Hot tub

[Hunkyd0ry]

we bought a house last year and it came with a hot tub.

We haven’t been keeping it hot so then haven’t been using it. DH keen to get rid, kids keen to keep it.

Had it serviced the other day and was told if we get a cold snap and it freezes then it can break all the pipes etc inside. So going to have to keep it warm ish anyway or get rid.

Just asking if anyone else has had one taken out- is it expensive? Easily removed?

Or does anyone have one and use it lots or any advice on how to get more out of it?

you can sometimes get hot tub resellers to take it for free but depends if they have to crane it over the house as that’s an added cost for them. Worth asking though.

Were I to inherit one that was difficult to remove. I'd fill it with fresh water and put aquatic plants and some small fish in.

We had one when we moved in.. wooden frame around it, blue plastic looking inner.. never worked so in the end we had to saw it and take it out in bits but wasn't too difficult. We were told when they brought it they used a crane to get it in too.

We had a lot of trouble getting ours taken away, as the market was flooded during covid, so no companies were interested in taking it. Ours also came with the house. If you drain it, there shouldn't be any damage from freezing.

Eventually we found someone, and a group of them got it out by removing a fence panel rather than lifting over it with a crane.

I inherited one with a house. We used it for a while but it almost doubled the electricity bill, and once the novelty wore off, it felt like a burden.

How easy it is to get rid of it depends on the access. You could cut it up and remove it in pieces as a last resort.

There's a reason they are called sex-ponds. Why didn't you include its removal in the sale? no one wants to inherit others micrological STDs.