Mark23 Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Hi We're trying to put up our inflatable spa and have a large bubble in the spa floor. Would anyone know why this might be and/or what to do to eliminate it, please? It's a 3-year old inflatable 2-4 person spa (eziSpa Tekapo) which we've had up twice before without any such problem, having taken it down for summer. It's as if the floor has somehow become too big for the walls and is bowing in the middle? We only have it partially inflated and have tried squeezing the air out towards the outside wall with our feet (even while lifting the outside wall)... but the bubble only moves about to a different part of the spa floor. The flooring under the spa floor is perfectly flat. We're baffled as to why this is happening and would welcome your thoughts and suggestions, please. Cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchett Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Inflatable spas have a very limited lifespan. They're built to be cheap enough for people on a budget, but there is minimal quality-control testing in the factory (some of them are shipped with sealed jets and other ports missing from the spa!) Unfortunately they are assembled using heat-welded seams and not built to be serviced to extend their lifespan. It sounds to me like one of the seams internally has started to fail and either letting air enter a cavity it doesn't belong, or internal suspension points have started snapping. Basically at that point the only option is to throw the whole thing in the garbage and buy a new one when you get tired of dealing with it. My advice would be to start cruising the classifieds and scoop up a good deal on a used hardshell hottub tub which is in fully working condition (filled with water, heated to temp, and not leaking). With enough patience, you'll find a decent 3 or 4 seater pop up for around $1000 - sometimes it's someone buying a house and doesn't want/need to deal with a hottub. Hardshell tubs are often more easy to service to extend the lifespan of the product from less than 5 years to a decade or longer (a few of the best spas from the 80's and 90's are still going strong to this day) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark23 Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 7:33 PM, Mark23 said: Hi We're trying to put up our inflatable spa and have a large bubble in the spa floor. Would anyone know why this might be and/or what to do to eliminate it, please? It's a 3-year old inflatable 2-4 person spa (eziSpa Tekapo) which we've had up twice before without any such problem, having taken it down for summer. It's as if the floor has somehow become too big for the walls and is bowing in the middle? We only have it partially inflated and have tried squeezing the air out towards the outside wall with our feet (even while lifting the outside wall)... but the bubble only moves about to a different part of the spa floor. The flooring under the spa floor is perfectly flat. We're baffled as to why this is happening and would welcome your thoughts and suggestions, please. Cheers, Mark Hi. In case anyone else experiences this problem, it solved itself once we filled this spa with water within 24-48 hours. While we never really discovered what caused the problem in the first place, we suspect that there was air trapped from the jets which hadn't been properly expelled, and that the ongoing pressure of the water on top of it slowly expelled it out as you might if you continued to squeeze an inflatable ring for long enough. Hope this helps anyone else who might experience this problem. Cheers, Mark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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