What is a SpaCap Spa Cover?
The SpaCap is a revolutionary patented spa cover design that uses air to insulate rather than rigid foam. This design works much better than any foam cover ever could for several reasons. First the whole purpose for any hot tub cover is to keep the spa water insulated. The traditional rigid cover and even the aluminum and walk on style covers all attempt to do this by making a bridge over the water surface, up at the top of the acrylic. From several inches off the water surface, rigid covers leave a void that allows warm water to evaporate into steam, rise up and hit the bottom of the cool rigid cover, condense and fall now cooled into the spa water below. No matter how thick the foam cover is, this constant cycle is cooling the water it is supposed to be keeping warm. In contrast the SpaCap begins to insulate right from the surface of the water. It uses air chambers stacked on top of each other to insulate the water similar to how storm windows insulate your home. Rigid foam covers will always eventually saturate with moisture, become heavy and loose whatever insulation value they did have. Since the SpaCap does not use foam, the insulation quality stays consistent. A ten year old SpaCap, still insulates as well as a brand new one.Please note: All prices quoted below are for 96" x 96" or less.
For larger spas please call for a quote
Standard
The difference between the Standard SpaCap and Deluxe is material on the outside of the cover, the part that shows when the SpaCap is on your spa. Our Standard outer material is heavy duty 30oz marine vinyl. This is not your typical spa cover vinyl. This is the best marine vinyl in the world, which is made to resist bacteria and mildew growth. If your foam cover has ever come apart at the seams you'll be interested to know that every SpaCap is sewn with the same thread used on truck tarps(DB 138). The major seams on every SpaCap are double stitched. However all vinyl is rated by hours outdoors. If your spa is outdoors, your best choice for longevity is the Deluxe.
The current sale price for a Standard SpaCap is $395
Deluxe
The Deluxe SpaCap cover outer fabric is highly durable acrylic Sunbrella Fabric available in our top six most popular colors. If your spa is outdoors the Sunbrella fabric will help the SpaCap last years longer. The SpaCap with Sunbrella fabric is the gold standard of outdoor fabrics, warranted against fading for five years from date of installation. Sunbrella is used on Yachts, Sailboats and Commercial Awnings all over the world. Chances are if you have patio furniture with a canvas like material it is more than likely a Sunbrella product. Glen Raven Mills, manufactures Sunbrella in several styles for different applications. We use the top of the line marine grade boat top and awning fabric. The furniture fabrics that carry the Sunbrella label offer even more colors and textures however they are not rated for the spa cover environment.
The current sale price for a Deluxe SpaCap with Sunbrella is $495
Premium Deluxe
More designer colors are available. This is your chance to indulge the designer in you. We offer all the colors Sunbrella has to offer in Marine fabrics. Design your SpaCap to compliment your home decor.
Choosing a premium color of Sunbrella adds $25 to the price for a Deluxe SpaCap
Founders Edition/ Contrasting Skirt
If your spa is free standing (cabinet style) so we can build your cover to fasten to the verticle side of the spa cabinet, it will come with a skirt. Normally this skirt would be the same color as the top color you choose. Over the years we have had special requests for a skirt of a contrasting color. This option is in answer to that request. If you would like to have a contrasting color on your SpaCap. It is for cabinet style spas only since Deck mounted spas do not require skirt. You do not need to choose this option if you want the skirt to be the same color as the top. However if you want to take advantage of that fact that your SpaCap is truly Custom made for you and the contrasting color we show on many of our pictures really appeals to you This is your big chance.
The Addition of a contrasting skirt color adds $50 to the price of a Deluxe or Premium SpaCap
Interior Options
Extra Air Chamber
This will give the SpaCap another chamber to increase the insulation ability of the the cover. This option would be equivalent to adding another storm window to the outside of your house. Without adding bulk to the cover this option breaks up the insulation chambers into three units stacked on top of each other rather than the standard two. This just breaks up the Air chambers one more time. It will not make the cover any bigger or change the ease of use in anyway. Customers interested in cost effective energy savings need to add this option no matter what climate it is used in this option will quickly pay for itself in energy savings, especially in outdoor applications.
The price of this option adds $50 to the cost of the SpaCap
Reflectix
Reflective Insulation is made with two layers of 99% pure aluminum, separated by a 5/16" dead air space. The Reflective Insulation blocks up to 97% of Radiant Heat. The Reflective foil is a radiant reflector bouncing heat back into the spa when it is colder outside or away from the spa when exposed in extreme heat. This can add an R14.3 layer of insulation to the SpaCap's already impressive insulation. The cutting edge of insulation technology, like a super space blanket, this option bounces radiant heat away from the spa during the heat of the day and back into the spa at night. Given the efficiency of the Reflectix and the expected life span of the cover this option will pay for itself in energy savings. Because of the initial cost it will take a little longer to do so, however with the cost of energy going up and the interest in saving this is a good choice. If you live in a climate of extreme temperature conditions [below 20° and above 100°] or your if your daily temperature variation exceeds 40°, this extra layer of protection will be much more critical. This is built into the cover during construction and because of the nature of Aluminum and chlorine this feature has to be built into the top between the outer fabric and top of the air chambers and is not something you can add on later.
The Price for this option is an additional $150
Bubble Floater
This is a separate material that lays right on the water surface under the spa cover, sometimes called a solar blanket when used on swimming pools. If you use Chlorine or Bromine using a Bubble Floater can extend the life of your SpaCap. The material used on the bottom of the SpaCap is the same material as used on commercial fertilizer bins tarps. In short this material is made for some of the worlds harshest environments. Even so our goal is to make your new cover last forever. Chemical damage to the bottom of the cover will shorten that life. For people who want an extra layer of protection between their new cover and the water. There is an extra shipping charge for this option.
The cost for this option is $35
Deck Mount vs Free Standing
One of the questions have to answer before we custom build your SpaCap is whether or not your spa is sunken into a deck or free standing in its own cabinet. For our purposes a deck mounted spa is one that only has the acrylic of the spa sticking up out of the deck surface. In this case we would build the SpaCap without a skirt because our cover would need to be fastened onto the horizontal surface of the deck beside the acrylic. The picture below is a view of a deck mounted SpaCap. Most of the covers we build go onto cabinet style or free standing spas where the fasteners will be mounted on the vertical side of the cabinet below the acrylic of the spa. In this case the SpaCap is designed with a skirt. The picture above this paragraph is what we would call a free standing spa. Even though about half the hot tub cabinet is sunken into the deck, there is enough cabinet above the deck for us to attach the cover to so we would design the cover with a skirt so it can be mounted to the sides of the cabinet.
Made in the USA
We build every SpaCap by hand, to order here in the United States. Years ago we were approached by representatives for a foreign company to see if we would be interested in having our covers made overseas. The low price made it a difficult decision. However quality of materials and construction in a product that needs to work every time and last a long time becomes a concern. Of all the covers we make, what percentage of failure is acceptable? At one time we used materials made on the other side of the Pacific. The problem was that even though the material did save us a couple dollars in cost every roll had blemishes, or sections where the thickness of vinyl was inconsistent and in fact were not air tight. But the bottom line was we would be shipping jobs overseas. Made in the USA is important to us. Our workers are part of our local community. They add to our area with their personalities, friendship and character. I would hate to see them have to leave to find work elsewhere. They have a great attitude and care about putting out a product we can be proud of. Most of our quality control comes from the fact that our workers know their job and want it done right. Yes, we could build the cover overseas. But then each cover would not be Custom made to order it would be part of a one size fits all. If the price was all we worried about then yes, we could build them out of lower quality materials. Years ago when my other was running the company she allowed another manufacturer to build the cover to her design. I was in on that meeting and stressed the importance of using the same quality materials we used. But these men were older and thought they knew more about manufacturing than I did so the first thing they did was change to lower quality materials and mass produced a cover that by design was similar to the SpaCap. They went out of business in just a few years because the failure rate of their product was so high. Think of it this way, if there are roughly 10,000,000 spas in the USA and each one had a rigid foam cover on it that needed to be replaced every two to three years that would mean we would be adding a little over 2 million cubic yards of waste to land fills around the country just in saturated foam spa cover material. Heavy foam hot tub covers are not a recycle product. If you have owned your spa for a while you know what fun it can be getting rid of the old cover. You can't burn the foam it would harm the atmosphere. So if we build Spa Covers that don't use foam but instead use air to insulate your spa water and insulated that spa water more efficiently we would be saving natural resources and protecting the environment.
