Clean your jetted tub every 1 3 months if you use your tub daily or several times a week.
Capping a jetted tub.
Turn it off when the jets are covered by 2 3 in 5 1 7 6 cm of water.
I have had this tub for a good 10years now but only used the jets twice too noisy.
Add 2 tablespoons tsp and 4 oz bleach.
Fill the tub with hot water to 2 3 in 5 1 7 6 cm above the highest jets.
You can close all or some of the jets in a whirlpool in just a few seconds.
Turn the hot water on and let it fill the tub.
Run jets 10 minutes.
Close the jets on a whirlpool to focus the flow on one area.
Aug 3 2016 diy seal jetted tub jets with pvc end caps.
Target inspired home decor.
With the valves closed or not.
I used the turn on the whirlpool every 2 weeks to clean out when my daughter lived at home and used the tub with bathtub salts oils bubbles etc but since she left home i did not start it and the motor seized.
Closing the induction valves forces water to circulate only through the internal plumbing of the tub.
Twisting a whirlpool jet nozzle or ring vigorously in the wrong direction may cause it to release from the side of the tub.
The tub specialist just left and had me under the skirt to see how snow white my pvc drainage pipes were and said he had never seen a unit this clean in over 30 years with that much use.
Aug 3 2016 diy seal jetted tub jets with pvc end caps.
Clean all jet parts and clean and rinse tub.
Instead of replacing the tub i know it would be a lot cheaper just to plug the holes.