How To Use Fix A Leak On My Hot Tub

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Welcome back, students of spa! Today we tackle one of those topics that can keep spa owners up at night - a leaking hot tub.

The well-nigh mutual leak for spas and hot tubs is probably pump shaft seals, thermowells, spa unions and spa jets. Wooden hot tubs can seep and weep water from betwixt the forest staves, especially during temperature swings as the wood expands and contracts.

If you have an obvious mechanical failure of seals, gaskets or plastics, the best solution is to buy the correct spa parts, and fix the leaking spa properly. However, in cases where there is no obvious puddle beneath an obvious drip - you may want to try a leak sealer.

I've used Leak Seal for a spa leak on my own spa, and I can tell you it works, simply I tin can also tell yous that it doesn't work - permit me explicate. Leak Seal works bang-up for dripping gum joints, seeping gaskets, weeping o-rings and oozing wooden hot tubs. Leak Seal will besides seal upward cracks in filter housings or pinhole leaks in flex pipage and spa hoses - only information technology'south no miracle worker! If you lot have a real 'gusher', don't waste your money on Leak Seal, simply supersede the offending gasket, manifold or jet body.

Leak Seal is fabricated from Sodium Silicate, sometimes called "Liquid Glass", which behaves a bit like blood in information technology's ability to clot together. Strong bonds stack the silicate together at the source of a leak. The procedure takes many hours of circulation to build up layers of the stuff, until the leak is sealed.

Leisure Time Leak Seal Instructions

Make full Spa to normal water levels.
Remove the spa cartridge filter(s).
Open all valves and all spa jets.
Close off spa heater, blower and ozonator.
Cascade 1/2 bottle (16 oz) into spa skimmer or near drain.
Run jets on high for 4 hours to circulate (slowly add together water if needed)
Switch pump to low speed for 20 hours.

After 24 hours (adding water if needed, to keep the tub full), audit closely for whatever continued water loss. At this point you will find 1 of iii things. Either the leak has stopped completely, partially, or not at all. If the spa has stopped leaking, then alright! :-) If the leak has slowed, but not stopped completely, a 2d treatment (all 7 steps above) is recommended. If it didn't piece of work at all, you accept a leak that is too large for Leak Sealer to fix. :-(

As a final step, and whether or not information technology worked to fix your leaking spa, y'all should drain and clean the tub to remove the remaining silicate, which will clog up your filter and leave residue around the water line. Bleed the tub completely, and wipe downward all surfaces before refilling with fresh water.

After refilling, operate the spa on low speed only for a day, with the heater Off - especially if leaks were suspected to exist in the plumbing or around spa jets. The leak sealant silicate patch will continue to harden, becoming fully cured in 48-72 hours, depending on water temperature.

As I mentioned at the first - Leak Seal is not a miracle product, but it does work for small leaks and drips, and can class a permanent repair. If it doesn't piece of work in your case, delight don't get upset and write reviews entitled "consummate waste product of money", or make comparisons to snake oil - information technology'due south but that your spa leak requires a more 'mechanical repair'.

And at $20 a bottle, Leak Seal is a deal, especially if it seals the leak - which information technology does, over half of the time, by my estimates.

Carolyn Mosby
Hot Tub Works