Hot Tub Removal in Denver When Large Item Pickup Says No
Denver's Large Item Pickup will not take a hot tub, so get the drain, the cut-up and the drop-off site settled in one booking.
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Tell us where the tub is, where it is going and when. That is usually enough for us to tell you whether it goes on a dolly or needs a crane, and what has to be ready at the other end before it arrives.
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Why a dead Denver tub leaves by hauler, not by the curb
What you want is simple: the old tub gone from the yard and nothing left for you to deal with afterwards. In Denver the usual shortcut does not exist. Large Item Pickup collects up to 5 large items per address every nine weeks, things like furniture, rugs and mattresses, and hot tubs are not on its list. So removal here is a haul-away job from the start: the tub is drained, taken out whole or cut into sections, and carried to a site that accepts it. We find out which way it leaves and where it can go, then connect you with a vetted Denver hauler or spa mover, licensed and insured.
What hot tub removal involves in Denver
What sets the size of a Denver removal job
Two details decide how long the crew is on a Denver site and what the hauler has to price. First, the tub has to travel empty: the Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site, owned by the City and County of Denver, lists bulk liquids among what it cannot accept. Second, the circuit left behind still needs a decision. If the house is going on the market, Colorado's homeowner exemption does not cover wiring it yourself, so capping it is a registered electrical contractor's job.
Whole or in sections
A tub that fits through the gate on its side can leave whole. One boxed in by a fence or a deck is usually cut up where it sits, which avoids a crane.
Empty before it travels
The disposal site turns away bulk liquids, so the water comes out at your house, onto the lawn or garden, which Denver allows as irrigation.
Ask the dealer first
If a new tub is coming, ask whether taking the old one away is part of the delivery before you book a separate Denver removal. You may not need one.
Denver's pickup list, its disposal site and the drain rule
Denver Solid Waste Management's Large Item Pickup collects a maximum of 5 large items and 10 bags per address every nine weeks, accepts items such as furniture, rugs, exercise equipment and mattresses, and excludes construction materials, appliances, electronic waste and hazardous materials; hot tubs are not on its accepted list.
Source: City and County of Denver, Denver Solid Waste Management, accessed 2026-09-22
The Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site at 3500 South Gun Club Road in Aurora, owned by the City and County of Denver and operated by Waste Management, lists bulk liquids, liquid materials and electronic waste among the materials it cannot accept.
Source: Waste Management, Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site fact sheet (updated August 2025), accessed 2026-09-22
Denver's standard for disposing of swimming pool waste water allows pool water to be used for irrigation, and allows discharge to the storm sewer only with a state permit or a chlorine residual below 0.5 mg/l, pumped along the curb at no more than 200 gallons a minute to a catch basin within four blocks, and only when the temperature is at least 40F.
Source: City and County of Denver, Development Services, Wastewater Permits, Standard P-4400-502, accessed 2026-09-22
Colorado's Division of Professions and Occupations states a homeowner may do their own electrical wiring only if they personally do the work and the property is not for sale, resale or rent and is not generally open to the public, with a permit from the State Electrical Board or the local building department before work starts.
Source: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, accessed 2026-09-22
Denver tub dead, or just unwanted?
Tell us whether it still runs and how it gets to the street. That decides whether it leaves whole or in sections, and who you should be talking to.
Moving or lifting a tub in Denver instead
Denver hot tub removal questions
Why won't the city just pick up my old hot tub?
Denver's Large Item Pickup takes household items such as furniture, rugs, exercise equipment and mattresses, and excludes construction materials and appliances. Hot tubs are not on the accepted list, so the shell goes by haul-away to a site that takes it.
I'm selling my Denver house and the buyer wants the tub gone. What should I book?
A removal date ahead of closing, a plan for the water, and an electrician for the circuit. Because the house is for sale, Colorado's homeowner exemption does not cover doing that wiring yourself, so a registered electrical contractor caps it before the buyer's inspection.
Get the Denver tub hauled to a site that takes it
Size, gate width and your deadline. We connect you with a vetted local hauler, licensed and insured, and nothing you send commits you.