Hot Tub Hazards

Hot Tub Hazards

While issues like pad size, electrical standards and spa accessory requirements are typically addressed during hot tub installation, the potential damage caused by reflective surfaces — like greenhouses, clear-roofed pergolas and windows — often receives less attention from spa retailers.

Going Bigger

Going Bigger

Manufacturers are staying proactive with expansion plans designed to speed production and streamline processes. From additional work shifts to building out larger spaces, greater output is great for the industry: More facilities mean more jobs, more economic growth — and more hot tubs delivered sooner. As some manufacturers settle into new facilities and refine processes,…

hot tub covers

Got You Covered

The cover is one of the most important parts of the hot tub in providing safety, energy efficiency and ease of use, says Andy Tournas, president of Hot Tub Products, an accessories manufacturer in Wallingford, Connecticut. He adds that, in his years of industry experience, the quality of hot tub covers and the difficulty taking…

Episode #49, Surviving a Pandemic as an OEM with Jerry Greer from Core Covers
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Episode #49, Surviving a Pandemic as an OEM with Jerry Greer from Core Covers

How he went from being a wild kid, to a star Yellow Pages salesman, to hot tub industry entrepreneur. For every business partnership that’s soured, Greer has the opposite tale. We talk to him about his life in the hot tub industry and what happened to Core Covers during the shutdown and order influx. This…

The COVID Coaster
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The COVID Coaster

The panic started to seep in the last days of February. Warnings about the coronavirus grew, and early signs from countries like China and Italy foretold of a deadly and little-understood disease. North Americans waited to see if it would cross the pond and when. In early March, cases started popping up in Seattle, California…

Are vinyl hot tub covers a thing of the past?
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Are vinyl hot tub covers a thing of the past?

It’s easy to complain about hot tub covers, but very hard to come up with cost-effective alternatives. And once a consumer is out of the honeymoon period with their hot tub, it can be difficult to get them to spend more than a few hundred dollars to replace their cover, much less upgrade it. However, the…

Core Covers Makes Weather-shield Fabric Available to All Dealers

Core Covers Makes Weather-shield Fabric Available to All Dealers

Core announced that its spa covers can be ordered by all Core Cover dealers in the Weather-shield fabric, a 100% solution-dyed polyester that is 70% lighter and is three-times stronger than traditional vinyl fabric. Weather shield provides superior tear and abrasion resistance and is made with recyclable materials so it’s also environmentally superior. Weather-shield covers…

What a Way to Grow

What a Way to Grow

MAINELY TUBS Scarborough, Maine, and Rye, New Hampshire mainelytubs.com Leadership at Mainely Tubs had a second location on the brain for a few years before going for it. Though the first location in Scarborough, Maine, had done well, the company being 100% employee-owned brought an additional responsibility not to rush. “For us, making good decisions…