How to install a Hot Tub Base Bill Renter- BestHotTubs.com Hot Tub and Spa Expert

This is for a Bullfrog Spa. You should always check with your local codes for the base of your Bullfrog Spa. Bullfrog spas recommend a gravel base if it is allowed in your area and it works best with the wood-free dura base and dura frame. I've added a link to the Bullfrog spas owners' manual check out page 38 besthottubs.co... page 38
For those who don't believe that gravel cannot hold the weight or support heavy loads, please google
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The ballast also holds the track in place as the trains roll over it. A variety of materials have been used as track ballast, including crushed stone, washed gravel, bank run (unwashed) gravel, torpedo gravel (a mixture of coarse sand and small gravel), slag, chats, coal cinders, sand, and burnt clay. We are doing the same thing. Again if your area doesn't allow it, don't use it.
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[@mikemontgomery3391]

The proper way to do this is quite similar to installing a gravel road or gravel driveway. You start by installing 4 to 5 inches of recycled concrete (often times referred to as road base) you can use treated 4 by lumber as forms, which can either be removed afterwards or left in place. The road base should be installed in 1 to two inch lifts., which are leveled by screeding with the appropriate size 2 by 6. Between lifts, you water down the road base and then compact it using a mechanical plate compactor. Once the road base has been laid and compacted, you bring in a one inch finish layer of fine decomposed granite or yellow sand. This should be watered down and compacted. You then finish screed it ,filling any low spots in as you go. The DG/yellow sand will compact quite well and acts as a buffer between the bottom of the tub and the sharp edges of the road base.

[@KenNoble-f5y]

Bill, I'm wondering what the warranty says about placing the hot tub on a "solid level surface" since that is the standard clause in every spa manufacturers warranty. As a veteran in the industry, this video leaves much to be desired. Have you read your own warnings on page 36-39 of the link you provided?

[@michaelburke4901]

Simple and cost effective thank you

[@rickeycrochet5910]

How to you get the gravel level if it’s not tamped down ?

[@eniax]

After watching this video I feel confident I can do this myself. Thank you

[@tekedout7931]

Not deep enough, not the right gravel, not tamped... This is an absolute joke. You should be ashamed you charged someone for this "work"

[@MrJzWilder]

Completely agree

[@bandaloop3759]

Yup

[@d252428q]

Yep complete cowboy

[@E-MATHER]

No retaining boarder Eithier

[@seltonk5136]

Didn't kill grass 😭

[@marchoude2303]

3/4 clean??? That's it? That's fine for a bottom layer for drainage but I think you need to cover it with a crushed stone as well and obviously tamp the gravel along the way...I feel bad for these people who just got a pile of rocks dumped on their lawn and had a hot tub thrown on it.

[@fiddlerpin]

Expert my a- -! Didn’t even tamp it down.

[@salvadorgonzalez9182]

That shovel is calling my name.

[@ian316316]

i dont think ive seen such a loose half arsed job in my life - i mean really

[@E-MATHER]

It should have a retaining boarder use #57 crush concrete it needs to be level and also tamped down with at least 4 inches od the crush Crete this is very poor advice never mind the customer that paid for it It looks terrible and thrown together

[@foxriverat]

All I can do is shake my head.

[@edwinabanks6413]

This little kzbin.infoUgkxVoi3B4CB6Oygq1-vo4OTL1M_M5JkrXif tub works perfect in our 6 x 6 shower and is easy to get in and out. Also easy to drain.

[@FLATLANDER1964]

No tamping of the gravel? So just dump it and go?

[@brendandoherty7819]

What if I framed the perimeter of the pad with 4x4's, bolted them together, used ¾" gravel, tamped it down, applied pea gravel on the surface and tampered that down? Surely that would really beef up and make a much sturdier base allowing it a longer life without the ground shifting over time. It would take longer but would give a customer piece of mind. What do you think?

[@longislandbesthottubfarmin2682]

That could work. Send a photo when you are done!

[@brendandoherty7819]

@@longislandbesthottubfarmin2682 will do, thanks.

[@Nostromo_1]

The tub is going on the gravel? When I bough my tub I was told it needs to go on a concrete pad. Told me putting on gravel was the worst thing I could do. Is this for an inflatable tub?

[@stefanchabane4690]

ha, this guy is an idiot, that hot tub is going to shift and sink into the ground within a year

[@4589scott]

@@stefanchabane4690 won't a concrete pad sink as well?

[@brnoamik]

@@stefanchabane4690 Every couple years he might need to shim it up a bit.

[@Nostromo_1]

US Data I have mine installed on a concrete pad. It is a 380 gallon spa which I think weighs about 4000 pounds. Been 3 years and so far it does not look like it has moved.

[@Longislandhottub]

Hi x x, This is for a Bullfrog Spa. You should always check with your local codes for the base of your Bullfrog Spa. Bullfrog spas recommend a gravel base if it is allowed in your area and it works best with the wood free dura base and dura frame. I've added a link to the Bullfrog spas owners manual check out page 38 besthottubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-Bullfrog-Owners-Manual-rev1.7web.pdf page 38

[@RoughneckSC]

did you tamper it down?

[@cassiedorau3016]

what kind of gravel is it? crush and run?

[@tradingtactics7541]

That’ll wash out first rain without tampering and having a border. What a joke

[@markgittens581]

What size gravel did you use?

[@Longislandhottub]

We used 3/4" washed bluestone gravel

[@ShamLova]

@@Longislandhottub can I use 2b stone?

[@BillyCent50cal]

Yeah but what happens when the ground settles bud

[@alexpagano6626]

Please do not use Crown or a proper concrete slab I know the codes For Brookhaven and they say you need a 3inch slab

[@Longislandhottub]

Hi DIY Decorations, you should always check with your local codes for the base of your Bullfrog Spa. Bullfrog spas recommend a gravel base if it is allowed in your area and it works best with the wood free dura base and dura frame. I've added a link to the Bullfrog spas owners manual check out page 38 besthottubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-Bullfrog-Owners-Manual-rev1.7web.pdf page 38

[@FackingSheet]

This is exactly what every single hot tub manufacturer and dealer tells you NOT to do.🤦‍♀️

[@sillybeachgirl]

Oh, what should you be doing?

[@trevord7659]

Gravel is said to be one of if not the best base for a hot tub

[@mdsupreme1776]

Yeah because they want you to pay them to install it

[@brianraney9397]

With the weight of the hot tub full if water I would have put a layer of road fabric down first over the vare dirt before the rock. This keeps the rock from migrating into the dirt over the years.

[@tmrussell1898]

Yeee haaa. Where did you park your horse? Cowboy.

[@latrishabell6608]

Tm Russell horses are out in the pasture. Why do you ask?

[@latrishabell6608]

I fell geting in to the jacuzzi and cut up my leg on the gravel

[@tomchudz1]

Bull frog spas should get this video off for this guy mentioning their name in this video. This is bush league

[@larahorn9357]

The manufacturer of my acrylic hot tub said to never do this for the base ever. This is terrible advice

[@Jaysonv77]

He said this is for a Bullfrog Spa which comes with a special base/frame around it. Unlike your crappy acrylic hot tub. Its not terrible advice.

[@larahorn9357]

@@Jaysonv77 That brand is made exactly like mine. I may not have a Bull Frog spa but I do have the Hot Spot Relay its made the exact same as a Bull Frog so yes that is still terrible advice. You obviously don't understand you can not just dig a hole put gravel in it slap a hot tub on top and call it a day. Do your homework before replying! Have a great day. Your hot tub wont last long if you do it this way but kudos to you!

[@AudiTTnuTT]

PLEASE dont follow this very poor advice. Invest in a proper concrete pad.

[@Longislandhottub]

Hi Kevin, you should always check with your local codes for the base of your Bullfrog Spa. Bullfrog spas recommend a gravel base if it is allowed in your area and it works best with the wood free dura base and dura frame. I've added a link to the Bullfrog spas owners manual check out page 38 besthottubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-Bullfrog-Owners-Manual-rev1.7web.pdf page 38

[@Chris-uu6dg]

Rubbish