{"id":12276,"date":"2022-04-13T20:08:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T19:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessfinancenews.com\/?p=12276"},"modified":"2022-04-13T21:51:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:51:58","slug":"ezpads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessfinancenews.com\/hot-tub\/ezpads\/","title":{"rendered":"ezpads"},"content":{"rendered":"
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/p>\n I bought an EZ Pad in back 2017 when I installed a Dream Maker EZ Spa in my backyard.<\/p>\n In this review, I’ll cover what the EZ Pad is, the installation process, and how it’s held up as a base for my hot tub over the years.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n EZ Pads are ready-made interlocking synthetic pads<\/strong> which are designed to be used as a base for hot tubs and swim spas.<\/p>\n From the manufacturer:<\/p>\n The EZ Pad hot tub\/spa pad provides a solid level foundation base that evenly distributes the weight of the hot tub, required for warranty compliance and for optimal performance of the jets and filtration system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n They are a simple, portable and cost-effective alternative to other more permanent options, like concrete or gravel pads, or putting your hot tub on a deck.<\/p>\n EZ Pad panels are 2 inches thick<\/strong>, and made of a heavy gauge HDPE plastic with a hollow, blow-molded construction.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n This makes them very light and portable, but also strong enough to support almost any type of spa.<\/p>\n Did you know?<\/strong> EZ Pads are tested to 5,000 lbs per square foot.<\/p>\n Statistics like this are more useful with context. As an example:<\/p>\n The footprint of the spa is 7’3″x7’3″, so that gives it a weight of less than 109 lbs per square foot<\/strong>\u2014well within the EZ Pad’s limits!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Even large swim spas only weigh up to around 150 lbs per square foot.<\/p>\n EZ Pads provide full installation instructions on their website, but here are the details of how I installed mine.<\/p>\n One of the great things about the EZ Pad is that you don’t have to get a concrete base installed\u2014the material under the spa pad can be concrete, pavers, grass, dirt, sand, gravel, crushed rock or granite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You still need a flat, level surface for a spa pad, with good drainage to avoid any chance of flooding.<\/p>\n In my case, I had a square hardpack\/dirt patch in the corner of my yard that had previously been used for seating around a fire pit:<\/p>\n <\/img><\/p>\n If you don’t already have a flat area of at least 8’x8′ (the size of the regular EZ Pad), this is something you’ll have to do before installing your spa, whether you go with the EZ Pad or not.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Once you have prepared a level surface, you can assemble the pad.<\/p>\n The standard 8’x8′ EZ Pad comes as a set of four 2’x2′ panels which fit together to form the larger square.<\/p>\n Assembly is easy; the panels attach to each other with plastic connectors. These need to be screwed to the underside of the panels:<\/p>\n <\/img><\/p>\n You will need a screwdriver for this part, but that’s really all that’s required. Once the pad is assembled, just flip it over and move it into place.<\/p>\n EZ Pads are modular, and can be made into bases larger than 8’x8′. EZ Pads do not recommend trying to flip over groups of more than 6 panels (8’x12′) at once though; they have more info on how to assemble larger EZ Pads on their site.<\/p>\n My EZ Pad in its final position:<\/p>\n <\/img><\/p>\n So, do I recommend the EZ Pad? In short, yes! I have had a great experience with it so far.<\/p>\n Here’s what I like about the EZ Pad:<\/p>\n How could it be improved?<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Overall, the EZ Pad was an inexpensive and hassle-free way to get my site ready and my spa in place quickly, and has also held up well over time.<\/p>\n If you have a mostly level spot that doesn’t otherwise need any work to get it ready for a spa, I’d say the EZ Pad is a great option for getting a foundation in place quickly.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.I bought an EZ Pad in back 2017 when I installed a Dream Maker EZ Spa in my backyard.In this review, I’ll cover what the EZ Pad is, the installation process, and how it’s held up as a base for my hot tub over the years.What are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat are EZ Pads?<\/h2>\n
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How thick are EZ Pads?<\/h3>\n
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How do you install an EZ Pad?<\/h2>\n
Site prep<\/h3>\n
Assembly<\/h3>\n
Are EZ Pads good?<\/h2>\n
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