Put A Safety Lock On Your Spa Cover
Safety is a parmount matter in any activity we undertake. This is true for something as easy and obvious as walking down a stair case, and for something as far-fetched and “daring” as mountain climbing.
Water safety receives a fair amount of attention. Consider how many times you have seen a message to call our attention to the importance to be safe around water, to never go swimming without a companion, to always wear a life vest or some other flotation devices when when in a canoe or kayak. Even in our own backyard, we are reminded to make sure the swimming pool is blocked with a pool safety fence to keep kids and animals from falling in.
But what do we do with our hot tubs? They also are filled with water. They too can drown people. How do we provide safety with our hot tubs?
Hot tub safety begins with a sturdy hot tub cover. Covers are relatively heavy and fit well in place, so they can protect against most accidental encounters. They are also built strong enough that even walking across will pose no danger, nor would it damage them, either.
Hot tub covers keep “things” out of your spa. “Things” include much that is obvious, such as neighbourhood children who wander by, even teenagers out on a howl. “Things” also include wild animals – foxes, skunks, rabbits, deer, chipmunks, etc. – and we can’t forget the pets, such as dogs and cats (and who knows…maybe a lost zoo creature just to add touch of excitement to this list). And “things” also include bugs, leaves, twigs, bird droppings (yuck!) and who-knows-what-else might fall into your hot tub.
Covering Up Is Not Enough
But covering your hot tub is not enough on its own. Locking it down will protect it even better. A cover can easily be lifted – much harder to lift is a locked down cover. Many people were saddened the story of firefighter Nathan Kuehne, from McCutchanville Indiana. While visiting the home of a friend for an overnight stay – overnight simply because he drank far too much alcohol to drive home that night – he decided to enjoy the soothing warmth of the hot tub. At 27 years of age, that was the last time he would ever have the chance to try a hot tub again.
The truth is we read almost weekly of a hot tub drowning, and many could be prevented by following simple safety precautions., so many of which would be preventable by following a few common-sense safety tips. Water is dangerous even when it is not deep. Common sense tells us to play it safe, both to protect ourselves and to protect other people and animals.
Let me offer another good reason to lock down one’s hot tub cover: storms. Yes, in extreme storm conditions a hot tub cover can actually lift and fly away. This might not happen more than once every couple of years, but just imagine the damage of a hot tub cover hurtling through your window or smashing into your wall.
So take a moment to secure everybody’s safety and lock down your hot tub cover. It makes common sense to do so.


