Hot tub & swim spa bases in Ketton
Reinforced bases for hot tubs and swim spas in Ketton, built to the supplier's requirements, including part-sunk and fully sunk installs.
In Ketton a hot tub base starts from about £2,000 and a swim spa slab typically costs £4,000–£6,500; part-sunk installations start from about £17,500 and fully sunk from about £25,000. The base is built to the supplier's published requirements, and in a rear garden it is normally permitted development.
- Typical cost
- Swim spa slab £4,000–£6,500
- Time on site
- Two to five days for a slab
- Ground
- Limestone; river ground near the Chater
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Our 2026 guide prices, all in. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Council fees checked October 2026.
What hot tub & swim spa bases in Ketton usually involve
A filled swim spa can weigh as much as several cars on a small footprint, so it needs a reinforced concrete slab built to the supplier's published requirements. We build the base, the drainage and the access so the unit can be craned or wheeled straight in.
Ketton gave its name to Ketton stone, the cream oolitic limestone quarried beside the village, and its older streets are built of it, many under Collyweston slate. Around the historic core are later 20th-century houses and bungalows, and the cement works and quarry sit on the edge of the village.
We cover Ketton (PE9) and the villages around it, including Tinwell, Collyweston, Barrowden, Tixover, Aldgate and Geeston.
Ground, drainage and conservation in Ketton
Ketton is on the Lincolnshire Limestone, which usually drains well, but the River Chater runs through the village to meet the Welland, and ground close to the river is a different matter. We test before designing a soakaway.
Ketton has a conservation area covering the historic village but no Article 4 direction, so normal permitted development rules apply outside listed buildings, with the usual conservation area limits. Ketton stone frontages call for buff and natural tones rather than grey.
The Welland flood warning area at Ketton is the only Environment Agency flood warning area in Rutland, and Rutland's flood strategy names Ketton among the places with a few properties at river flood risk. You can check any address on the Environment Agency flood map.
Sources: Rutland conservation areas and Article 4 list · Rutland flood risk strategy.
Permissions and fees in Ketton
- PlanningA hot tub or swim spa on a base in the rear garden is normally permitted development; an enclosure or roof over it counts as an outbuilding and has to meet the outbuilding size and height limits.
- TreesTrees in a conservation area need six weeks' notice before work, and protected trees need consent; both are free. Rutland County Council: tree works
- Design and priceWe measure up, plan levels and drainage, and give you one fixed written price.
Council fees and rules checked October 2026. Planning fees are the national fees from 1 April 2026.
What you get
- Reinforced concrete slab to the supplier's published requirements
- Level and square, so the warranty holds
- Drainage and access planned for delivery day
- Part-sunk and fully sunk installations with retaining walls
The specification
- Ground dug out and checked
- Compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base
- Steel mesh reinforcement
- Concrete slab, power floated level
- Ducting for power where needed
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing
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