My wife and I just bought a hit tub in our courtyard. It is 84" sqaure fit into a space less than 90". It have walls on 2 sides. Back wall is unusable, right wall is window on the side of our house, left side is our garage with plenty of wall space.
All of the commercial lifters we have seen require about 5" side and 6 inches behind for clearance. We do not have the space and are not big fans of folding it halfway to use.
I am thinking we may have to juryrig something to help remove the cover. I am thinking we could possibly mount hydraulic arms on the side of the garage to vertically lift the cover without folding it in half and when fully removed, it would sort of hang on the side of the garage until we are done and then we would lower back into the covered position. I am just not sure where I would begin to construct or even hire someone to manufacture.
Any ideas or suggestions? I can load pictures tomorrow or the next day if necessary.