Highwood SPAKIT-FL-ACE 温水浴槽キャビネット スパ交換キット 風化ドングリ

Great product. Used it over the existing redwood cabinet and painted access door to match and now my 20+ years old hot tub looks like new again!!!

This really made my old tub look great. I used a small table saw to trim to height. This worked well. The screws included are shiny silver and do not look right. I purchased caps that clamshell over the head of the screw and dressed it up nicely. I would recommend when installing the screws, go slowly and do not over-tighten as the 1/4" insulation will compact and produce a bowed appearance, almost like a tufted look. This is not good.

Easy to install using standard tools. You will need a hand saw and a spade drill bit if you have some tricky electrical supply cuts to make (see pictures). The instructions come in the hardware kit. Put corners on first then sides. Cut all using a standard circular saw. Hardware kit comes with a specialized drill bit for the color matched screws. I ended up having extra hardware but I suppose that if you had a spa larger than a 6‘ x 6‘ then you would probably be just fine. It took me about two hours to do everything - start to finish. Very pleased with the result. These panels will need something to which they can fasten so you may need to replace any damaged wood framing with some pressure treated 2x4s. Tip: Rebuild and enhance the underlying frame first. Update: after almost a year still looks great. Be sure to anchor the provided mini joint cover strips in the center and over both sides of joints to be covered. One bowed out because it needed to be repositioned. So save the hardware kit in case you need to reposition or secure any panels or strips.

As a professional contractor, jack of all trades, there are few projects that I don't take on. I bought a used Jacuzzi hot tub. Nice but needed some freshening up. The skirting was pretty hammered, so I researched and found few products to redo it. Finding this, I read the reviews, acknowledged that the product has some issues, but hey, I am a pro. Thought I could deal with it. So I ordered it. The kit arrived promptly, well packaged. The first thing I noticed was some of the pieces came out of the box with scratches already on them. Not too bad, but disappointing. I made my measurements, cut it to fit, and installed per the instructions. Firstly, I noted that the supplied screws have a shank on the underside of the head that keep it from seating down flush. If you tighten it properly, the foam backing compresses, make the ends tuck in. In addition, if you follow their screwing instructions the pieces are literally flapping in the breeze. So, off to Home Depot, find proper screws, and I drilled and installed screws at each faux tongue and groove panel. The install went pretty quick, was looking good, but then I finished up the shady side and came around to the sunny side and notice the panels are bulging out wherever the sun is hitting. Hmmm, it's 70 degrees. But this is Arizona. Come summer it's gonna be 120 degrees. So I remove the panels, drilled the holes oversize, thinking I'll give them a little room to grow. Reinstall, barely tightening the screws. Nope, nothing changes. Anywhere the sun hits, these things grow. To the point that in areas they pop loose from the foam backing and are literally floating. I contacted the manufacturer and the nice lady apologized and sent out more panels, saying it has to be a fluke. Installed them. Lots of time invested at this point! Few days later they are doing the same exact thing. Bulging out, bulging in, pulling off the foam backing. I had to walk away to deal with some other projects, revisited it a few weeks later. The whole spa looks like a joke. The skirting looks like the ocean, just waving all over the place. So today, I picked up some 7/16 osb plywood and have started stripping the pieces off the foam and attaching to the plywood with Liquid Nails, giving them a rigid, solid backing. We'll see how this holds up, hoping doesn't fade and go to heck. These guys should be ashamed to make such a garbage product. Unless you are ready to totally remake their junk, stay away. Zero stars.

Very flimsy product. Would be shocked if it makes it more than a year in the sun here in the high desert. Was easy to install. Made the spa look great at first. 3 weeks in the sun and a few pieces have faded color already. Product has a styrofoam backing so be very careful tightening screws or it bulges or cracks. Kinda disappointed for the price.