When It Rains, It Pours ~ Spa Repair & Nest Flood 28Jan22

The great news is that the spa is fixed! The issue is that I had to do it. The spa repair guy came and wasn't comfortable on the ladder so didn't climb and investigate the spot I indicated was where the leak was. I had even made a path and put the ladder in for him; I had to take down the railing to allow access to the side that was believed leaking. He claimed to find and fix an alternate spot but that didn't really do anything. So today was decent weather and I headed up to investigate it myself. I readily found and then repaired the pipe that had detached from the pump using 3" hose clamps. This pump was installed last summer and there were no clamps or adhesive (shouldn't have been) where the flex pipe came off the PVC junction - I sense it was an oversight of that install. After repairing I filled the spa, which took awhile, but at least it filled fine.  I wasn't gonna get in tonight as it started at just 48°. I ultimately turned it all back on, took out the space heater that was in the cabinet to keep stuff from freezing, and buttoned it all back up. It is now fully back on line heated for soaking.

Unfortunately during the filling process using the spigot on the deck failed and burst a pipe inside the house! Water flooded the laundry, great room, and lower level (through the light cans) in very short order. With the new water tank on Wildernest, our water pressure went way up and is above code ~ that might, in part, be the cause of the fail. I was alerted to the flooding via SmartThings notification from the Fibaro flood sensor in the laundry. I shut off the spigot and flooding stopped. I assessed the issue and sopped up what I could from floors and carpets and used the space heaters to continue to warm the flooring and pull out moisture. Everything was back to normal within hours and I was undeterred from filling and testing my spa repair and ran a hose from the lower level. Note all the downed icicles below the spa. I will have a plumber install a pressure limiter for the Nest when he comes to fix the pipe.

When it rains, it pours OR when the spa doesn't leak, the house might. Sheesh, at least I got to come home for a bit knowing all is fixed. Here's a good curve from my spa temp monitor...

UPDATE 08Feb22... The Nest spa popped another leak at the value controlling the waterfall. I've long turned off the waterfall feature as it has been leaking and the shop can't seem to locate a replacement part (at least for past 8 months)... now the control value popped too. I basically had the tech cut the feature and control valve out of the water system and plug that hose end. Nonetheless, there was enough leakage to offer ice climbing beneath the spa for the last week. I also had a new cover lifter installed as the prior one was bent & broken from wind. Sheesh. Everything is back online and working well.