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24-Oct-2009, 08:56 PM #1
Hot Tub Repair
I bought a house recently and it had a hot tub in the back. Over-all it looks good and seems to work but when the jets are on it wont hold water. I think a pipe inside burst over the winter. Anyone know how difficult this would be to replace myself or how expensive it would to have replaced professionally?
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24-Oct-2009, 09:45 PM #2
Well, normally it's all plastic piping. It's not that hard to repair yourself, the trick is where the pipe has burst. I've fixed several leaks in a hot tub, but one was in a place that was impossible to get to without having the tub tipped up on it's side.

The move here is to open up the side covers with the jets running and see where it's leaking. That will tell you how easy or hard it's going to be to fix it.
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25-Oct-2009, 08:50 AM #3
Many hot-tubs have removable panels on all sides. If not then they should.

Most good ones have a floor. This stops unwanted guests making a home in the warmth of a heater housed underneath.

If it is a slow leak and you are having trouble locating it, add some vegetable dye to the water and lok for a drip or stream of the dye under the tub.

You may have to cut away some foam to get at the back of a jet. BE CAREFUL!!!

New jets are often fixed like a tank connector.

Pipe can be cut, cleaned and a socket or two sockets and a new section glued in.

Good luck.
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