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his might just be the biggest challenge my DIY hot tub plans have ever faced. And no, I’m not being dramatic. Let me explain.

If you’ve followed the blog or the YouTube channel for any length of time, you’ll know the videos I love making most are the project intros — the ones where we meet a real DIYer at the very start of their build and follow them all the way through to that first warm soak. Well, this one’s a bit different, because the DIYer in question is a mate of mine. And he won’t mind me saying he’s not exactly a natural with the tools.

Right, I’ve got a brand new project to introduce to the channel today – and this one’s got a really interesting backstory that I think a lot of you are going to relate to.
Meet Jeff from New York, USA. Jeff’s been running an old cedar hot tub for somewhere around 10 to 15 years now, and as much as it’s served him well, the wood has finally had enough. It’s leaking, it’s tired, and it’s time to go.
But here’s the thing – the reason Jeff went with a cedar kit tub in the first place is exactly the same reason I ended up going down the DIY route myself. No access. He simply couldn’t get a plastic shell hot tub into the space. So back in the day, a handyman assembled it on site from a kit, and that’s what’s been sitting there ever since. Sound familiar to anyone?