Several weeks ago, Rick and Reggie made a quick trip to Twin Falls, Idaho to claim Grandpa and Grandma Drake's hot tub.
Rick has dreamed of owning a hot tub for years. He was so excited to set up that Sunday. All that was left was to fill it with water and voila'! Dream come true.
Alas, as it filled with water... We heard the ominous sound of a steady dripping. Not to be deterred, we called Walla Walla Sew, Vac, and Spa. to get a ball park figure of the cost of repair. All he could tell me was it could range from $200 to $2,000. We'll we have $350. Jim ( the repairman) said that we could rip the foam insulation out of the bottom and locate the leaks and then he could repair them and refoam it. Well... Supposedly there was to be 1 1/2 inches of hard foam and the rest would be a loose foam. Nope! You had to carve the foam out all the way in. It was taking a lot of time. So off went Rick to Sun Rental Center to rent a pressure washer. Even with the right tool I took him approximately two hours of work.
Now, I need to call the repairman to fix it. Rick did find two HUGE leaks.
Notice the big pile of foam- which he sweetly asked me to clean up. Don't know how I'm going to manage that.
We'll see.
6 comments:
O My word! What a huge job! Hope it gets fixed and you can use it after all that work.
Wow that sounds like quite the project! Will be fun when its all put together and working:)
I've got a shopvac if that helps.
He made the mess, he should clean it up. You know, set a good example for the kids and all :)
Hope you can get it fixed quickly.
Haha -- ya, you'll be needing a vacuum and probably more than one pair of hands. Good luck! Let us know how we can help! That will certainly be a relaxing place to warm up this winter!
yeah, how to clean it up, how about, do it yourself!! lol :) I guess maybe I'm just spoiled because Aaron cleans up his messes :)
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