![]() ![]() Given that it is designed to hold water, no wonder people are converting these into Hot Tubs. It’s a big steel vessel that can be filled with water. These tanks are filled either by a pump, windpump, creek, spring, or even rely on runoff water from rain or melting snow.” Horse Trough can range in size from 100 L to over 5500 L and typically are made of galvanized steel. What is one of these? According to Wikipedia, “A stock tank or Horse Trough is used to provide drinking water for animals such as cattle or horses. Therefore, I thought I would do some investigating and see if I can draw up some pros and cons and conclude if it is a good idea or not. Now, I’ve just discovered that there is a type of DIY Hot Tub that I had not heard of before – Horse Trough Hot Tubs. I didn’t know anything about this subject matter two years ago! ![]() If you have read this blog before the whole idea of it was to put all of my new found knowledge into one place. ![]() We still use it 3-4 times a week and it was a great project to undertake. Two years on, the family and I still love it. A Bit of BackgroundĪt time of writing, it’s almost two years since I broke ground on my DIY Hot Tub Build. If you want to jump to the instructions for how to build a Horse Trough Hot Tub, click here. If you already have your mind set on building a Horse Trough Hot Tub I will explain exactly how to build one! We’ll tell you exactly how to do it and compare it against the concrete block method that I used to build mine. Overall, very happy with the setup and was such a fun build! Will likely end up moving our fire pit a few feet away, but that’s where it was before the build and where it’ll remain until I get around to moving it.Ĭheck out this resource page () that has ALL the info you need to get your own stock tank set up.14.8 Fibreglass Hot Tub Refurbishment – Case Study The lid has done a great job of keeping the heat in and after a few trial runs I’ve dialed in the heater to get the water just right. I remembered seeing others online who set their tanks up to be hot tubs, and I thought… “Well, I’ve come this far!” and ordered the parts to add a hot water heater and pump to the tank. After seeing the lid finished, though, I realized how spa-like the tank looked. After getting our enjoyment out of it for the summer months, I built a wooden lid (in 4 pieces) to keep out debris and let it sit for the winter. Then simply framed it all up with 2x8 joists (image 04 and 05 below), and laid 5/4” deck board (image 06)! The whole tank pad and deck build only took about 2 days over a weekend.Īfter this work was done, we set the pool up in its final location and reinstalled the pump, etc. Once that’s done we did the same process placing deck blocks at the post locations. Then, we filled the hole back up with sand (image 03 below) then packed and levelled the new ‘pad’ for the tank. Just wanted to loosen the soil a bit and get any organic matter from the top layer. ![]() (image 02 below) I dug the diameter of the tank +/- a few inches, and only about 2” deep. After we enjoyed it for a few days, then drained it and I went to work setting it up in its final location.įirst, dig out the soils under the tank. After setting it’s final placement, we went ahead and filled the tub for a few days to kill the grass underneath. All of this set up was based on following a tutorial online by Stock Tank Pools. I started with a simple 8’-0” stock tank (from Tractor Supply) and drilled a few holes in it to set that up with an above ground pool pump (by Intex). But, as winter approached, I rigged the tank up with a lid and propane fired tankless water heater (see image 07 in gallery above) and have been using it as a hot tub! I’m very happy with how the project turned out and have enjoyed the process along the way.Īn aside - big shout out to my best good buddy Zachary Coco for his help on the next few steps: digging the pad for the tank’s final location and building the deck. Initially the idea was only for a cool spot to beat the heat during the rough Louisiana summers. ![]()
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