Hot Tub Removal in Tulsa, OK
JunkLimo removes hot tubs in Tulsa, Oklahoma — drained, cut down on site and carried out, including over a fence where the gate is too narrow. A standard four to six person tub is normally $249, and swim spas run $339 to $425. Hardwired 220V units need a licensed electrician to disconnect first, which is the one part of the job JunkLimo does not do.
- Drained and dismantled on site
- Cut down to clear a narrow gate or a fence
- Deck and lawn condition discussed before we start
- A mattress and box spring
- One recliner
- A washer or dryer
- Six to eight bags
How much does hot tub removal cost in Tulsa?
A standard four to six person tub, cut down, is normally $249. Larger tubs, heavy surrounds and swim spas run $339 to $425.
What each load size means for this job
- ½ trailer — $249A standard four to six person tub, cut down
- ¾ trailer — $339A large tub, or a tub plus its surround and steps
- Full trailer — $425A swim spa, or a tub plus deck sections going at the same time
What changes the price
- Access route
- A tub reachable through a double gate comes out faster than one that has to be cut to clear a 36-inch opening or lifted over a fence.
- Whether it is drained
- Draining through the tub’s own valve takes a long time. Doing it the day before saves the whole crew waiting on it.
- Deck integration
- A tub sunk into a deck means deck boards come up first. That is agreed before the work starts, never during.
- Size and type
- Swim spas are longer and heavier, take more cutting, and price at the top of the range.
- What else is going
- Steps, surround, cover lifter and a nearby shed or pool all add volume and are better quoted together than separately.
What actually happens on the day?
Five steps, in this order: drain, disconnect, strip the cabinet, cut the shell, carry it out. Nothing about a hot tub comes out in one piece unless the yard is unusually open.
Draining comes first because a tub cannot be moved with water in it at any size — a standard tub holds hundreds of gallons and that is a weight nobody is lifting. Draining it through its own valve before the crew arrives saves real time. Where it is drained on site, the water goes somewhere sensible on the property.
Then the cabinet and skirting come off, the plumbing and pumps are separated out, and the acrylic shell is cut into sections that will fit whatever opening exists. The pad is raked clear afterwards, and the metal goes to a scrap recycler rather than the landfill.
Why does the electrical disconnection need an electrician?
Because most hot tubs are hardwired on a dedicated 220V circuit through a GFCI disconnect box, and that is licensed electrical work. A junk removal crew should not be inside that box, and this one is not.
The honest version is that this costs you a separate call before the removal is booked. An electrician disconnects and makes the circuit safe, and then the tub is just a large object in a backyard. Some people have the electrician cap the circuit at the same time if the tub is not being replaced.
A tub that plugs into a standard 110V outlet does not need any of this — unplug it and it is done. If you are not sure which you have, a photo of the connection where it enters the tub is enough to tell.
What about the deck, the fence and the lawn?
All three get discussed before anything starts, because all three are where a hot tub removal goes wrong.
A tub sunk into a deck, or built around by one, means deck boards have to come up to get it out. That is agreed in advance rather than discovered at the point of no return. It is also worth knowing that rot under a tub is extremely common — years of splash and no airflow — and where it is there, you hear about it rather than having it quietly covered back over.
Fences are simpler than people expect. Most Tulsa backyard tubs will not clear a standard gate, so the shell is cut to fit the opening. Where there is no usable gate at all, sections go over the fence. On grass, plywood is laid to spread the load rather than driving a loaded dolly across a lawn in March.
What else usually goes at the same time?
The surround, the steps, the cover lifter and frequently a shed or a deck section that has been in the way for years.
A hot tub coming out is usually part of a backyard being reclaimed rather than an isolated decision, which is why these jobs often get booked alongside shed removal and demolition or yard debris and storm cleanup. Booking them together is one load rather than two.
Above-ground pools are the other common pairing. If the pool is going too, say so when quoting — a pool and a tub together is a different tier than a tub alone, and it is better to know that before the trailer arrives than after.
Can a hot tub go out with the City of Tulsa or in a dumpster?
Not usefully, and the reason is the shape it is in when you are asking. A hot tub is not on the City of Tulsa bulky waste acceptance list — that list covers empty large appliances, furniture including mattresses and sofas, electronics up to four monitors or TVs, tires without rims up to four, and large yard waste under 5 ft long and 18 inches in diameter.
Even setting the list aside, the volume does not work. Bulky waste caps at 8 cubic yards per pre-set pickup, and it has to be scheduled at least three days before your regular refuse day. A cut-down tub is a pile of acrylic sections, framing, plumbing and a pump assembly.
The programme is also explicit about contractor debris and remodelling or demolition material — fencing, shingles, wallboard, lumber, siding — being refused unless resident-generated, containerized and under one cubic yard in total. A dismantled hot tub and the deck boards that came up with it read as exactly that. And none of it applies outside City of Tulsa utility customers anyway.
The self-serve route that does work is Tulsa Recycle & Transfer at 1150 N. Peoria Ave, a state-licensed transfer station open to the public — assuming you have already drained it, disconnected it, cut it up and loaded it, which is the entire job.
Cutting it up yourself versus hiring it out
| Doing it yourself | JunkLimo | |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical | Still needs a licensed electrician for a hardwired 220V unit | Same — this is the one part nobody should skip |
| Cutting it down | A reciprocating saw, a full day, and acrylic dust everywhere | Cut to fit the actual opening, in two to four hours |
| Getting it out | Sections over a fence, by hand, with whoever you can recruit | Included, with plywood laid over lawn to spread the load |
| Disposal | Not on the City bulky waste list; a trailer and a trip to the transfer station on N. Peoria | Hauled, with the metal routed to a scrap recycler |
| Cost | Saw blades, trailer rental, tipping fees and a weekend | $249 for a standard tub, quoted firm before work starts |
This is one of the few jobs where doing it yourself rarely comes out ahead. A hot tub is heavier, more awkward and more brittle than it looks, and the disposal route at the end of it is the same trip either way.
What comes with a hot tub removal
- Acrylic shell, cut down where access requires it
- Cabinet, skirting and frame
- Insulated cover and cover lifter
- Pumps, blowers and heater assembly
- Plumbing, jets and manifolds
- Control pack and topside panel
- Steps, surround and handrails
- Sand or gravel base material, on request
- Swim spas and inflatable spas
- Above-ground pool decking nearby, if it is going too
- All debris raked and cleared from the pad
- Scrap metal routed to a recycler
Don’t see it? Ask. The list of what we can’t take is short: paint, solvents, pesticides, motor oil, asbestos and medical waste.
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Hot Tub Removal across the Tulsa metro.
Same price everywhere. No travel fee.
Hot tubs sit in backyards, so this work follows the single-family housing rather than the apartment corridors. South Tulsa, Tulsa Hills, the Union area, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks and Owasso produce most of it, along with the older Midtown and Florence Park lots where a tub went in behind a bungalow twenty years ago.
The older neighbourhoods are the harder access. A Midtown Tulsa backyard reached through a side gate off an alley is a cut-and-carry job every time, where a South Tulsa or Broken Arrow yard often has a double gate and a straight run to the driveway. No travel fee to any of it.
- South Tulsa
- Tulsa Hills
- Union area
- Midtown
- Florence Park
- Broken Arrow
- Bixby
- Jenks
- Owasso
- Coweta
- Tulsa
- Midtown Tulsa
- Brookside
- South Tulsa
- Broken Arrow
- Jenks
- Bixby
- Owasso
- Sand Springs
- Sapulpa
- Glenpool
- Catoosa
- Claremore
- Coweta
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