Thanks for all the comments and interest. As you can tell, I don’t check the comments very often. The tub is over 2 years old and has held up well. We still use it all the time. Rusts a little on the inside. Every year I scuff the inside and spray with about 4 cans of the cheap spray paint. A little warping in the firebox but the tub itself is straight. The only thing i would have done different is to use artificial wood for the bench and floor as the cedar splinters after a while.
Yes please i 2nd this and would like dimensions and also to see roughly how few persons fit inside this hot tub. I also think that if the tub had a fire box that included the whole bottom of the pool and the tub was sitting on concrete blocks around the perimeter and only 1 block in the center for support that the water would heat faster. The way you have it set up only 1/4 of the floor of the tub heat up.
It looks like a good idea. Simple enough. I was just wondering what is the problem with the seams in the botton? Is it because of exesive heat/warping?
Hi! The vertical pieces on the sides of the fire box have warped a little. The floor and sides of the hot tub have not at all. I’ve had about 30 or 40 fires so far and it’s held up well! Thanks for watching!
Great info, thanks for sharing. Do you have any footage or photos showing how you joined the open firebox path to the chimney pipe? Did you fabricate your own sort of manifold / adaptor piece?
All I did there was put a 90 degree elbow on the bottom of the chimney and a 24” section of pipe that extends into the fire box. Then I just packed dirt around the elbow and section of pipe to seal it off. Thanks for watching.
@@cutbankcreekside7604 Very clever and simple. I like your hot tub design the most, i new that the stock tanks were to shallow and to think of a metal for this type of design. I was brain storming and idea of buying a metal dumpster bin to make one like yours. The metal garbage bins that buildings use. The steel is not 1/4 inch thick but 1/8 or so but they are all ready and welded together which i like.
I kept this simple: I put a 90 degree elbow on the bottom of the chimney and extended it into the firebox and filled around it with dirt. 3 years and still works great!
I can't tell you how many times I have thought of doing this! Very cool to see someone else's results. I would love to know more about material costs (ball park numbers). Was the pipe on the bottom galvanized?
Yes. A little rust at the water line every year. I scuff the inside with sandpaper and re spray it with some spray paint once a year. Takes about 4 cans to spray the inside.
@@cutbankcreekside7604 Yes i agree a burner inside the water would take space and heat the water slower. I would have make the whole floor a fire chamber.
you can not heat an inflatable pool with wood fire and you would also pay lots of money to heat a pool with a propane heater. Pool like this would consume a whole 20 lb tank to bring up to heat and keep it warm for few hours.
Wood fired Hot tub is the way to go! Just finished my Hot tub project but I used glass fiber and wood instead of metal.
Very nice. Thank you! I will build inspired by your designs , however I will use masonry, fire proof bricks, etc.
Thanks for all the comments and interest. As you can tell, I don’t check the comments very often. The tub is over 2 years old and has held up well. We still use it all the time. Rusts a little on the inside. Every year I scuff the inside and spray with about 4 cans of the cheap spray paint. A little warping in the firebox but the tub itself is straight. The only thing i would have done different is to use artificial wood for the bench and floor as the cedar splinters after a while.
Very nice ! Could you give us some details about the costs please ?
Thanks for the interest. Cost was around $1000
whats your concerns with rust inside
I work for a steel supplier, How is that 1/4 Mild plate holding up? Usually when mild carbon steel is exposed to the elements it rusts quite fast.
Yes it does rust a bit. I scuff it once a year and paint the inside. Go through 3 or 4 cans of spray paint a year. I just use the cheap stuff.
Cool hot tub indeed!! :)
Most efficient wood stove yet! Please can you give us some dimensions and post another video showing what's it like when your using it.
Yes please i 2nd this and would like dimensions and also to see roughly how few persons fit inside this hot tub.
I also think that if the tub had a fire box that included the whole bottom of the pool and the tub was sitting on concrete blocks around the perimeter and only 1 block in the center for support that the water would heat faster. The way you have it set up only 1/4 of the floor of the tub heat up.
Dimensions are 6’ square and 4’5” tall for the tub. This does not include the bottom support and firebox. Hope it helps!
How are you preventing rust?
I believe rust will be inevitable because it was made with mild steel. I have had to Touch up a few spots with spray paint.
@@cutbankcreekside7604 So both inside and outside is painted. did you prime the steel before painting? what kind of paint did you use?
Ideally stainless steel walls would be best to lower rusting issues.
I agree, I think stainless would be great but when I built it the cost was out of sight.
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It looks like a good idea. Simple enough. I was just wondering what is the problem with the seams in the botton? Is it because of exesive heat/warping?
Yes. Was worried about the weld leaking right over the firebox after many firing cycles
NICE!! I was going to build one with mild steel also. How does it hold up with the heat? did it warp?
Hi! The vertical pieces on the sides of the fire box have warped a little. The floor and sides of the hot tub have not at all. I’ve had about 30 or 40 fires so far and it’s held up well! Thanks for watching!
The firebox sides warped a little but the main tub is staying straight.
What kind of paint did you use?
Great info, thanks for sharing. Do you have any footage or photos showing how you joined the open firebox path to the chimney pipe? Did you fabricate your own sort of manifold / adaptor piece?
All I did there was put a 90 degree elbow on the bottom of the chimney and a 24” section of pipe that extends into the fire box. Then I just packed dirt around the elbow and section of pipe to seal it off. Thanks for watching.
Cut Bank Creekside thanks for this info!
@@cutbankcreekside7604 Very clever and simple. I like your hot tub design the most, i new that the stock tanks were to shallow and to think of a metal for this type of design. I was brain storming and idea of buying a metal dumpster bin to make one like yours. The metal garbage bins that buildings use. The steel is not 1/4 inch thick but 1/8 or so but they are all ready and welded together which i like.
I kept this simple: I put a 90 degree elbow on the bottom of the chimney and extended it into the firebox and filled around it with dirt. 3 years and still works great!
Dimensions of this pool are 5.5ft x 5.5ft and height is 3ft according to my dimensional scanner. But guys we can build one any size we like.
I can't tell you how many times I have thought of doing this! Very cool to see someone else's results. I would love to know more about material costs (ball park numbers). Was the pipe on the bottom galvanized?
Hi. Thanks for commenting. The cost was around $1000 for supplies. Going on 3 years now and still use it all the time.
Yes. The pipe on the bottom was galvanized. I only used it because I had it laying around,no other reason.
Dose it rust
How much did it cost
I’m seriously gonna build one of these is there any rusting
Yes. A little rust at the water line every year. I scuff the inside with sandpaper and re spray it with some spray paint once a year. Takes about 4 cans to spray the inside.
I really like this. What are the dimensions of the pool?
Hi. Thanks for the comments. The dimensions are 6 feet square and 4’5” tall. This does not include the support structure/firebox
good i like
Was there a reason why you had a firebox underneath rather than a burner on the side?
Hi! The only reason I have the fire underneath is to heat the water faster. Thanks for watching!
@@cutbankcreekside7604 Yes i agree a burner inside the water would take space and heat the water slower. I would have make the whole floor a fire chamber.
cool
I like turtles
That's unfortunate they couldnt have bent the box out for youb
For sure! Would have required much less time welding! (Sometimes I build things just for an excuse to weld though!)
dimensions?
Great. So go out and pay 500 for steel and to cut it. Then another 500 for a welder. 1000 or more for a hottub. Or go get a inflatable one for 600
Your missing the point
you can not heat an inflatable pool with wood fire and you would also pay lots of money to heat a pool with a propane heater. Pool like this would consume a whole 20 lb tank to bring up to heat and keep it warm for few hours.
You do that
If you have all the tools than this is an awesome easy build
I lik tirtles
Turtles
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This sounds WAYYYYYY to complex and overengineered.
Spoken like someone who has few practical construction skills and does not take pleasure from making.