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= Flipping the hot tub =
In preparation for flipping the hot tub, I partially filled
the hot tub with water tinted blue and ran the jets. I earnestly
hoped that when we flipped the hot tub, the discolored foam would immediately
and unambiguously pinpoint the leak. As it turns out, this was a
complete waste of time.
We spent an hour disconnecting the power from the hot tub
and removing the other hardware (cover, cover lifter).
The hot tub did not try to electrocute me. This was surprising,
because I know the hot tub
really wanted to.
''removing hardware''<
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I invited a few friends for an old fashioned hot tub Flipping Party.
In addition to Clyde, Dan and Charles also showed up. After some undirected
strategizing, we tackled the hot tub with a large prybar,
several pieces of scrap lumber, Clyde's 1.5-ton floor jack, and
heave-ho. The hot tub groaned and shifted its immense,
waterlogged mass unpredictably. It wanted to crush us all like
bugs. But in the end, we prevailed. Of course, it helped that
Clyde has a certification in Lifting Heavy Objects from Cal State Tweakerville.
''contemplation''<
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''stuffing support under the tub''<
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''deploying the floor jack''<
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''precarious''<
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The bottom "pan" of the Goddamn Tub turned out merely to be a thick sheet
of vinyl(?), stapled around the edges to the wood frame. The sheet was
stapled to the frame (a surprising move for Dimension One Spas, which
seems to favor endless nails and glue), and came off easily. Behold
the guts of the hot tub!
''back side of tub''<
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