Hot Tub Update
So last year we purchased a lay z spa inflatable hot tub which was a great idea - but we live in Ireland and don’t get much hot weather - so that means the water is going to lose its heat a lot quicker if it’s sitting on concrete and not insulated - so Ned (our carpenter) built us a deck with an insulated hot tub surround (using kingspan insulation boards on the sides and the underneath of the decking) and pergola with a Perspex roof
So I wish I could take credit for that - but I can’t!!! That’s neds hard work!
but anyway we have finally gotten around to painting it
Here’s before ned started
Decking nearly complete
During as you can see the insulation around the hot tub
we didn’t realized how essential it was for the insulation in the cost of running the tub - anyone getting an inflatable tub - invest in good insulation
we also want to make an insulated lid for it too!!! (That will also be put up here)
Cladding complete on the hot tub
Close up of the cladding
The Perspex has been put on - I tried to paint the pergola in Tudor oak black before ned put on the roof as you can see!!!
Our helper for the day caesar
We hoovered all the decking to make sure it was clean before we started
On goes the first coat - it took 2 coats as the first one just soaked right into the wood
I always pour my paint into a tuberware dish makes it easier to carry around
And it’s complete
So the bottom half is painted we now have to finish the pergola
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I have been looking for this project all over (the surround that covers up the round spa). I have an older, hard plastic shell hot tub that's round, so trying to figure out some kind of update for the ugly exterior is a bit more demanding (compared to the regular square spas).
Can you ask your handyman HOW did he do the round parts on the top and bottom that hold the boards in place? Because that would be the critical part. It's the part that would hold all those boards in place, but the part that's the most difficult for me....how do you get it round??