The dead spa on the deck — the one job no bulk program in the metro will touch. We section it, carry the pieces off the deck or up the slope, haul them and pay the disposal, all for a flat $322. From Westlake hillside platforms to Round Rock backyard pads, usually within the week.
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Upload a Photo & Get Quote →The spa and the route out — gate, stairs, slope. The $322 is flat; the photos just tell the crew what to bring.
Gravity and a garden hose drain it overnight; your electrician caps the hardwired line. Then it's entirely our problem.
The crew cuts the shell into carryable pieces, walks them out whatever the access, and the deck is suddenly just a deck again.
One number, everything included — the industry's least transparent job, priced in the open.
| Job | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Hot tub removal — sectioned, carried, hauled, disposed | $322 |
| Decking / surround demolition (if it goes too) | truck-fill from $241 |
| Patio table (riding along) | $89 |
| Outdoor lounge chair | $61 |
| Patio umbrella | $53 |
| Pool table (the other backyard heavyweight) | $603 |
The $322 covers the sectioning labor, the carry from wherever it sits, the haul and the disposal fees — the three line items that inflate every "starting at" quote in this category. $75 order minimum applies across our services; a hot tub clears it on its own. The patio set that retires with the spa rides along at the flat prices above.
Why the category is murky: a filled 400-gallon spa weighs over two tons and an empty shell still runs 500-800 lbs — no free program touches it, and estimate-first services price the access, not the item. Publishing $322 is the whole argument.
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any bulk trash program, city or suburb | — | — | None accepts hot tubs — over every size and weight limit in the metro, no exceptions |
| Sell or give it away "you haul" | Free, in theory | Weeks of flakes | The taker needs a trailer, four friends and a plan for the slope — which is why it's still listed |
| DIY with a Sawzall | Blades + a dumpster | A brutal weekend | Acrylic shards, foam everywhere, and the frame still weighs what it weighs |
| Estimate-first hauler | "Starting at" + access math | Two appointments | The quote arrives after they've seen your slope — and it prices the slope |
| JunkRabbit | $322 flat | Within the week | None — sectioned, carried, disposed, done |
This is the rare page where the municipal answer is simple: nobody's program accepts a hot tub. Austin Resource Recovery's on-demand pickup caps items by size and weight a spa exceeds several times over; every suburb's scheduled collection has the same limits; and no curbside crew anywhere sections shells. The hot tub is the metro's clearest example of a job that structurally requires a paid, equipped crew.
What makes it an Austin job is the access. The metro's spas live on Westlake and Barton Creek slope decks, Lakeway lakeside platforms behind community gates, and Round Rock, Circle C and Cedar Park backyard pads behind gates a shell was craned over fifteen years ago. The crane isn't coming back — sectioning is how it leaves, and sectioning is what the $322 buys.
Drain it, cap the power, and the rest — the cutting, the carrying, the hauling, the disposal — is one flat number.
Honestly: a dead spa isn't donatable, and we don't pretend otherwise. The frame, plumbing fittings and pump metals route to metal recovery; the acrylic-and-foam shell — the bulk of it — goes to proper disposal, sectioned for efficient transport. The one green note is real: sectioning on site means one truck trip instead of the multiple a whole shell would take.
The spa arrives with the house — bought by a previous owner, inherited at closing, used enthusiastically for one summer. Then Texas happens: triple-digit summers make 104° water a hard sell, the chemical routine lapses, and the cover stays on from May to October. The failure is quiet — a pump, a heater board, a leak in the foam — and the repair quote lands within sight of a new tub. Then it sits, sometimes for years, because every disposal path except ours requires solving the crane problem. The listing photos finally force the issue: realtors tell sellers a dead spa reads as deferred maintenance, and we get the call. Usually within the week, the deck is a deck again.
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How much does hot tub removal cost in Austin?
$322 flat — sectioning, carry, haul and disposal included. Deck or surround demolition adds as truck-fill from $241.
Will any city program take it?
No — every bulk program in the metro excludes hot tubs by size and weight. This job requires a crew.
What do I do before you arrive?
Drain it (hose + gravity overnight) and have an electrician cap the hardwired line. The rest is ours.
Ours is on a raised deck behind a fence — possible?
That's the standard job — sectioning makes any access workable, and the terrain never changes the price.
Can the patio furniture go too?
Table $120, loungers $82, umbrella $53 — the retiring spa era rides along at flat prices.
How fast can you schedule?
Usually within the week metro-wide — it's a planned job with a dedicated crew.
No — not Austin's on-demand program, not any suburb's scheduled collection. A hot tub exceeds every size and weight limit in the metro, and no curbside crew will section one. It's the single clearest example of a job that simply requires a paid crew, which is why our price for it is published.
Two things: drain it (a garden hose and gravity handle it overnight) and have the electrical disconnected by an electrician if it's hardwired, which most are. From there the crew does everything — sectioning, carrying, hauling.
That's the standard Austin hot tub job — Westlake and Barton Creek slope decks, Lakeway lakeside platforms, Round Rock and Circle C backyard pads behind narrow gates. Sectioning is what makes it possible: the shell leaves in carryable pieces, whatever the access.
The shell is mostly acrylic and foam — sectioned for efficient disposal — while the frame, plumbing and pump metals route to recovery. Nothing about a twenty-year-old spa is donatable, and we won't pretend otherwise.
Usually within the week metro-wide — hot tubs are planned jobs with a dedicated crew, so they book a few days out rather than same-day.