Wibu to put a hot tub on my balcony?

[Rach5l]

In a terraced house, vair middle class, quiet village?
It would be seen & heard by both immediate neighbours.
Tbf my neighbours already know i'm not vair middle class so perhaps they wouldn't be surprised?!

[DaisyBD]

just google hot tub on balcony - not only is it not an issue - in many hotels around the world it is seen as a symbol of great luxury!

of course it's an issue - you think that hotel balconies with hot tubs weren't specifically built to cope with them?

once filled, it will weigh about 3000lbs or 1.36 metric tonnes

[sycamore54321]

Terrible idea - when I was renovating an upstairs bathroom, I had to get flooring reinforced to be able to move a bathtub 90 degrees. A hot tub holds vastly more water and weighs a huge amount. At the very least get a structural engineer and your insurance company to sign off on it before even considering it.

[HerOtherHalf]

Even if the balcony can take the weight, what if it bursts? That's a helluva lot of water to mop up in the rooms underneath. Just fart in the bath like the rest of us commoners.

[helpimitchy]

Can't you just get a paddling pool in the back garden?

[Chattymummyhere]

Get the balcony checked/reinforced and go for it.

[Chattymummyhere]

Oh and layzspas don't tend to just randomly burst. Normally when the pool part goes it's a slow leak puncture. It's thick plastic with a protective cover.

[CadnoDrwg]

If you're determined to get a hot tub for your balcony please get the area professionally assessed first to see if it can handle the excess weight (basically the same as parking a family hatchback on your balcony) and check any insurance issues otherwise it could be a briefly wonderful but long term expensive mistake.

[OnionKnight]

Hell no, there's too much potential for it to go wrong.

[FlyingElbows]

Pmsl yes you should absolutely do that. And definitely video it so the world can laugh at what a monumentally stupid idea it is when the balcony collapses and you are left with tonnes of water everywhere and a ruined house!

[OddBoots]

You really need a survey done to see if your balcony is strong enough, really, really, really.

[P1nkP0ppy]

Pity the neighbours, I wouldn't be impressed having one adjacent to my balcony.
Some people along the road from me had theirs craned over the roof onto their patio and the local seagulls love it 😳

[Butternutsqoosh]

It's also really noisy as it runs (all day and all night) clicking in and out as it reaches and drops temperatures - I've had a few - a total luxury that I miss but they were always away from the house enough to not disturb us at night or the neighbours

[ShapelyBingoWing]

Bar all the very relevant structural concerns, I'd be mightily pissed off if I were your neighbour. Having your hot tub on would hinder their enjoyment of their balcony. And of course, if it all goes wrong and it's a terraced property, the damage may well not be limited to your house. Does your insurance cover idiocy?

[Melfish]

I'm sure I remember an episode of Corrie where Cilla and Les installed a hot tub or jacuzzi in an upstairs room and it (and them) ended up in the sitting room.

[KoalaDownUnder]

Is this you, OP?

[fj3568]

Hot tubs are a butt crass - sorry op

[fj3568]

Bit crass - not butt / tho you never know

[TheAntiBoop]

My friends neighbours have done this. The noise is horrible and my friend struggles to sleep with it. she has a terminal illness so it is very sad but they feel they are entitled to it

And they're expensive to run and environmentally unfriendly.