August 4, 2010
When To Replace Your Hot Tub Cover
Hot tub covers are essential because they keep your spa clean and safe. They prevent impurities from getting into the water, they stop pets or small children from drowning, and they help retain heat so you can make use of your spa anytime and minimize heating costs. In addition, they shield the spa from the sun that can destroy your investment.
However, even if you take good care of your spa, you have to replace its cover sooner or later. This can occur for several reasons. Over time, your spa cover may become heavy and waterlogged, perhaps even moldy. If rain accumulates on the top of the cover, the foam absorbs it and sags. This reduces the spa covers insulating effect, leaving you with bigger heating bills.
As the problem worsens, the stretched vinyl cover may rip or become so heavy from absorbing water that you cant move it. Until you can buy a new spa cover, you can prevent water-logging by unzipping the cover every two to three months and dry the foam.
The major enemy of spa covers is chemical abuse. A lot of people treat their spa with chemicals to make it clean. But they should remove the cover for at least an hour after applying these chemicals. This permits the spa to breath, gives the chemicals a chance to mix with the water, and maximizes the life of the spa cover. Mother Nature can likewise destroy spa covers, more so those that don’t allow water to run off but to collect around the cover. Although a typical spa cover can support 200 pounds, why test it or abuse it? Bear in mind that rainfall, snow, tree limbs and leaves don’t reside in your spa cover and shouldn’t be there.
Make it a point to change the spa cover every two decades or earlier if there are problems. Outdoor spa covers often wear out quickly than indoor ones because they are exposed to the weather. Your spa cover definitely wont live as long as your spa so be sure to replace it when needed.
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Filed under Swimming Pools by Karen Reader