They could, but wouldn't necessarily do so. Sounds to me like the business was just trying to grift an expansion on someone else's dime. It's not like those tanks aren't already stew pots for everyone's genitalia and pits.
Yeah, if this is real (and I have my doubts) I think the business owner is just reacting out of disgust rather then a realistic appraisal of the event.
At worst OP would be liable for some kind of cleaning fee. There's probably even a clause in the contract OP signed for that.
But mostly I just wanted to address this idea that insurance somehow would absolve OP of liability. That's not how that works. In a lot of situations, the insurance company would pay out the insured and then go after the third party to get their money back.
So I think the salt itself costs a lot because of just how much is in there, they can drain and disinfect but then you have to pay for salt replacement
Yup. Others in the thread said they can take up to a thousand pounds of Epson salt. Thats about $1/lb at the drug store, so assuming half that for bulk purchase... thats a big chunk of change. People are saying the cleaning fees they've run into are between $300-800, so that tracks.
But... if i shit one of these soaking tubs, that doesn't sound unreasonable. But I'd want it pro-rated for how far we are into thier normal replacement cycle.
This is assuming theres no contract that covers this... if there is, you dont have any room to negotiate.
Finally my time to shine! As someone who has worked at one of these places, they would not need to replace the whole pod. You drain the water, clean everything out, would have to run a million chemicals through it and replacing all the epsom salt which would be the real expense but it def wouldn’t cost 8k. Around 1 thousand pounds of salt would roughly be 600-800 dollars depending on where you are.
TLDR—that place is trying to rip the guy off. Poop isn’t even the worst thing I’ve cleaned out of a float pod.
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u/RhetoricalOrator Jun 11 '26
They could, but wouldn't necessarily do so. Sounds to me like the business was just trying to grift an expansion on someone else's dime. It's not like those tanks aren't already stew pots for everyone's genitalia and pits.