How much additional DL would you add? Perhaps out of 300psf using 200 as LL and 100 as DL(or vice versa?) to account for some of the water still being in the tub during and event in the same manner as having to consider some of the Snow load during a seismic event? I'm also considering not...
A second question with this. Am I correct in assuming that the weight of the hot tub would be a live load since it's not permanently attached? Would it be better to just count it as a DL and include it in seismic calcs for the deck?
I have a client who wants to have a hot tub on their deck and am unsure about what design weight to use. I have been told that a 5x5 spa with water and people would be about 5000lb giving it a 200psf load. Does this seem right to you? Not enough? Too much?
I know that the standard practice is to embed the cantilevered joist into the floor system twice the length of the cantilever. However, I have a client who wants to go out further and I was wondering if anyone knew how I could do this. Thanks in advance.
