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    Putting an Intex Pool on a Deck

    Unfortunately, that's not an option. Without the deck, my backyard slopes about 10 degrees from front-to-back after 8' from the back of the house. Because the pool is 10' diameter, there's not enough room to put the pool directly on a level ground without the deck.
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    Putting an Intex Pool on a Deck

    As stated in the original post, the Caldera manufacture's spec says the dead load of the hot tub is 115 psf including hot tub dry weight, 500 gallons of water, and people. I'm unable to post the PDF owners manual because of forum rules regarding post count, but Google 2006 Caldera Utopia...
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    Putting an Intex Pool on a Deck

    My calculations are fine. I don't know where you're getting the "7" or the "2.5" in line two of your math. The pool has a 10' diameter, so your 7 should be a 5. And, as stated in my initial post, we're only filling the pool to 20", so your 2.5 should be 1.67. The math then works out...
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    Putting an Intex Pool on a Deck

    My wife and I bought our house in 2015. The previous owners built a deck and installed a large 7.5'x7.5' Caledera spa on said deck in 2006. This past winter, after 14+ years in operation, the hot tub died, and we had it removed a few weeks ago. Now, we're left with a large empty area on our...
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