Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: Tonyf on December 13, 2007, 10:00:08 am
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We are expecting a foot of snow today. What is the safest method fror removing snow from the cover? Most snow shovels have a metal edge. Thought about getting our electric leaf blower out. We have a floor broom for our garage, but I am afraid it might have dirt or snows in it and that would scratch the cover. Suggestions?
Tony :o
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Tony, I have a rubber broom that has a squeeze on the opposite side of the broom. It is very gentle on the cover. The trick might be to keep the cover clear every so often, so you aren't trying to remove the entire foot of snow in one shot.
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Like this one (mine is about 5 years old now)
http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/OneSweepBroom.html
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Like this one (mine is about 5 years old now)
We're getting freezing rain and snow today too, Bonibelle. Think you can make a run up the northeast extension and let me try it on my cover before I buy it? :D
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Be right up Dax, I am sure the NE extention would literally be a thrill this afternoon!! :o Trust me on this one, the broom is great and it has multiple uses. I have even scrubbed the deck (to remove algae) with the broom side of it..and it can pull dog hair from the carpet like you can't believe. It is also great for removing water from your steps before it turns to ice.
Maybe Doc needs to take a look...and bundle it with a spa blanket (and a Christmas coupon) ;D ;D..
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we use the snow broom. works like a charm. going on three years and the cover still looks the same!! I think you can get them at Walmart or taget.
http://cozywinters.com/shop/sno-brum.html
(http://cozywinters.com/shopping/graphics/00000001/sno-brum_B.jpg)
I added the pic - Bill
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The snow broom? Now I have to admit I only heard of this a few weeks ago. The manufacturer is pestering me to carry them. Even sent me a free sample!.... Personally, I thought the overall quality was a bit low, though it is only a $20 item.......... and my only experience with snow is looking at pictures ;D
water@104, have you had the SAME one for 3 years? Do you think it works well? Or as well as anything else? Maybe better?
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The thing I can say about my broom is that it is useful year around. I can even use it to reach the center of the cover when I wash it. It functions as a broom in the house and on the deck, so I don't have to store it away for the summer. The one pictured is actually a bit different from the one I have, but the idea is the same. I think mine may have come from QVC. My friend gave it to me when I remodeled my kitchen. It does a great job sweeping the tile too :)
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Why not just go buy a plastic snow shovel?
I use the same kind as I use on the driveway for the heavy stuff. Looks sorta like a coal shovel. Good for the deck too.
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Just use your push broom. As long as it doesn't have any rocks or other debris, it should work fine- I've done that for several years, and haven't damaged the cover- it's pretty tough vinly anyway. Just push the snow off one side to the other.
Costs nothing, and you don't need to have another tool taking up room.
Or if that makes you nervous, just buy another push broom and save it for this purpose. They don't cost very much.
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I use a push broom for snow or if there is a little ice I will use a plastic kids snow shovel
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I cover the spa with a tarp tied to hooks that I put into the decking on the 4 corners of the spa. Simply unhook the tarp and pull snow and ice off.
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We're getting freezing rain and snow today too, Bonibelle. Think you can make a run up the northeast extension and let me try it on my cover before I buy it? :D
Be careful with ice, a sheet of ice weighs more than it might look. A cover with a thin layer of ice can snap a cover lifter pretty quick. (Yes, voice of experience. )
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i am in florida.....80....dipping in the 50's after dark. wont a snow blower do the trick. i use a shop broom move water off covers. Ice on the cover would seem like more of an issue. I'd think a sheet of plastic on the cover and pull it off if it gets all iced over. Burrrrr anyway....if it cooled way down i'd like it here
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All great ideas, and I especially like the snow broom (brum). I tried our electric leaf blower late this morning and it worked well. The snow had a heavier consistency this afternoon and it didn't work so well. A negative was two fold: 1. all the windows around the deck were covered with snow, and 2. the snow got sucked into the inlet of the blower and started to clog up. The wife used her certain look at me when she saw the windows. ::)
I tried a plastic tarp on my old tub and several times, the tarp froze to the cover from water getting under it and I couldn't get it off.
Tony
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I use this:
(http://z.about.com/d/space/1/0/Y/Q/sun_tour.jpg)
8-)
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I cover the spa with a tarp tied to hooks that I put into the decking on the 4 corners of the spa. Simply unhook the tarp and pull snow and ice off.
Ditto-Quick and easy. Although, Boni's broom does look interesting for other uses. I like the idea of using it to get to the middle of the cover when washing it.
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Can't get a snowblower onto my cover so I use a kid's snow shovel. It's light weight and it handles enough of the snow to make it comfortable to fling it off the deck without hurting my back. It also is easy on the cover.
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Speaking of snow on covers.... don't you love the weather men...that guess... poorly at that! We were told lastnight here in So. Maine to expect no more then 1-2 inches...This am I get up and they are like.. maybe 2-4 inches... this afternoon...they were like..okay, maybe 2-6 inches...ending around 1am... it is now almost 6pm.. and there is well over 4 inches... and it is piling up at about 2 inches an hour... Math was not my strongest subject.... however... I think they might have been off a little!!!! :-?
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Speaking of snow on covers.... don't you love the weather men...that guess... poorly at that! We were told lastnight here in So. Maine to expect no more then 1-2 inches...This am I get up and they are like.. maybe 2-4 inches... this afternoon...they were like..okay, maybe 2-6 inches...ending around 1am... it is now almost 6pm.. and there is well over 4 inches... and it is piling up at about 2 inches an hour... Math was not my strongest subject.... however... I think they might have been off a little!!!! :-?
If you lived in St. Louis you would really wonder why they employ weather people at all!! They have no idea what is coming, summer or winter, and yet they give us a prediction like it really means something. If the rest of us were wrong even a quarter as much of the time, we would be fired!
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I use a push broom for snow or if there is a little ice I will use a plastic kids snow shovel
Looks like you will have plenty of snow Saturday night.
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If you lived in St. Louis you would really wonder why they employ weather people at all!! They have no idea what is coming, summer or winter, and yet they give us a prediction like it really means something. If the rest of us were wrong even a quarter as much of the time, we would be fired!
I know what you mean... I have better luck and information if I just look out the window. ;)
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another choice http://www.organizeit.com/posweepa.php
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Just use your push broom. As long as it doesn't have any rocks or other debris, it should work fine- I've done that for several years, and haven't damaged the cover- it's pretty tough vinly anyway. Just push the snow off one side to the other.
Costs nothing, and you don't need to have another tool taking up room.
Or if that makes you nervous, just buy another push broom and save it for this purpose. They don't cost very much.
+1
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A a bucket of epsim salt sprinkled on the snow will make it dissolve. Some of the ozone will then return to the atmosphere and help the enviroment.
Everyone should do there part.
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The snow broom? Now I have to admit I only heard of this a few weeks ago. The manufacturer is pestering me to carry them. Even sent me a free sample!.... Personally, I thought the overall quality was a bit low, though it is only a $20 item.......... and my only experience with snow is looking at pictures ;D
water@104, have you had the SAME one for 3 years? Do you think it works well? Or as well as anything else? Maybe better?
Dr. Spa. i have had the same one for at least 3 years. I love the thing, we use it to clean off the tub cover and also on out trucks too. It got a work out last night pushing about 10 inches of snow.... needed to clean it so i could get in a nice soak befor ethe snow stopped...... As far as the quality of it, it could be better, but for 20 bucks it does the job and it hasn't broken yet..
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I use this:
(http://z.about.com/d/space/1/0/Y/Q/sun_tour.jpg)
8-)
That can't be found in Ohio in November or December, so I got one of these at the surlus store.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Usafl_notes_.jpg/180px-Usafl_notes_.jpg)
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Funny we should have this topic.. I just received an email from my sister.. it is cut and pasted below.. this should be listed as "what not to do for snow removal" The Subject of the email came to my desk as "want a husband" (It was then I knew it couldn't be good..lol) :o
Mine's a Jacka$$!
Shovels most of the snow off the top of the cover of the hottub last
night and sweeps some of the snow...he's cold so he rips back the cover
and lets it drop....said cover snaps off the back panel and the swrewed
on hinged thing (shock) that is no longer screwed on impales the cover.
Needless to say I didn't have a relaxing soak at all.
:-? ::)
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Go with the Sno-Broom or pusher squeege .. got to be easier on the cover surface than a push broom.
Either way .. be sure pushed/accumulated snow doesn't cover vents of the side covers, if your's has them. Them pumps need some air circulation!
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I would recommend the broom and periodic attention. If you have to use a shovel, then go with plastic.
Of course, everyone could just buy those Spa Cap inflatable spa covers and never have to worry about it. With their (lack of) insulation, snow never gets a chance to accumulate before it melts! :P
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Just purchased two Snow-Brums on ebay. Should be here by Wednesday. Will keep on in my car and one in the laundry room for the tub. Thanks for the suggestion!