I just read the below statement on another site and could not believe the BS. I have fixed many of leaking fully foamed spas and it is no big deal, 2-3 hours at the most.

Question What about repairs on leaks in the fully foamed spas versus the thermal pane?
Answer The average costs I have seen on repairing a fully foamed spa is about $400 to $2000 (above $2000 the customer either replaces it or scraps it). Fully foamed spas can't be repaired in the winter without bringing them inside.

What you have to understand is that the person that made that statement SELLS non-full foamed spas.

If you know what you're doing, it's not that hard. If you haven't a clue, it can take days. I had an ex-sundance repair guy working for me a while back. Any leaky sundance spa he could fix in under an hour. It's all a matter of experience

Unless of course you've got one with 18 defective blower air injectors, it's built into a basement (or full surround deck) and can't be tipped over, and a chain saw is your only recourse.

There is some credence to his statement. It's not just the experience that makes the difference, it's also the type of installation that affects this severely.

I've seen enough of these with custom deck installs (err with full foam spas) and the only way to get the spa out of the deck is with a crane, after disassembling part of the deck - since the deck was built around the spa after the support was put in place. After paying 450 bucks for a crane, then try dealing with the tub. Then reinstall it.

Yeah, 2 grand can be quite accurate in MANY cases (and oftentimes not enough!). Particularly where you had a dealer that did custom deck builds and installs on 90% of his tubs. So, before you call it all BS, consider all the circumstances that folks run into all over the place. Not just in your own business environment.