Jefferson County
Hot Tub Movers in Lakewood, Cover Locked and Permit in Hand
Before a tub moves into Lakewood, check that its cover still locks, because a broken latch is far cheaper to find now than at the permit. Lakewood requires every home with a spa to have a lockable cover or a yard fenced to at least 48 inches with self-latching gates.
Request a quote in Lakewood
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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Lakewood wants a building permit for every hot tub
Lakewood treats a hot tub as a building permit job whether it is portable or built in. The city's residential pool and hot tub handout requires a building permit for any pool, hot tub or spa on a residential property, and the plot plan has to show the proposed electrical, which must terminate within 6 feet of the equipment it feeds. That puts the permit ahead of the move rather than after it, so the new position and the circuit run need settling first. The barrier rule is the other half of the application: a working lockable cover, or a fence at least 48 inches high with self-latching gates. The calendar matters too. The Lakewood station averages 153.8 freezing nights a year, from a median first freeze on October 7 to a last on May 3, so a move in that window needs the lines blown out and the refill on the calendar for moving day or the next.
Not sure the cover will pass in Lakewood?
Tell us how old the cover is and whether the yard is fenced. We will tell you which of the two barrier options the new spot already meets.
Hot tub moving into and around Lakewood
Hot Tub Moving, House to House and Across the Yard
Get your hot tub or swim spa out of this yard and into the next one, working, with the drain, the carry and the reconnect planned as one job.
Hot Tub Moving in Lakewood →Lakewood's pool and hot tub requirements
Lakewood requires every property with a pool or spa to have either a lockable spa or hot tub cover or a fenced yard, with fences at least 48 inches high and self-latching gates.
Source: City of Lakewood, Planning and Public Works, accessed 2026-09-22
Lakewood's residential pool and hot tub handout states that a building permit is required for any pool, hot tub or spa installed on a residential property, and the plot plan must show proposed electrical, which must terminate within 6 feet of any pool equipment that needs electricity.
Source: City of Lakewood, Planning and Public Works, accessed 2026-09-22
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for the Lakewood station, at about 5,640 feet, average 153.8 nights a year at or below 32F, with a median first fall freeze on October 7 and last spring freeze on May 3.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020, accessed 2026-09-22
Send the Lakewood address and the new spot
Pad, patio or deck, and roughly how far from the electrical panel. We line up a vetted spa mover once the permit side is clear.