Just in time for the weekend, your guide to dismantling a hot tub in just a few short steps!
First, arm yourselves with the proper amunition:
Next, free the tub from the hoses and whatnot. If your wife asks if you turned the power off first, do not roll your eyes even if you are so equipped with a powerful hand tool..
Fiberglass splinters....Don't inhale this stuff! 
Overall, this method was a much easier way to get the tub to the dump. It was too heavy and bulky to move through our back yard and out through the side yard. The entire project took about an hour, start to finish, including cleanup. I used a wet vac to suction up the fiberglass shards. Earlier in the week, the frame that goes around the hot tub was also dismantled and cut up with a saw, bound for the trash.
I wondered if you were going to make a new goldfish feeder for the heron out of it.
Posted by: FC | March 02, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Just think of how many hogs you coulda slopped in that dude. What a waste.....
Posted by: Old Horsetail Snake | March 02, 2007 at 05:49 PM
Why are you getting rid of it? If I had one, I'd be in it everyday - even in summer....LOL
Posted by: kenju | March 02, 2007 at 08:45 PM
Are you just tired of it or the upkeep? Don't you just love home owner projects? I told my husband every time we get one thing done it seems something else either needs doing or we want something changed.
Posted by: Deana | March 03, 2007 at 12:54 PM
Deana, I'm extremely tired of it. We're getting rid of the tub because it hasn't worked in years, was a real eyesore and the frame, which was all wood, had become a home for bugs and other critters. (Kenju, there's your answer, too. LOL!).
HOss, yeah.. I miss them ol hogs grunting around the back yard. but boy, that bacon was good in the morning. mmmmmmMmmmm.
FC, actually....er, hub was thinking of making another pond out of it, buried in the yard somewhere. there just wasn't room or time for it all, etc. lol
Posted by: Laura | March 03, 2007 at 01:32 PM
Arrrr! Arrrr! Arrrr! Power tools!
Posted by: InterstellarLass | March 03, 2007 at 04:51 PM
You're blogging somewhere else on the Q.T. aren't you, Ms. L???
Posted by: sara sue | March 06, 2007 at 07:56 PM
What are you going to do with that space now? Will there be before/after pictures? :)
Posted by: CircusKelli | March 07, 2007 at 09:00 AM
Ummm...I've got some stuff in my backyard that needs to be hauled. I'd tell you what it is, but I don't want to scare you off. Bring a crane.
Posted by: wordgirlword | March 07, 2007 at 11:16 AM
Kelli, we just have lawn chairs there for now. Getting rid of this eyesore makes the area look a lot better. I'd like to put an outdoor area carpet in that spot, with chairs, tables and plants to spruce it up. But I'd rather tear the whole deck out and ditch it for good.
LOL Sara, no... wish I could get THIS blog up and moving again!
Wordgirl, I have a pool that needs to be torn apart, I'll trade ya the crane work for that!
Posted by: Laura | March 08, 2007 at 09:14 AM
Oh, how wonderful to have a hot tub. Do you plan on replacing it with a new one?
Posted by: Sandy | March 08, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Go Gators!
Posted by: tony | March 11, 2007 at 01:07 PM