Jacuzzi on the roof ? - Page 2

Thanks everyone for helping I really appreciated it. Than

Hello 

are we talking inflatable spas here or the real thing! I have an inflatable, would appreciate advice on the suitability on the roof for that type of spa please.

Fl

OK, yours will be lighter obviously, but it's mainly the weight of the water. Work out the volume it takes to fill and convert that to gallons. One UK gallon weighs 10lbs in old money. It doesn't take much to have a considerable weight on the roof. Add the number of people and all the other stuff you might have up there, and you've probably overloaded the structure.

I certainly wouldn't risk it without an engineers safety certificate from the builder, and you wouldn't have got that from Masa even when they were in business. Hope that helps.

Hi Flo  you need to check the total weight of the spa when full and add the weight of 4 adults, say.

Basically it will be very heavy.

Check with your builder or administrator what the safe level of your solarium floor is. 

A good build is 80Ibs per square foot.

But can you trust the Spanish build?

With a normal spa weight of about 600lbs plus 200 gallons or so of water plus the pump vibration plus 4 adults say  unless you have supporting walls directly underneath the spa, very very risky.

A blow up one is obviously much lighter so check the manufacturers weight spec.

Safest place - on the ground.

There are numerous recorded cases of floor collapses.

Regards Al

Oh heck! Thanks for all that. Much to much mathematics for me.

I have a Classico, so yes, it’s a Masa build. Perhaps I would be safer in the back courtyard than on the roof?!?!?

Flo

Definately Flo, do not risk the roof, regards Al

Thank you for your advice.

I had it up there last year but because the pump broke I ended up emptying the water after a couple of days. After your advice I will now keep it off the roof.

Thank you SO much.

Fl

Good morning Flo, pleased to be of help.  

Best regards, Al

We recently moved to d23 we brought our inflatable heated hot tub  (tho' not much heating required lol ) spar with us from the UK..Its very easy to fill ph & drain down is more than adequate for me & the mrs & if we had friends  (lol) would accommodate a few more.So we have decided to carry on with the inflatable tub it does the job well for us.

We are not resident so 20 a month is peanuts for someone to take care of it, maintain, service and clean. She also switches it on the day before we arrive so we can get straight into it when we arrive instead of waiting a day for it to reach the right temperature. Ideal when we are only nipping over for the weekend. We only use top quality products which are certainly more than 20 a year.