Don't Let This Happen to You!

[East_TX_Spa]

I have fixed a many of Hot Spring with rodent damage. No spa is rat proof. I have seen many of tunnels through the foam.

Now I still prefer full foam, it is the only way to go, but your post implies full foam spas do not get rodent damage.

No implication, my friend.  I have seen it a couple of times myself.  But, NEVER to this extent.  In the Brand X spa, I've yet to find a single hose that didn't get chewed.

Terminator

[Bonibelle]

I have a good recipe for rat tacos!

[East_TX_Spa]

 Tell us oh ye man of wisdom...what can we subserviant people do?

First of all, I am subserviant to you and Bonibelle, not the other way around!

Secondly, your spas will be fine.  I'm sure that the founder of your brand of spa (the Marquis d' Sade) had enough foresight to design a rodent-resistant product due to the preponderance of the Bubonic Plague during his lifetime.  The bottom is certainly sealed and any crevices properly obstructed to prevent unwanted guests.  If there happens to be any openings, a mesh screen should suffice.

Go and be fruitful to one another.

Terminator

[East_TX_Spa]

I have a good recipe for rat tacos!

You and Taco Bell, both!

Terminator

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Very good post/information Term!!!

I too made the same mistake,and purchased what seemed to be a bargain of a spa,prior to being infomed.

I paid 2600 for a piece of junk brand new built spa,and sold/replaced it within 3 months,with a Caldera. Very happy with my purchase,and learned my lesson the hard way.

BTW,don't you texans use c4 charges to get rid of pests/rodents in your spas?  grin

[East_TX_Spa]

Very good post/information Term!!!

BTW,don't you texans use c4 charges to get rid of pests/rodents in your spas?  grin

Well thank you, nice hairy lady!  I appreciate it!

As far as pest control, we use the c4 on liberals and lawyers.  .223 hollowpoints work nicely on smaller, less bothersome critters.

Terminator

[OregonVTX]

No implication, my friend.  I have seen it a couple of times myself.  But, NEVER to this extent.  In the Brand X spa, I've yet to find a single hose that didn't get chewed.

Terminator

I agree that is the worst one I have seen, and if it was fully foamed it would not have been as bad.

I guess even the rats are bigger in Texas.

[East_TX_Spa]

I guess even the rats are bigger in Texas.

Yep, we call them Demo-rats!

Terminator

[drewstar]

Term,

I'd pick up a few rubber rats at the holloween store and place them inside that tub's cabinet for added effect.  

[East_TX_Spa]

Term,

I'd pick up a few rubber rats at the holloween store and place them inside that tub's cabinet for added effect.  

That's not a bad idea drewstar.  I actually have that spa on the deck sitting next to this:


HotSpring Personal (Jetsetter) Spa built in April 1985, 1 month before I graduated high school.  Runs like it was brand new.

This is a great sales tool for me to show the differences between what I sell and what my competitors sell.  Seeing is believing.

Terminator

[drewstar]

Get something like this to put in the cabinet.

[East_TX_Spa]

 

Terminator

[Bonibelle]

He looks like my neighbor with the dog!

[hymbaw]

This is the TRUE hero of our story.  Alas, the last of its breed......

Terminator

Ahhh...... The beloved Siberian, My favorite from back in my HS days.

[hymbaw]

Is that insulation typical? There isn't even insualtion on the plumping.  There is no insulation on the inside cabinet wall. This cannot be a typical TP tub?

Way more typical than you would believe. I'm a FF guy , but if you are considering a TP tub make them remove a SIDE panel. If the foam isn't covering the plumbing and/or applied to the inside cabinet wall, well.........