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Five Ways to Take Care of Your Hot Tub
A hot tub is the perfect garden luxury, no matter what time of year. From lounging in the summer sun to enjoying a winter soak outdoors, hot tubs provide a fantastic opportunity to relax and unwind, either by ourselves or with family and friends.
Hot tubs are an excellent choice for outdoor spaces too small for a swimming pool. Tubs also tend to require less maintenance, but you still need to care for them to ensure many happy years of use. There are many different ways you should look to care for your hot tub, from regular maintenance to things to look out for, to keep your hot tub looking great year-round.
One of the most important things to manage with any spa or pool is the water’s chemical balance. The chemicals in your hot tub are what work the hardest to keep it clean and enjoyable all year-round and need to be continuously maintained.
There are many different hot tub chemicals, the most important being chlorine tablets, pH balancers and alkalines. The chemical balance of your water, usually tested through strips, needs to be checked daily before use to ensure it is at the correct levels.
While general chemical maintenance occurs daily, you should also look to perform shock treatments weekly, or whenever the chemical level drops too low. Shock treatments provide a boost to the chlorine level in your hot tub, helping to keep algae and other bacteria at bay.
As mentioned before, hot tubs are a great accessory all year round. As a result, there may be an extended period where you don’t use your tub, but still want it to be accessible if the mood arises.
You should continue to keep track of your hot tub’s chemical balance when not in use, albeit less often than when it is in regular use. You should also look to circulate your hot tub’s water through the use of its pumps, ideally daily for around 20 minutes. This process allows all the water to flow through the hot tub’s filters, ensuring it stays clean long-term.
On that note, another crucial part of caring for your hot tub is its filters. The vast majority of hot tubs will use what are known as cartridge filters, which look like white sheets of paper stacked in the shape of a cylinder. As with any swimming pool filter, over time, these become less effective so need to be cleaned.
Similar to chemicals, how frequently you need to clean your hot tub filters depends on how heavily they’re being used, as well as the quality of the filter itself. However, this can be followed as a general rule if you’re unsure:
Hot tubs are an incredible outdoor luxury. Unfortunately, being outdoors exposes the tubs to a wide range of dirt and debris. You must ensure that your hot tub has a lid and that it is securely closed when the hot tub is out of use. However, even with a good cover, you will need a regular cleaning routine to keep on top of its appearance.
Look to clean the exterior of your hot tub weekly. Regardless of if it’s a hard or soft shell, if dirt and debris begins to build, it can cause problems for your tub. You should also look to clean the underside of your tub’s lift, along with any dirt on the waterline and seats.
If you have only recently purchased your first hot tub, then keeping on top of everything can seem a bit much. From chemicals to filters to pumps and cleaning, there’s a lot that goes into making sure your hot tub is spick and span.
Making sure you don’t feel overwhelmed by these maintenance tasks is key to enjoying your hot tub year-round. Therefore, you should look to create a cleaning schedule, either on your phone or a wall calendar, that breaks everything down into their small singular tasks.
After a couple of months of use, even with a cleaning routine, there are deeper issues that can arise. It helps, therefore, to perform a more in-depth inspection every few months by completely emptying your hot tub.
Emptying your hot tub can help you notice any underlying structural issues with your hot tub that may need repairing. You can also perform a deep clean of the floor of the hot tub along with the pumps and filters. Once everything has been cleaned or maintained, you can refill and rebalance the hot tub, ready for another few months of activity!
This guide is very open-ended, and we urge you to explore our more detailed blogs or contact our team for more information on specific aspects. However, we hope that this overview gives you the confidence to care for your hot tub for many years to come!
