Safety First - Lock Your Hot Tub Cover

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Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 Time: 6:51 PM

Safety is always a top matter in anything we do. This is true for something as simple and obvious as riding a bicycle, and for something as far-fetched and "daring" as deep sea diving.

Water safety receives a fair amount of attention. Consider how many time you may have read or heard a message to remind us to be safe around water, to never go swimming without a swim buddy, to always wear a life jacket when out on a boat. Even in our own backyard, we are reminded to make sure the swimming pool is kept apart with a pool safety fence around the swimming pool or the yard to keep children and animals from falling in.

But what should we do aboutour spas? They also are filled with water. They also can drown a person. How do we ensure safety with our spas?
Hot tub safety begins with a secure hot tub cover. Covers are relatively hefty and fite quite well in place, so they can protect against most unintended encounters. They are also built sturdy enough that even walking on them will pose no danger, and will not damage them, either.

Hot tub covers keep things out of your spa. "Things" include the obvious- neighbourhood kids who wander along, even teenagers out on desperately waging war against boredom. "Things" also include wild animals - racoons, skunks, hares, deer, moles, etc. - and there are always pets, such as dogs and cats (and who knows...maybe a roaming zoo animal just to add an exotic touch to this list). "Things" also include insects, leaves, twigs, bird bombs (yuck!) and who-knows-what-else might fall into your spa.

It's Not Enough To Cover Up

But covering your hot tub is not enough. Locking it down will protect it even better. A cover can easily be lifted - much harder to lift is a locked down cover. We are saddened the story of a firefighter from McCutchanville named Nathan Kuehne. While visiting his friend's house for an overnight stay - overnight simply because he drank way too much alcohol to drive back home - he decided to take a dip in his friend's hot tub. At 27 years old, that was the last time he would ever enjoy water again.

In fact, 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 up only to our knees.. It makes sense to play it safe, both to protect ourselves and to protect other people and creatures.

There is another good reason to lock down your hot tub cover: strong winds. Yes, in extreme wind conditions a hot tub cover can actually lift and fly away. This might not happen more than once every year or two, but imagine the damage of a hot tub cover hurtling through your window or smashing into your wall.

So take the time and make the effort to secure everybody's safety and lock down your hot tub cover. It's not all that hard, and it could save a life.

About the Author

Writer David Leonhardt enjoys writing forHot Tub Covers Canada. They offer a wide selection of custom hot tub cover shapes they can make to fit your hot tub.

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