{"id":1074,"date":"2011-09-12T12:20:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcitypools.wordpress.com\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2012-06-20T14:42:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T19:42:06","slug":"3-practical-reasons-to-keep-your-hot-tub-covered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/3-practical-reasons-to-keep-your-hot-tub-covered\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Practical Reasons to Keep Your Hot Tub Covered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Hot Tubs and Spas\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Images\/DMS\/Odyssey.jpg?resize=420%2C280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hot Tubs and Spas\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unwinding in a spa or hot tub after a tiring day is a small luxury to which many people look forward. What do you do, though, when you&#8217;re done with your toasty soak? Do you keep your hot tub covered? If not, here&#8217;s why you should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Spa-Cover.htm\">Spa covers and hot tub covers<\/a>\u00a0prevent evaporation, saving you money on water and chemicals. Maintaining thechemical balance of your spa&#8217;s water is easier and less time consuming when a spa cover is used on a regular basis.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Hot Tub Covers and Spa Covers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Images\/BWP\/Thermal-Guard-Spa-Cover-small.jpg?resize=175%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hot Tub Covers and Spa Covers\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Spa covers also insulate the water and prevent much of the heat from escaping. Keeping the hot tub&#8217;s water warm when not in use makes heating the water faster the next time you want to take a soak. Not only do you save energy, but your spa heater lasts longer because you use it less often and for shorter amounts of time.<\/li>\n<li>Spa covers keep debris and dirt out of your hot tub. Cleaning your hot tub takes less time and effort when there is less to clean up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Covering a hot tub is a simple task, and doing so on a regular basis saves you time, effort, and money when it comes to maintenance chores.\u00a0 Hot tub and spa covers are a smart solution that make owning a hot tub even more pleasurable than they already are.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unwinding in a spa or hot tub after a tiring day is a small luxury to which many people look forward. What do you do, though, when you&#8217;re done with your toasty soak? Do you keep your hot tub covered? If not, here&#8217;s why you should: Spa covers and hot tub covers\u00a0prevent evaporation, saving you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[113,318],"class_list":["post-1074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot-tubs-and-saunas","category-pool-and-spa-maintenance","tag-hot-tub-covers","tag-spa-covers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2No25-hk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1510,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions\/1510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}