r/hottub

Had our hot tub delivered last week and just been away for two days! After returning, the water was cloudy like the first image (the yellow line is reflection from brickwork). I tested the water and the chlorine was low. It was also foaming when the jets are on.

I swapped out for a new file, put in some chlorine, ph minus and non shock chlorine granules. It appears to have cleared up slightly after 2 hours. My plan was to leave the tub open, drop the temp to 30 degrees and leave it on filtering overnight? Do you think the water can be saved or refill needed?

Is this hot tub worth investing in? I bought my grandmas house and included was this hot tub. My assumption it hasn't been used in 10+ years. My uncle last month filled it with water and tried to see if it still worked. He said it leaked in a few locations but didn't say exactly where. He did say he turned the jets on and they did function.

I assume I should just abandon ship but would be cool to get it going again.

Somebody had mentioned using a pool noodle to crack the lid and let the excess heat out during hot months. I tried that but it just crushed the noodle so I made this contraption in hopes it does a better job.

Does anyone know what heater this old Hot Spot has? Customer lives 50 miles away, so I’m trying to save him the extra trip fee. I know it’s a flow though. 4kw or 6kw? They run this on 220v. Thank you!

Looking for a recommendation for a cover lifter. I'm willing to invest in a good quality product if needed, I am just hesitant to bolt something onto the shell of a brand new tub and "take a chance". As you can see from the pics, I cannot use a pivot lifter like i've had with past tubs, and I can't use an under-tub one since it would block the access panel. I'd love some suggestions. I am in Canada, so the product would have to ship here.

One of my pumps wouldn’t turn on the other day. Sounded like it was trying. Went out today to troubleshoot it and it’s turning on by making a noise. Any ideas if it’s repairable or is it better to replace?

I currently have a 6 person Hydropool, with a lounger, a million jets and waterfall things. But, it's time to replace the cover and I was thinking of switching to another model of tub.

In 5 years I have learned that I hate the lounger with a fiery passion (I am 5'3, my toes don't reach the other side so I float), also height related, the waterfalls pour into my ears, the jets are so noisy that I never use them, and 99.9% of the time, I am the only person using it. I love the deepest seat and the self cleaning is excellent.

Ideally, a new tub would be:

• 2-3 person.
• Deep.
• Easy to clean or self cleaning.
• Designed for winter temps ranging from 0c to -25c.
• Also designed for heavy snow.
• Preferably priced so I can sell my current tub and outright (or close to) buy the new one.
• Have precisely zero loungers.

I don't need a plug and play, as I have the power already, also uninterested in wood heated tubs. All the smaller models I have looked at so far seem to favour loungers, which puts them automatically on the no list.

I am located in Atlantic Canada, so local or free shipping are great. Any suggestions on where to look would be greatly appreciated!

Got our first hot tub in July. We are still feeling out the chemical balance. Overall we get really surprised by the quickness of chlorine dissipating on the test kit. Measures free chlorine, alkalinity and pH.

We bought a different test kit that measures 7 items to see if we could to the bottom of it. First test td and admittedly I didn’t chlorine the spa in advance bc I wanted to see where it was beforehand.

hardness 0-100 bottle indicates low to very low

free chlorine 0

bromine 0

total chlorine 1

CYA hard to read SO light. I’m guessing below 30

total alkalinity 40-80

pH 7.2. dips about once per week

(photo is the chemicals we are using). shock once per week. chlorine daily or if used daily. pH when I see it dip

We are about to receive our first hot tub next week. Our yard is challenging, so we opted to have a retaining wall and concrete pad poured for the tub and a Covana lift.

Looking at the pad, the red arrow shows part of the pad is not flat relative to the rest of the pad. This was done for drainage purposes, but not having experience with hot tubs, I’m concerned that this may cause issues with the tub (or the Covana cover).

To the folks with more experience - do you think this will be a problem?

Thanks in advance!

Saw this on Amazon, it’s a freestanding pergola with only 2 supporting legs. Supposedly can hold 10 lbs/sq foot of snow and up to 70 mph winds.

I asked about a month ago what would be best for my inflatable hot tub and got some great responses from you guys. Here’s what I wound up with ( I had broken concrete from a slab i took out years ago)

I’m renting a house and the home owners have had it for three years and when they moved in this Free Flow Spa was on the back patio. They never used it for three years and now I’m renting and was interested in using it.
Everything seems to be working but I have a leak! The leak is from this pipe (in video). I’m not a handy man but was thinking maybe I could try to fix this connection? Otherwise how expensive do you think it would be to hire someone?
Thank you!