how does a big jacuzzi fit through a small door?

In the construction and interior design world, it’s not uncommon for certain materials or objects to not fit easily through the entrance door or the access path to a construction site. Challenges are our specialty, so today we’ll share the story of how we managed to get a large jacuzzi through a small door—on the 13th floor.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the client who recommended us, as well as the artist Ruby, for the challenge.

The requirements were simple: the client wanted a jacuzzi on the terrace, on the 13th floor of a building in Bucharest.

Problem number one: the jacuzzi didn’t fit through the door and couldn’t go in the elevator.
Problem number two: there was a gutter in the corner of the terrace that couldn’t be covered.
We solved the second issue by building a metal structure and essentially transforming the jacuzzi into a floating one. This allowed us to manage the rainwater drainage from the terrace effectively.

Now we just had to get the jacuzzi to the 13th floor.

In the problem-solving process, we considered a few options:

1. Carry it up the stairs – but it didn’t fit through the door. So we figured we’d better try another method.
2. The good old pulley – a practical solution, but the 13th floor was recessed, and building a stable structure to lift such a heavy object would have caused too much disruption. Realistically, we could only lift it up to the 12th floor – not bad, but not good enough. On to the next idea.
3. A crane – an ambitious solution that we had to abandon due to the long approval process, which could take up to three months. It would have required closing a street or an underground parking lot to install supports for a crane weighing about 40 tons, capable of reaching that height. It would have caused major inconvenience and taken far too much time.
4. A helicopter, maybe? Sure, in theory. But we were at the very beginning of the pandemic, and amid all the uncertainty and restrictions, helicopters weren’t even allowed to take off due to the state of alert—so we crossed that one off the list too.

Sometimes, solving a problem means going in a full circle. We returned to the first option. We carried the jacuzzi up the stairs, broke through a wall, brought the tub inside, and rebuilt the wall—all in a single day. The next day, we finished the wall so perfectly it was like nothing had ever happened. And we were left with a simple, humble conclusion: sometimes, the classic way is still the best way to get the job done.