Has anyone put in inflatable hot tub on their concrete balcony?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone tried this? I did some basic math and it seems like it would support the weight of a small two person inflatable hot tub. Just wondering if anyone's attempted this or had any experience with this. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't do it, although I haven't done any math. I just know from personal experience that condo/apartment construction tends to be shoddy. You wouldn't want to find that out the hard way when you're sitting in a hot tub some distance from the ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried this? I did some basic math and it seems like it would support the weight of a small two person inflatable hot tub. Just wondering if anyone's attempted this or had any experience with this. Thank you!

First, I assume you added in the weight of the water. In most hot tubs, the weight of the water is more than the weight of the hot tub (most of them are made of pretty lightweight materials like fiberglass).

Assuming you did that, how old is the building? Materials, including concrete deteriorate and weaken over time (see news about the Surfside condominiums). You should assume weakening of the material for roughly every 10 years of life. If the concrete is 30-50 years old, I would definitely not do it. At 50 years, concrete is known to be considerably weaker than when new.

[Anonymous]

I think there are codes that dictate this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't do it, although I haven't done any math. I just know from personal experience that condo/apartment construction tends to be shoddy. You wouldn't want to find that out the hard way when you're sitting in a hot tub some distance from the ground.

Thanks for the reply! Yeah I totally get that, but I think the construction if I were to put it inside is even worse, like 3/4 plywood floors to support that kind of weight some how concrete seems a little better than that. I trust the inside floors less but still not a great idea perhaps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried this? I did some basic math and it seems like it would support the weight of a small two person inflatable hot tub. Just wondering if anyone's attempted this or had any experience with this. Thank you!

First, I assume you added in the weight of the water. In most hot tubs, the weight of the water is more than the weight of the hot tub (most of them are made of pretty lightweight materials like fiberglass).

Assuming you did that, how old is the building? Materials, including concrete deteriorate and weaken over time (see news about the Surfside condominiums). You should assume weakening of the material for roughly every 10 years of life. If the concrete is 30-50 years old, I would definitely not do it. At 50 years, concrete is known to be considerably weaker than when new.

Thanks for the reply! I did account for the water weight and hot tub weight while empty (inflatable). The buildings are indeed old from the 60's I belive. I found some information about how much load baring but it was dated for things built after the 90's there was not as much information I could find on older builds and I debated well are they built better now or more solid back then but forgot to account as much for aging so thank you for that very good point I've overlooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there are codes that dictate this

... but just for fun let's pretend there is not let's work this out lol hahahaha!

[Anonymous]

Don't be a statistic. Water weighs way too much; 150 gallons of water weighs a ton, literally.

[Anonymous]

It doesn't matter what the balcony is made of. The balcony was built to meet the minimum psf requirements at the time. Probably 60 psf. How big is the balcony? Note: a cubic foot of water is about 64 pounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't be a statistic. Water weighs way too much; 150 gallons of water weighs a ton, literally.

Your math is wrong. A ton is 2000 pounds not 1200 so it's not literally a ton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't do it, although I haven't done any math. I just know from personal experience that condo/apartment construction tends to be shoddy. You wouldn't want to find that out the hard way when you're sitting in a hot tub some distance from the ground.

Thanks for the reply! Yeah I totally get that, but I think the construction if I were to put it inside is even worse, like 3/4 plywood floors to support that kind of weight some how concrete seems a little better than that. I trust the inside floors less but still not a great idea perhaps.

You're kidding right? PP says, it would probably be a bad idea to do this outside, and your response is, yeah, but that's better than inside. Dude, it's a bad idea. Full. Stop.

[Anonymous]

OP, can you have your tub upgraded to a jacuzzi? Do you rent or own? If rent, I'd go on periodic staycations and get your hot tub fix.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried this? I did some basic math and it seems like it would support the weight of a small two person inflatable hot tub. Just wondering if anyone's attempted this or had any experience with this. Thank you!

First, I assume you added in the weight of the water. In most hot tubs, the weight of the water is more than the weight of the hot tub (most of them are made of pretty lightweight materials like fiberglass).

Assuming you did that, how old is the building? Materials, including concrete deteriorate and weaken over time (see news about the Surfside condominiums). You should assume weakening of the material for roughly every 10 years of life. If the concrete is 30-50 years old, I would definitely not do it. At 50 years, concrete is known to be considerably weaker than when new.

Thanks for the reply! I did account for the water weight and hot tub weight while empty (inflatable). The buildings are indeed old from the 60's I belive. I found some information about how much load baring but it was dated for things built after the 90's there was not as much information I could find on older builds and I debated well are they built better now or more solid back then but forgot to account as much for aging so thank you for that very good point I've overlooked.

Balconies are all too often just bolted on, and not well enough to hold lots of weight. How high is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't do it, although I haven't done any math. I just know from personal experience that condo/apartment construction tends to be shoddy. You wouldn't want to find that out the hard way when you're sitting in a hot tub some distance from the ground.

Thanks for the reply! Yeah I totally get that, but I think the construction if I were to put it inside is even worse, like 3/4 plywood floors to support that kind of weight some how concrete seems a little better than that. I trust the inside floors less but still not a great idea perhaps.

You're kidding right? PP says, it would probably be a bad idea to do this outside, and your response is, yeah, but that's better than inside. Dude, it's a bad idea. Full. Stop.

Oh a "full stop" idiot that missed the ops "but still not a great idea" sentice. Learn to read FULL STOP!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't be a statistic. Water weighs way too much; 150 gallons of water weighs a ton, literally.

Nope a ton is 2000 pounds.