Hi all,

seems like this must have happened to someone, but I can't find the magic search terms...

Water froze in the piping of my hot tub when it was -15F. I foolishly had the circulator programmed to come on 10 minutes of each hour. Evidently it got too icy/slushy in 50 minutes for the pump to circulate. I drained it and waited for warmer weather.

I have at least one leak in the plastic piping. I'm wondering if I can get away with something like ABS cement on the cracks. If I can't, do I have to cut sections (including t-junctions, etc) out? Is there any way to chemically dissolve the previously glued together pieces so that I don't have to disturb the nozzles/jets in the tub itself?

Any advice, insight, or WAGs appreciated!

 

Cut and replace... don't try and patch. Nothing you can buy will dissolve the glue so that you can re-glue it. If the pipe is split right up next to the jet then you will have to replace the jet. It's not that hard nor expensive.

 

On one side, the tub is old and could probably use some renovation, but on the other it's old and I probably don't want to sink a lot of dough into it.

Okay. Thanks for that. I didn't know if replacement of the jets and all was an expensive proposition.

Guess I'm off to shop...