InterNACHI


Go Back   InterNACHI Inspection Forum > Specific Inspection Topics > Structural Inspections
Reload this Page 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Register FAQ Users List Social Groups Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Notices

Structural Inspections Contains discussions about the structural portion of a home inspection. This includes foundations, framing, etc.

 
Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 5/26/08, 5:17 PM
Kenton H. Shepard, CMI's Avatar
Kenton H. Shepard, CMI Kenton H. Shepard, CMI is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boulder, CO
Posts: 3,417
Send a message via ICQ to kshepard
Default 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Recommended they drain it until adequate structural framing is installed.



Kenton Shepard, InterNACHI member # 04082383
Certified Master Inspector (CMI)
InterNACHI Director of International Development
Director of Green Building

EXPERT WITNESS SERVICE
Conventional and Log homes

(303) 717-8940
Last edited by kshepard; 10/2/08 at 1:38 AM..
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 5/26/08, 5:41 PM
Marcel R. Cyr's Avatar
Marcel R. Cyr Marcel R. Cyr is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Winslow, ME
Posts: 19,798
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Unbelievable Kenton.

Collapse waiting to happen.

Some people can't think.

Nice call.

Marcel
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 5/26/08, 6:01 PM
Marcel R. Cyr's Avatar
Marcel R. Cyr Marcel R. Cyr is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Winslow, ME
Posts: 19,798
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Kenton, I posted this awhile back and kind of relates to the same thing.

Where do I put this hot tub?

Post was Where do I put this aquarium?

Might be helpful.

http://www.nachi.org/forum/showthrea...quarium+weight

Marcel
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 5/26/08, 6:03 PM
Larry D. Kage Larry D. Kage is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Lake Ann (Traverse City), MI
Posts: 8,848
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
And out there in Colorado the thing may not stop rolling for a few thousand feet.


InterNachi Awards Portal: http://co.nachi.org/inachiawards/

____________________________________________
"An Education, not just an Inspection"

Larry Kage, CMI
Lake Ann (Traverse City), Michigan 49650
231 929 3525


Professional Inspector serving the Traverse City, Michigan area and beyond.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 5/26/08, 6:11 PM
Marcel R. Cyr's Avatar
Marcel R. Cyr Marcel R. Cyr is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Winslow, ME
Posts: 19,798
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
That is right Larry; A bunch of hurting people down the mountain side in a water slide of thicket brush.




Amazing isn't it?

Marcel
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 5/26/08, 6:46 PM
James F. McKee's Avatar
James F. McKee James F. McKee is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Amherst, Oh
Posts: 5,569
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
aw c'mon Kenton...being so picky , You are possibly depriving a particularly daring group of individuals the chance of the ride of their lives when that puppy lets go....what a buzz kill man.....lol....jim


Classic Home inspections

Jim Mckee
Amherst, Ohio

www.amhersthomeinspector.com
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 5/26/08, 7:42 PM
Kenton H. Shepard, CMI's Avatar
Kenton H. Shepard, CMI Kenton H. Shepard, CMI is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boulder, CO
Posts: 3,417
Send a message via ICQ to kshepard
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Kinda like going to WaterWorld



Kenton Shepard, InterNACHI member # 04082383
Certified Master Inspector (CMI)
InterNACHI Director of International Development
Director of Green Building

EXPERT WITNESS SERVICE
Conventional and Log homes

(303) 717-8940
Last edited by kshepard; 10/2/08 at 1:38 AM..
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 5/26/08, 7:56 PM
Marcel R. Cyr's Avatar
Marcel R. Cyr Marcel R. Cyr is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Winslow, ME
Posts: 19,798
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Kenton, did you also recommend lawn care service? ha. ha.

Marcel
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 5/26/08, 8:01 PM
James F. McKee's Avatar
James F. McKee James F. McKee is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Amherst, Oh
Posts: 5,569
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Quote:
Originally Posted by kshepard
Kinda like going to WaterWorld
exactly....now Your getting it....hop in and let the ride begin!!!!!....lol....jim


Classic Home inspections

Jim Mckee
Amherst, Ohio

www.amhersthomeinspector.com
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 5/26/08, 9:19 PM
Jack L. Gilleland's Avatar
Jack L. Gilleland Jack L. Gilleland is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Clayton, OH
Posts: 1,173
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
It also brings up the old question, "does a floating body in water add weight to the tub".


In the world view we are all important and our mere existence effects all life.

Jack Gilleland
Home Inspection Services Clayton
Commercial, Multifamily, and Residential
jgilleland1@att.net
Ohio_Commercial and_Home_Inspections
linkedIn
activerain
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 5/26/08, 9:45 PM
ROBERT W. NEWLAND, JR.'s Avatar
ROBERT W. NEWLAND, JR. ROBERT W. NEWLAND, JR. is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: TYRONE, GA
Posts: 2,515
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Tha same person that built the supports for the hot tub must have built the supports for the whisky barrels.


Robert Newland
Tyrone, GA 30290
NACHI05101290

http://www.CertifiedHI.com
http://www.HomeInspectorTyroneGa.com

Home Inspection Reports Powered by:
HomeGauge eServices

Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 5/26/08, 11:51 PM
Kenton H. Shepard, CMI's Avatar
Kenton H. Shepard, CMI Kenton H. Shepard, CMI is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boulder, CO
Posts: 3,417
Send a message via ICQ to kshepard
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Quote:
Originally Posted by rnewland
Tha same person that built the supports for the hot tub must have built the supports for the whisky barrels.
Bad whiskey barrel supports? I can't believe I missed that!



Kenton Shepard, InterNACHI member # 04082383
Certified Master Inspector (CMI)
InterNACHI Director of International Development
Director of Green Building

EXPERT WITNESS SERVICE
Conventional and Log homes

(303) 717-8940
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 7/13/08, 1:33 PM
Tim Spargo's Avatar
Tim Spargo Tim Spargo is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Lancaster, CA
Posts: 2,407
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
It's not that bad.... they DID add some extra supports near the hot tub. Wouldn't have mentioned anything except "I brang my trunks, is that OK?"



Home Inspections in Palmdale Lancaster California

Tim Spargo
Spec Rite Inspections
Commercial and Residential Inspections
Palmdale Lancaster Santa Clarita CA
661-317-5770








Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 7/13/08, 2:10 PM
Peter Doane's Avatar
Peter Doane Peter Doane is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 2,055
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Ohhhhhhh man I found something similar to this a few years ago,.. I'll have to dig through my picture files to find it, BUT in my situation it was on a second story deck...

Nice call Kenton!


Peter Doane
Realty Check Inspection Service
NACHI ID# 05120681
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 7/13/08, 7:42 PM
Bruce A. King's Avatar
Bruce A. King Bruce A. King is offline
InterNACHI Member
  
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: York, SC
Posts: 3,207
Default Re: 3500 lb. hot tub on a deck designed for walking
Very scary and already failing.

I saw a low level deck that already had the spa removed and it still had a major sunken area present. Too low to look underneath.


B.A. King Home Inspections, LLC
www.BAKingHomeInspections.com
Serving Charlotte NC area and Rock Hill SC areas.
CMI Certified Master Inspector and Independent
License NC2449 and SC1597
704 301-3207



"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought."
- Albert Szent-Gyvrgyi, Nobel Prize for Medicine 1937
Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Another deck Collapse rcooke Canadian Inspectors 11 3/30/08 8:03 AM
Illinois State Chapter of InterNACHI DECK FRAMING/CONSTRUCTION COURSE ksitzes General Inspection Discussion 6 3/4/08 5:48 PM
Illinois State Chapter of InterNACHI DECK FRAMING/CONSTRUCTION COURSE ksitzes Miscellaneous Discussion for Inspectors 6 3/4/08 5:47 PM
Max load allowed on 2x2 ledger bking Structural Inspections 4 12/23/07 2:05 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 1:23 PM.

Contact Us - InterNACHI Home - Forum Sitemap - Top

Copyright © International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, Inc. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282

Popular Sections

:

All Sections

Inspection News

InterNACHI Membership

Inspection Standards

Inspection Education

InterNACHI Inspectors

Inspection Links

 

 

 

NACHI.ORG Statistics

 

 

no new posts