I just wanted to know if anyone else has tried something like this.
I live in Michigan and woke up Thanksgiving morning to our first snow of the year. Even though our spa is 4 feet outside our bedroom it was still cold and slippery walking to it. I've had the spa since April and I'm waiting until next year to build a permanent deck around it so I am using the Polymer steps that came with it and a temp walkway to get in. Anyways I strung heat wire (the same stuff used on the edges of roofs to prevent ice dams) through the grooves in the steps. I also weaved it back and forth down the walkway and covered that with outdoor astroturf. I plug it in 1/2 hour before we wonder out and it has been great.