What is A Hot Tub Cover?
Hot tub cover used for hot tubs or spas to protect them from damage caused by the natural environment. And hot tub covers typically are made of marine-grade vinyl.
Types of Hot Tub Covers
Generally speaking the types of hot tub covers can be divided into three types: Soft top hot tub covers, Hard top hot tub covers, Automatic hot tub covers.
Soft top hot tub covers:
Theses soft top hot tub covers are typically made of vinyl, and it is stretched over the tub, providing protection against wind, rain, and debris like leaves and ashes. Soft top hot tub covers are lightweight, but their insulation effect is not very nice.
Hard top hot tub covers:
Hard top hot tub covers are constructed from foam cores and vinyl, with materials such as aluminum, fiberglass, or hard vinyl. And usually have a hinge in the middle to help with the folding. Hard top hot tub covers are heavier than soft type, usually requiring 2 people or more people for transportation.
Automatic hot tub covers:
And Automatic hot tub covers are a newer product based on hard top hot tub covers, allowing for opening and closing by controller.
Why Use a Hot Tub Cover?
About hot tub cover, most people may think they serve only to prevent debris getting into the tubs. However, in reality, a hot tub cover does a lot more than that.
Benefit 1: Insulate Foreign Objects and Protect Your Tub.
As mentioned above, the hot tub cover is able to prevent foreign objects from entering your tub. The jet parts in your tub can easily get clogged with foreign objects, so a hot tub cover will be able to insulate your tub jets from foreign objects.
Benefit 2：Keep Water from Being Contaminated.
In addition to insulating waste from entering your tub, a hot tub cover can shelter your tub from rain and snow. It is able to maintain the cleanliness of your tub’s water.
Benefit 3: Prevents Water Evaporation.
Imagine your tub is left open to direct sunlight, won’t the water inside the tub evaporate?
That’s why the benefits of a hot tub cover come into play, as it prevents your water from evaporating.
And likewise, the hot tub cover effectively reduces the rate of evaporation of chemicals within the water.
Benefit 4:Increased Energy Efficiency.
A nice hot tub cover can reduce your tub’s heat loss, which will cut down on electricity usage and improve your energy efficiency. Without a hot tub cover, rain, snow, can cause your tub to lose heat very quickly!
Benefit 5: Safety and Security
When you have a pool in your house, isn’t it a concern that your pets or children will fall into it? Or even wild animals falling into your home’s pool? So when you have a hot tub cover, you can avoid these accidents!
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What Are Hot Tub Covers Made of?
As mentioned above, the most important material for hot tub covers is vinyl, hard top hot tub covers may have foam core, aluminum, and other materials.
Vinyl is a plastic material that is usually used in car interiors or chair surfaces. The purpose of vinyl is to protect against wind and water and to prevent mold and mildew on the hot tub cover. Also, a good vinyl will prevent the surface from cracking due to sunlight, which can lead to water pooling in the hot tub cover.
Foam core is the filler of the hot tub cover, usually made of expanded polystyrene, which is used to avoid water absorption and increase the strength of the hot tub cover.
Aluminum is a metal material that can effectively increase the strength of the cover.
Hot Tub Cover Cost
The common price of the hot tub cover is around 300-500 dollars, if you choose some better quality material hot tub cover, then the price will be more expensive. There are even some customized hot tub covers that can reach 1000 dollars or more.
The price of the hot tub cover is not the more expensive the better, you need to according to your own home tub use to decide what kind of function of the hot tub cover, the right is the best.
Hot Tub Cover Size, Weight, Thickness, Taper, etc.
There is no set size for a hot tub cover because hot tub covers come in different shapes and sizes, so you need to learn how to measure the size of a hot tub cover.
Similarly, there is no fixed weight for a hot tub cover, and the factors that generally determine the weight of a hot tub cover are the size and the material used.
If your hot tub cover is waterlogged and you want to get a new one, at this point I don’t recommend you just measure the size of the hot tub cover you already have, you have the option of going to measure your tub to make sure the data is accurate.
Today, in this article, we will also briefly explain some ways to measure the size of a hot tub cover.
First you may need a few tools:
Tape measure
Notepad
A right-angle ruler
Square ruler for carpenter
Square hot tub covers:
For this type of hot tub cover you only need to measure lip to lip, please don’t forget to measure the length of the skirt.
Round hot tub covers:
This type of hot tub cover is also easy to measure. Usually, they can be folded, so you can measure the folded edge, which is the diameter of the hot tub cover. Please do not forget to measure the length of the skirt.
Square with radius hot tub covers:
This type of hot tub cover is based on a variation of the square cover. In addition to measuring the overall length of the cover, you also need to measure the radius of the curved edge. The radius of the curved edge can be measured with a right-angle ruler against the edge. Please do not forget to measure the length of the skirt.