Denver
Hot Tub & Spa Removal in
Denver
The old spa on the deck that hasn't been fired up in years — dead, leaking, or just in the way. There's no city pickup for a hot tub, so a teardown-and-haul crew is the only route. We drain it, cut the shell down where it sits, carry it out through the gate, and recycle the scrap. One flat price from a photo: hot tub $390.
How hot tub removal works in Denver
Three steps, and the demolition is on us:
- 1. Send photos. The spa itself and, just as important, the path out — the gate, the deck, the side yard. That's what sets the price.
- 2. Get one flat price. A number that covers the teardown, the cut-down, the carry, the drive, and the disposal — no on-site quote, no surprise.
- 3. A vetted, insured crew tears it down and hauls it. Once it's drained and power is safely off, we cut the shell into sections, carry it out, and recycle the scrap — often same- or next-day.
How much does hot tub removal cost in Denver?
Flat rates, photo-quoted before anyone shows up. The teardown, the cut-down, the carry, and the disposal are all in the number — and there's no Colorado sales tax on the service.
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Hot tub / spa | $390 |
| Sauna | $293 |
| Cold plunge tub | $271 |
$75 minimum (a spa is always well above it). Teardown, cut-down, carry-out, and disposal included. A crane or rooftop-access job is flagged in the photo-quote up front. No Colorado sales tax on the service.
A hot tub is a demolition job, not a lift — so it's priced as one thing done completely, not a pile of line items. For context, traditional full-service haulers typically quote roughly $300–$700+ for a spa depending on size and access, usually on-site; our flat photo-quote gives you the whole number before we ever roll up.
Four ways to get rid of a hot tub in Denver
| Option | Cost | Speed & effort | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Large Item Pickup | Free | Won't take it — a spa is nowhere near the 5-item curbside limit | Nobody: no municipal program accepts a hot tub |
| Sell it / give it away | $0 (and rarely any takers) | Very slow; the buyer still has to move a 700-lb spa | A newer, working tub and lots of patience |
| DIY demolition | Dump fees + a sawzall, a truck & a crew | You drain it, cut it apart, and make multiple heavy dump runs | The very handy with a free weekend |
| Traditional full-service hauler | $300–$700+ | They tear it down — but usually on-site quoted | Those okay with a truck-side price |
| JunkRabbit | $390 flat | Same/next-day, drained-cut-carried-recycled, flat | A known price and none of the demolition |
A hot tub is the clearest case of "the city can't help you" — nothing municipal touches it. It's a demolition, and we do it at a flat photo-quoted price.
Does Denver pick up hot tubs?
No — not in any form. Denver's Large Item Pickup is a curbside program capped at five large items every ~nine weeks, and a hot tub is nothing like a couch or a chair — it can weigh 600 to 900 pounds empty, it's plumbed and wired in, and it will never sit at a curb. No trash route, recycling program, or transfer station takes a whole spa either. There is simply no municipal path for it.
That leaves demolition-and-haul, and it's a real one: the tub has to be drained of hundreds of gallons, the power safely disconnected, the shell and cabinet cut down into pieces, and everything carried out and sorted for recycling. It's the definition of the job a homeowner can't self-solve — and the reason a licensed hauler that does the teardown is the only sensible route.
What we take
- Hot tubs & spas — plug-in and hard-wired, in-ground surrounds and above-ground decks.
- Saunas — freestanding and barrel saunas, indoor and backyard.
- Cold plunge tubs — the newer recovery-culture staple, drained and hauled.
- Swim spas & oversized units — flagged for crane or special access in the quote where needed.
- The surround, too — the old decking, steps, and cover that came with it, on request.
What happens to your spa after pickup
A hot tub is more recyclable than it looks. Once it's cut down, we separate the components: the pump, heater, blower, and the metal frame go to scrap-metal recycling, and the acrylic shell, foam insulation, and cabinet are disposed of properly. It fits Denver's donation- and recycle-first push and keeps the tip honest. Like every job we run, the load leaves tarped — Front Range disposal sites charge double for an unsecured load — and as a licensed Denver waste hauler we keep the disposal receipts on file.
Built for Denver backyards and access
Colorado's spa culture runs deep — a lot of Front Range homes came with a hot tub, and a good share of them are now sun-cracked and cold. The catch is always access: the spa sits behind a narrow side gate, up on a raised deck, or wedged into a tight Wash Park or Park Hill backyard. Because we cut the shell down where it stands, it never has to come out in one piece — which is how we clear a gate a whole tub could never fit through. On the flat west grid — Lakewood, Arvada, Wheat Ridge — the big ranch backyards make it easy; in the closer-in neighborhoods it's the gate and the deck that we plan around. Anything needing a crane for a rooftop deck or a landlocked courtyard, we call out in the photo-quote so there are no day-of surprises.
When people call us for spa removal
- The dead tub — a cracked shell, a failed heater, or a leak nobody's fixing.
- A backyard redo — clearing the old spa to make way for a patio, pool, or landscaping.
- A home sale — a non-working hot tub the buyer wanted gone before closing.
- A move — the spa that's not making the trip to the next house.
- An estate or downsizing — clearing the backyard along with the rest of the property.
Why Denver chooses JunkRabbit for hot tubs
- Real teardown — drained, cut down, carried out; not just "hauled if you get it to the curb."
- One flat photo-quote — $390 for a standard spa, no on-site reveal, no CO sales tax.
- Access solved — cut down on site to clear a tight gate or a raised deck.
- Recycled — components and metal to scrap, load tarped, receipts kept.
- Licensed & insured — a licensed Denver waste hauler, not a guy with a sawzall.
What Denver customers say
"Dead hot tub on our Wash Park deck, and the side gate was maybe three feet wide. They cut it into pieces right there and carried it out — never would've fit whole. Flat price from photos, exactly as quoted."
"Old spa in the Arvada backyard we hadn't used in years. Drained, disconnected at the breaker, torn down and gone in an afternoon. Recycled the metal, no tax surprise. Great crew."
"Selling the house and the inspector flagged the broken hot tub. Nobody municipal would take it. These guys handled the whole teardown, flat quote up front, done before closing."
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Frequently asked questions
Does anyone in Denver pick up a hot tub for free?
No. There is no municipal pickup for a hot tub — Denver's Large Item Pickup is curbside, five items, and nowhere near the size or weight of a spa, and no trash or recycling program accepts one. A demolition-and-haul service is the only real route, which is exactly what we do.
Do I need to drain and disconnect it first?
Drain it ahead of time if you can — a full tub holds hundreds of gallons. For the electrical, a hard-wired 240V spa should be disconnected at the breaker by a licensed electrician before we arrive; a plug-in 110V unit we can simply unplug. Once it's drained and power is safely off, we handle the teardown.
How do you get a hot tub out of a fenced backyard or a deck?
We cut the shell down into manageable sections right where it sits, so it doesn't have to come out in one piece. That's how a spa clears a narrow side gate, a raised deck, or a tight backyard. For a rooftop deck or a truly landlocked spot we'll flag any crane or special-access need in the photo-quote up front.
What happens to the hot tub after you haul it?
We separate it: the pump, heater, and motor components and the metal frame go to scrap-metal recycling, and the acrylic shell and cabinet are disposed of properly. Every load is tarped, since Front Range sites charge double for an unsecured load, and we're a licensed Denver waste hauler that keeps the disposal receipts.
How long does it take?
A typical drained, disconnected spa is a same-visit teardown-and-haul — usually a couple of hours on site, often same- or next-day where a crew slot is open. We schedule the whole thing off your photos so there's no on-site quote and no surprise fee.
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