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Move It Outside Pt. 4: Hot Tub and Deck Jay Baker and the Move It Outside crew help with the installation of a hot-tub, deck and water diversion system. From "Move It Outside" episode DMIO-104

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Hot tub and deck, installed

Hot Tub Installation

Materials:

hot tub
water heater
copper tubes
PVC pipe
PVC elbow joint
PVC end caps
PVC glue

Tools:

copper tubing cutter
hand saw
shovel
tape measure

• Once the frames are complete and the joists are in place, carefully position and set the hot tub in the inner frame (figures E and F).

  Figure E

  Figure F

  
  

  Figure G

• Measure the width of the hot tub's access panel. This will be the width of the access panel door.

• Cut several 2x4 beams to the width of the access panel (figure G). Lay the beams next to each other and make sure they are flush along the edges.

• Then, screw two 2x4's across the beams to keep them together.

• Once the access panel door is screwed together, set it in place in front of the hot tub access panel.
  

• Begin nailing 2x4 pressure-treated beams across the frame of the deck (figure H).

• Since the corners of the hot tub are rounded, use a jigsaw to cut a radius into the pieces of wood that will fit up against the hot tub's corners. Once it's determined that they fit around the hot tub, nail the boards into place.

• Continue nailing 2x4's into place until the deck is finished.

  Opening for access panel

  Figure H

  
  

  Figure I

• To connect the hot tub to the hot water heater, remove the access panel and the access panel door.

• Connect PVC pipes from the base of the hot tub to the nearby water heater.

• Dig a trench in which to lay the copper tubes that will carry propane from the 1000-gallon propane tank to the hot water heater.

• Connect the copper tubes to the hot water heater (figure I).

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