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Today hot tub buyers face many difficult choices regarding almost every part of the hot tub itself, not even mentioning all the additional hot tub components. One of the hardest times for people who think about getting a hot tub, is when the question what kind of hot tub cover to buy arises. Hot tub covers are very important in many aspects.

First, let’s address the safety concerns that hot tub owners face every day. A hot tub full of water can be equally dangerous to children and adults alike. We all have read sad stories about small kids and pools in the backyard. A hot tub is no different. The water depth in the hot tub in most cases in sufficient for a child to drown.

Adults under the influence of drugs and alcohol are equally helpless to the dangers that deep water poses. Accidents happen all over the United States. It is ease to ignore all the warnings, being comfortable enough around your own hot tub, but as the saying goes, you never know what might happen.

Another topic is heating costs. Since it takes some time for the hot tub heating system hot warm up the water so that it is ready for use, you can bet that it does not come cheaply. Of course, you can unquestionably save a lot of money if you get a hot tub cover. As we all know, heat rises upwards, so a carefully chosen hot tub cover will trap the heat ascending from the water and keep it inside the hot tub. That means that the hot tub heater will not have to turn on so frequently to keep the water temperature constant.

A hot tub cover will also keep all the unnecessary objects out, whatever they might be – falling tree leaves, dirt, various bugs or kids’ toys. This will in turn require less frequent water cleaning procedures. Again, it saves time and money.

For further detailed information regarding hot tub covers, visit http://www.hotin.eu/hot-tub-covers.html, where you will find numerous buying tips to consider before going out and choosing from a whole bunch of hot tub covers.

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Now that you have made the decision to purchase a hot tub, you need to think long and hard about where you will place your new hot tub. Basically, you have three choices for a location; indoors, outdoors or inside a screened in porch. The choice is completely up to you as to where you put it, but there are many considerations that you should take into account before you make your decision.

Plan Ahead For Strength And Safety

No matter where you decide to place your hot tub you need to make sure that the location has a solid foundation. What this means to you is that the foundation must be a uniformly firm, continuous, and it must provide a level setting. The recommended foundation is a concrete pad with a minimum thickness of 4 inches with steel reinforced cross bars throughout.

When installing your spa on a wood deck or balcony, the same load requirements must be met. Total load may be as much as 90 pounds per square foot. Remember that your hot tub weights about 700 pounds on its own, then when you add water and people, it could have a total weight of up to 4,000 pounds.

Regardless of the location that you decide upon, you need to be sure that the hot tub is not within 10 feet of overhead power lines and that you leave access to the internal equipment.

In order to complete maintenance or to make a needed repair, you will need adequate space to be able to reach the internal components. If your hot tub has external equipment you need to know that most city codes require that the equipment be at least 5′ from the tub, unless they are separated by a permanent solid barrier.

Considerations For Indoor Placement Of Your Hot Tub

If you decide to place your hot tub indoors you need to understand that moisture will accumulate. Think about it, when the hot tub is being used, it puts off a great deal of steam. The steam that is created must go somewhere, and it will leave moisture on your walls, ceiling, floor, etc.

In any indoor location, you absolutely need to make sure that you have really good ventilation. The amount of moisture created will vary according to how frequently you use your hot tub. The ventilation not only helps dissipate the moisture and steam, but it also allows the chemicals to be circulated out.

The odor of the cleaning components can accumulate indoors and even create electrical problems, unless the area is well ventilated. The good news is that if you place your hot tub indoors it will probably stay cleaner and require less frequent chemical treatments.

Here comes the big news about installing a hot tub indoors; you should have some kind of drainage system in place! Experts recommend that you change the water in your hot tub every four months or so. And, the bucket brigade is not my idea of a Saturday afternoon well spent.

You always have the option of running sewage drains to your hot tub, and if you are placing your hot tub on an existing slab, you will need to dig up the concrete to build your drain system.

Another option that is a little less painful would be to get a small submersible pump. You can use the pump to push most of the water out of your hot tub, but pumps usually fail to move the last inch or so of water at the bottom of the tub.

Some manufacturers, build their hot tubs with a water hose connection inside of the cabinet at the bottom of the hot tub. This will enable you to hook a water hose to your hot tub, so that you can easily drain the water and move it to another drain or outside on the ground.

Additional Tips

No matter how well made your hot tub is, it is always possible that after years of usage, leaks can occur due to worn gaskets or seals. That water must have a place to go. Be prepared to deal with this if the situation arises.

Another obvious thought that may sometimes get overlooked is that you have to get the hot tub into your house. Measure to make sure that you have enough room to navigate it into your house and then measure again, after you do that, measure once more!

Many companies suggest that you spend the money to have a licensed contractor make sure that the local building codes are met, and the installation can occur safely, and that load requirements can be met.

Your Hot Tub Outdoors And Under The Stars

For many people, outdoors is the best location for a hot tub. A hot tub can be enjoyed on a warm sunny day or on a chilly night while you stay nice and toasty in your hot tub.

Being outdoors, there are fewer concerns for the hot tub. You do not have to worry about the steam and humidity or the chemicals affecting your home. Locating your hot tub outdoors though does mean that you may have to get a concrete pad laid down so that the hot tub has a proper foundation.

Other considerations with placing a hot tub outdoors include that it will get dirtier easier. Walking to and from the hot tub, your feet will get dirty and that will get in the hot tub. You also have to consider that leaves and such may end up in your new hot tub.

A cover is very important when placing a hot tub anywhere, but it is especially important when placing it outdoors. Always have a cover on the hot tub when you are not in it. This is a safety measure to prevent small children from falling into it and it also helps it to stay cleaner and keep insects out. The cleaner the water in the hot tub stays, the less frequently you have to treat the water with chemicals.

There are a wide variety of pictures on the Internet of hot tubs being placed outdoors in very creative ways. If you want to invest the money, a stand-alone deck can be built that encompasses the hot tub. The only limit here is your imagination and your budget.

Placing Your Hot Tub In A Screened In Room

Putting a hot tub in a screened in porch mostly resembles an outdoor installation. You have to consider some of the factors that go with both indoor and outdoor installations though.

A screened in porch will obviously allow for ventilation and the steam and humidity will not harm your walls.

You will still need a drain put into the floor of the porch though, if one does not already exist. If the manufacturer uses the water hose connection, this will not be an issue for you.

Again, you can find many creative pictures of hot tubs installed in screened porches on the Internet.

In Conclusion…

In the end, the placement of your new hot tub is completely up to you and your preferences. No matter where you decide to put it, be sure to plan ahead. The more that you plan ahead the easier it will be to install and to enjoy.

If you are not sure whether or not your chosen location is suitable for a hot tub, then you should seriously consider contacting a licensed contractor to review your location and make sure that it is suitable.

Finally, always take into account safety factors when deciding where to put your hot tub. As stated before, a cover should always be in place when it is not in use. Also consider the surface that you will be walking on when going to and from the hot tub. If the path is smooth concrete you may want to put some mats down to prevent slipping.

Now go out and enjoy your new hot tub and take satisfaction in knowing that your preplanning has prevented headaches and will help to prevent any future problems.

the water is droppping quite a bit quickly but i can’t find a leak

Are you using your spa as much as you used to? Is that heavy foam cover the reason why? In Search of the Perfect Replacement Spa Cover? If you have had your hot tub for a few years you’ve probably bought a few foam covers. You probably bought the first replacement cover from the same place you bought your spa.

You went in and told the salesman that your cover got heavy. More than likely he told you that now they have developed a better foam cover. One wrapped, glued, dipped, sealed in multiple layers of special stuff. But even that one got heavy eventually.

One friend of mine just thought he was getting weaker, until he went to the spa dealer and looked at a new cover. Preparing to use as much effort to lift the new cover as he did his own at home, he nearly threw the cover through the front window of the store. It was then that he realized his cover was getting heavy. Like him you have most likely figured out that rigid foam spa covers are flawed technology.

All rigid foam spa covers will always eventually become moisture saturated, heavy, and might even break or blow away. Regardless of what wrapping is around the foam it is doomed to get heavy.

Even if it were possible to keep the foam from saturating with water no rigid cover is ever going to be in contact with the water that it is supposed to keep warm. Every rigid foam spa cover is constantly losing heat between the bottom of the spa cover and the water surface. As the spa water produces steam that steam hits the bottom of the cooler rigid foam spa cover, condenses and falls back into the spa actually cooling the water.

But the real point is that with a foam cover that slowly gets heavy we slowly stop using our spas. Generally speaking the foam fails slowly so you don’t notice it. If you use your spa every day, an ounce different here and there does not get noticed. It just becomes a little more work. So you just put up with it. But after while you get home from work and the thought of wrestling that cover off the spa just becomes less important.

That is a shame considering how much you looked forward to it when you first got your spa. It is also a shame considering how much you spend to heat the water that you are less willing to get into. It is a shame considering how much you paid of your hard earned money to get that spa in the first place. Did you know that the more time you spend in your spa the less sleep your body requires? If you got your spa for therapeutic purposes how often do you think you can afford to go without that therapy before you start to suffer?

Are you willing to loose all that just for the sake of a few inches of foam? I see it every day. People with spas in their back yard, but instead of using their spa they pile stuff on it. It might be the picnic table they moved just to make it easier to mow. Maybe it is toys the kids left out or the barbecue. Seems like an expensive place to pile your stuff but people do.

I propose you get back to enjoying your spa. Instead of replacing your heavy spa cover with another one that is just going to end up the same way, shop online for a different type of cover. Find a different type of spa cover that does not use foam so it will not get heavy. If you do, you can enjoy your spa for years to come. You will thank me later.

Ever since a guy came out to fix my hot water heater, I have grimy black stuff coming out of the tub faucet, but it seems only with the hot water. What could this possibly be? The guy was here months ago, and it has not gone away, should I let the water run til it is gone? It has diminished a bit, it seems almost like something is burned., like maybe plastic.
He said that it was just debris from the hot water heater, and that it would go away, but has not.

And it is only in the tubs, not in the shower anymore, probably cause i use it alot.

I have a Home Buyers Warranty, I hope it covers plumbing, and I did tell the guy about it but he said it was sediment, but it is black, does not make sense, so… I guess I may be stuck paying for it.

Heavy Broken Spa Covers Waste Energy. I saw this advertised on line the other day. When I went to check out the guys website, guess what he’s selling? Rigid foam spa covers that will end up heavy or broken, usually within two years. To me this is like a coat salesman telling you wet wind breakers won’t keep you warm, here you need to buy this new dry wind breaker and go play outside in the rain.

He’s hoping you won’t notice that he’s selling you the same thing you’re replacing now. If you’re replacing your spa cover because it got heavy, Before you buy the next one, perhaps it would be good to think about why the old one got heavy?

What causes the foam spa cover to get heavy is that it traps moisture inside. Foam board is used in many insulation applications. It can be used around refrigeration storage areas like in a super market. Layers of rigid foam board is what keeps the refrigerated section cold while the customer area is still warm. When used in this application the foam is not subject to warm moist steam. As long as the foam stays dry it has a predictable insulation value. But if the foam were to have moisture in it instead of the little air spaces it uses to insulate, it would have no insulation value at all.

If you were trying to invent a way to get foam to saturate as quickly as possible, the design would involve lots of steam under it and a cooler temperature on top of it. You couldn’t get water into it faster even if you tied it to the bottom of your swimming pool. Why? Because water molecules are bigger than steam molecules. Steam can get into smaller spaces faster than water. And once the steam cools, it condenses back into water, displacing air in the foam as it does.

Long before you notice the spa cover getting heavy, moisture has begun to replace the air spaces in your cover. When it does, the little insulation value that cover might have had, goes down dramatically. From whatever it may have been when you first put it on your spa it has gone down to as much insulation as a wet piece of plywood by the time you actually notice it got heavy.

You might get fooled into thinking that it is still insulating well because snow won’t melt off it. Unfortunately, you would be wrong. Snow won’t melt off a frozen pond either but it doesn’t mean the ice is insulating the water. When snow falls on a saturated foam spa cover, it freezes the moisture in the cover because it is laying directly on the cover. The water of your spa is never in contact with the foam since the foam is resting way up on top of the acrylic of the spa, usually about a foot above the water surface. What’s happening is the warm spa water is evaporating into steam. That steam is rising, because that is what heat does, until it hits the bottom of the frozen spa cover. Then the steam cools and turns back into water. The water, now cooled, falls, because that’s what cold does, back into the warm spa water, cooling it off.

So if you wanted to invent a radiator to cool off your warm spa water this would be the perfect design. Put a block of frozen foam over the water. Pile a bunch of snow on it to keep the hot tub cover frozen and go over and listen to the power meter buzz. Instead of just getting another of the same type of spa covers that will end up in the same condition, shop around for one that is designed differently. Look for a spa cover that will insulate the water from the water surface, without rigid foam.

I need a glue/sealant in a chalking gun to glue a 16-inch high, 8-inch diameter, schedule 40 pvc pipe to a smooth flat fiberglass. Because of working space available I will be using a chalking gun. I am replacing a hot tub water filter housing that was thin and cheaply made, and is 35-years old, The high water temperatures, and chlorine had done it in. I plan to put a oversize heavy bead of glue/sealant down onto the smooth fiberglass, then push the pvc pipe into the bead. The surfaces will be dry, no water present. Please advise on how to prepare the surfaces. The fiberglass is not painted, and glossy, just smooth. The filter housing will not be exposed, but will be covered completely with hot swirling water.

Who doesn’t like to relax in a hot tub? It’s a perfect way to unwind and spend a little bit of luxury time. For those of you lucky enough to have your own hot tub, it is important that you take good care of it, and follow some basic hot tub maintenance guide lines.

The hot tub maintenance that you need to carry out should be done as part of a regular routine. There are certain things that you need to do every day, and other checks and treatments that you need to do every week, month or year.

The hot tub maintenance that should be carried out every day is simple and does not take too long at all. You need to check the level of the sanitizer, and remedy this as required – if the level is too low, then be sure to raise the level.

In the same way, you need to check the pH level of the water every day, and alter this as necessary. And every day, the water line on the hot tub needs to be cleaned. The best way to do this is to use Waterline Cleaning Paste.

The hot tub maintenance that needs to be carried out weekly, takes a little more time than what should be done daily, but is still fairly simple. The hot tub needs to be oxidized, and this should be done with Non Chlorine Shock. If the area you’re in has water with a high level of calcium hardness in it, then you will have to use No Scale treatments that will prevent scale deposits. The next two steps of hot tub maintenance are not necessary, but will help you keep a perfect hot tub. Add No Foam to your hot tub every week as this will control foaming of the water and keep it at a minimum. Also, adding a Spa Sparkle product to your hot tub will make your water look pristine and sparkling, making it look even more tempting to hop right into!

Every month, there are two simple hot tub maintenance steps that you need to be sure to carry out. The first is to clean the filter cartridge, as this is what helps to keep the water clean. If you have a dirty filter, then you’re going to have dirty water! It is also important that you take a sample of the water every month to check the balance of it and make sure that it is safe.

An important part of hot tub maintenance is to periodically completely drain and refill your hot tub. This does not have to be done as regularly as every month – there are no set rules as to how often it should be done; for the most part you can use your own judgment. However, there is a formula that you can use as to judge how often you carry out this part of hot tub maintenance. This is to divide the liter capacity of your hot tub by how many people regularly bathe, and then this totally divided by twelve. So if you have a 1200 liter capacity hot tub, and two people regularly bathe in it, then you should totally drain the water every 50 days. Again, this is only a rough guideline.

I have a hot tub and everytime I test the water the Ph if very low. The chemical to bring the Ph up is very expensive. Does anyone know of a product I can use to raise the Ph- perhaps something commonly found in the home that would be safe to put in a hot tub. Please – serious answers only.