The Many Functions Of Hot Tub Covers
Unless you run a hotel and must have your spa available 24 hours a day, a hot tub owner will require some sort of hot tub covers. Because of the many tasks that are accomplished by covers for hot tubs, and their must-have safety element, the cost of a cover is negligible.
If you are buying a new hot tub, almost one hundred per cent of the time there will be a cover built into the purchase price. Depending on the area of the country you live, hot tub covers can add between $200 and $600 to the price tag. Be sure to ask if the cover of the hot tub is included when getting a quote for this purchase.
The functions of the covers for your hot tub are many:
They keep pets, children and birds from falling into the water, not only getting wet in the process but making a mess and introducing unwanted contaminants to the balance of chemicals you are maintaining in the bath tub. That is not to mention guarding against the terrifying prospect of something or someone drowning in your much coveted Jacuzzi or bath tub. Another result of a proper bath tub cover is the reduction of leaves, insects and other environmental agents from infiltrating. Because the great and luxurious thing about a Jacuzzi or hot tub is that you get to have them outside. Pure luxury! One must also consider that evaporation would occur quickly if there was nothing keeping the heated water inside the tub, unable to vaporize and disappear. In drier climates, warm or cold, not having a properly fitted bathtub cover can result in having to add water on a daily basis. It is easier to maintain the chemical balances with the same water than to add regularly, causing an upset in pH levels, etc. If your are also having to regularly having to fill up the bath tub that wastes water and your effort to, so spend more time in the bathtub than filling it and be kind to the environment: preserve water with hot tub covers. However, the primary need for hot tub covers is to keep the temperature of the water from dropping as it would if nothing were protecting the surface from cooling. In places drier but warmer, the cost difference is not so great, but if the temperatures during the year drop below 50° at any time, the electrical costs can be substantial without the insulating capacity of the lid. Once you have raised the temp of the water in the tub, maintaining that level is usually not a problem. Some like the water a lot warmer than others, so find the level you are comfortable with and keep it there. On a solid hot tub cover, one that has a Styrofoam block inside, having the water heated even to 108° or higher will do more damage to the skin than it will to the lid. Proper care of this vital piece of your hot tub will give you years of cost effective and easily maintained enjoyment.
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