Looking for any advice on starting a spa renovation.
I have an old CalSpa Supra Electric, It was working fine no leaks, and heating well, good pluming, and all pumps work well. We found some termite damage in one corner at the base about a year ago and had that treated but now we’ve had a lot of the wood at the base just rot away.
At this point is it worth the time and the money to rebuild the cabinet?
I figure if I invest some time and $1,500.00 in materials and parts I can update and renovate the whole thing and save myself about $5,000.00 in replacing the thing with a new one.
What are some of the things to look out for on these CalSpa units?
Any hints or advice would be greatly appreciated before starting on this project.

Thanks!

Hey Tazman,
Danm small world!
I live in Temecula too!

Don't know if you should rebuild your spa or not ....just thought I'd say hey!

I will say that I am very happy with the upgrades I did ... ( see "Spa Pack Upgrade" )

Good luck!

Playnthru

I am also looking into rebuilding a spa cabinet. A coworker gave me a working spa with a rotting cabinet. It operates well, but looks awful. I have been trying to get as much info as possible on cabinet rebuilding, but I have not found any solid answers as to were to get materials, plans or estimated costs. Any help would be great!

Yes, rebuild your spa, you'll be glad you did. The time and very little cost involved is well worth the effort. If your controls, etc are all operating just fine, I would leave them be and just concentrate on the cabinet. Take a look at one of the tubs I rebuilt:

http://www.spaforums.com/ptopic750.html?highlight=

With the proper stain and sealer, that cabinet will last as long as the original, maybe even longer.

If you do decide to trash the tub and go with new, let me know, I'll gladly take it off your hands!

nice work on the spa, I am now looking to rebiuld my 1991 CAL SPAS Malibu, i have owned it for all 15 years...many great parties and it still looks too good to just trash it , i am looking for a new topisde control and spak looking for ideas on jets also , would like to spend less than $2,000.00 for a great upgrade. i run the spa off my pool heater 450,000 btu's

here are smome pics of my rebuilt deck IPE wood, great stuff . i also boxed the spa into the deck using IPE , great very heavy wood, only udse IPE on site as it adds too much weight to move the tub,..

http://www.tixx.com/ipedeck/ipe/index001.html


Thanks guys

TIXXbv

I'm about to "jump" into a rehab myself. This is the best forum I've found. I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions, and I'll post pics as I progress