Our History
Back in 2017, I purchased a used hot tub, which then broke on me. I called the “local” hot tub company, but they refused to service my hot tub since I did not purchase it from them. Fortunately, my father had taught me how to fix and repair things, because honestly, we didn’t have the money to pay someone else to do it. I was able to diagnose and figure out what was wrong with my hot tub. I ordered the parts online, making the repair. Thus, Aquatic Spas was born.
My uncle Doug in Florida gave me an extra Spa Dolly trailer he had, so I could start moving hot tubs, along with servicing them. I started buying older spas online and repairing them in my backyard. This was all done after working my full-time job in law enforcement.
A year later, my “side hustle” business is doing well. At that point, I was either moving a hot tub, fixing one, or installing a brand new one almost every single day! My wife Nicole told me we needed to take the business to the next level by getting a retail location and opening a hot tub store. She stood beside me, and we made the leap of faith together. Personally, I think she was just tired of having 3-4 hot tubs in her backyard, all at different stages of repair.
So now we have a hot tub store, but I am only open a few days a week in the evenings after I get off work at the local police department. One evening, a customer named Ken came into the store to purchase a hot tub. After telling Ken that I still work at the police department and can only be open part-time, Ken tells me that he’d like to work for Aquatic Spas for whatever we could afford. He wanted to see the business succeed, and he would help out in any way he could. Ken worked for Aquatic Spas until shortly after I retired from the police department in February 2022, after 25 years of service.
I am now officially running Aquatic Spas full-time. We believe in offering quality products and services that enhance our customers' health and lifestyle. We will only sell quality products, not quantity or cheap “online” China-made. Our success is measured by our customers, who choose us because they believe we can meet or exceed their expectations for quality, price, service, and expertise.
We are the best hot tub store in the Lowcountry, with over 40 hot tubs in stock and on display in our 12,000 sq. foot showroom.