Winterization Procedure

All Spa Brands

1. Choose a warm day, if possible, so as not to freeze yourself, and to assure that you do a thorough job.
2. Turn the power off to the spa, and begin the draining procedure. If you’re going to use a garden hose, allow 2-3 hours for the spa to drain, being careful not to drain too close to the foundation of your house, window wells, etc. So start early in the day so you’ll have enough time to complete the job on same day you begin. We don’t want water to remain in the plumbing lines overnight or it will then freeze. Be aware that simply draining the spa doesn’t get all the water out of plumbing and pump heads and other plumbing, so be sure to complete the following steps all in one day.
3. Once the spa is drained, loosen and completely disconnect all of the unions attached to any pump, and or, heater. When these are disconnected, go up into the spa, and make sure that any diverter valves are set in the middle position, and that all jets are adjusted into the open position as well. Then, you’ll need to fire up your shop vac and begin to vacuum the water out of all of the connections you have just disconnected. Since the hose on your vac may be smaller than the opening in the plumbing line, when you insert the hose into the line, you can use the surface of your hand to form a tight seal against the end of the plumbing. This will help to ensure that you’re getting all of the water out of the plumbing associated with that branch. Once there is no more water emptying into your vac from any of these lines, you can proceed.
4. If the spa has an air blower, this is good time to turn the power back on and turn the air blower on. This is the only way to purge those lines out. If there is a diverter on the blower, turn it to different positions so that the air can blow out all of the water in each blower zone. When you’re done, turn the power back off.
5. Now, you can use the vac inside the spa itself. First, vac the standing water that remains in the floor, seats, etc. including the filter canister(s). Then, you need to complete the process (yes, you’re almost done!) by going to each jet in the spa with the vac to remove the remaining water that may still be in any of the manifolds that feed the jets.
6. This is the last and most important step. Since winterizations seem to always get done on the coldest day of the winter, you’ll need to finish up by going into the house, starting a fire in the fireplace, and consuming multiple cups your favorite hot drink. Hot chocolate is ideal is these situations.
7. Your spa is now winterized, so you can relax.
8. If you don’t want to deal with all of this, we can do it for you for $99.95. We take the responsibility off your hands if there is a problem in the spring. Freeze damage can be EXPENSIVE! We can reconnect all the lines for you again in the spring, if you like, for the same fee.
9. We don’t recommend the use of RV anti-freeze since it’s impossible to guarantee that the ant-freeze will get into all the vertical twists and turns in the plumbing, so we like to just remove the water.

Please call our service department with any questions, or if you’d like to schedule us for this service. Please give us as much advance notice as possible, since we are always busy, especially in the winter.

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