80 inches of snow every year. maybe its because I was surrounded by the salesman culture for so long
Put yourself in the position of someone reading your posts for the first time,