Hot tub removal starting at $450.

A four person hot tub weighs 800 to 1,200 pounds dry. Add water and you are over 4,000 pounds. They were never designed to come out. They were designed to sit on a slab and stay there. That is why most general haulers either refuse hot tub jobs outright or charge $700 to $900 for a job that should be properly priced. Texas Junk Boyz removes spas and hot tubs every week across Burleson, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Arlington, Crowley, and the rest of the southern DFW metro, so we have the saw blades, the lift gear, and the four person crew ready to handle it at a flat rate.

Here is what most hot tub removal companies will not tell you. You do not actually have to take the tub out in one piece. In fact, you almost never can. The doorway between your patio and your side yard is 36 inches. The hot tub is 84 inches across. So the tub has to come apart. The question is whether the company has the tools and the experience to do it cleanly without tearing up your decking, scratching your siding, or leaving fiberglass shards on the lawn. We bring reciprocating saws, panel pry bars, contractor grade dollies, and moving blankets. We have done this enough times that we know where to cut a Jacuzzi shell so the panels come off in slabs you can carry instead of jagged fragments you cannot.

Drained tubs are easier than full tubs, and we recommend draining yours the night before if you can. A garden hose siphon overnight will get it 90 percent empty. If you cannot or would rather not, we will bring our own submersible pump and run the water onto your lawn or driveway for an extra $75. We do not pour spa water into storm drains. We route it where it can soak into your yard, which is the responsible and in most municipalities the required way to discharge it.

Electrical disconnection is the other piece people worry about. Hot tubs are wired into a dedicated 240 volt breaker, usually in your main panel and sometimes in a sub panel near the tub. We flip the breaker, cut the whip at the tub side, and cap the exposed wire ends so the line is safe. You will want to have a licensed electrician come out later to remove the breaker properly or repurpose the circuit, but our handoff leaves you in a safe state in the meantime.

For built in spas and in ground installations, the job is bigger. We cut the shell out in pieces with a saw, lift the chunks into the trailer, and leave the surrounding concrete or deck intact. If you want the surround removed too, like a redwood gazebo, a brick step up, or a Trex deck section, that is a light demolition add on we will quote at the same time. Most homeowners doing this prep their property for sale or for a new pool. We work with realtors and pool contractors across DFW on exactly these jobs every month.