Nov 2, 2009
Basic Maintenance Tips for Hot Tub Owners
You can really get the best out of your hot tub with regards to service if you put its maintenance among your top priorities. But aside from ensuring that your hot tub will work efficiently, maintenance also helps in keeping your bathroom fixtures safe to use. Here are some maintenance tips you could use to really optimize your hot tub to the fullest.
You should constantly clean your hot tubs water filter. The oftenness of cleaning should depend on how frequent you utilize your hot tub. You can clean the filter after eight months or just follow the manufacturers instructions. Always keep in mind that a clean filter always equates to clean water.
Every time you use your hot tub, body oils, sweat, grime and chemicals from your cosmetics get mixed with the water and get deposited at the side of the tub. You can prevent discoloration by always clearing your tub of floating residue after use. For stubborn stains, you can use a mild cleanser and some sponge to get it out.
Hot tub care is not a perfect procedure if you do not integrate disinfection in your list of to do things. Hot tub is a hot spot for algae and mold increase and they can affect your health and the wellness of the entire household if you do not do something about it. After cleaning your hot tub, rinse it with a mixture of water and disinfectants.
If you have furnished your hot tub with some installations such as jet stream and pressure bubbles, you also need to check up on them every now and then. Test them to find if they are not having troubles in dispersing the water throughout the tub. A fully working circulation system means your water is moving efficiently and combines well with chemicals each time you use your tub.
Flushing the water after every use is an important thing to do. There is no sense in saving the water for future use. Its used and it contains dirt, sweat, and other debris from your body.
Hot tub upkeep is fairly light and can easily be integrated into your home equipment care agenda. If needed be, have an expert see your hot tub at least once a year. An expert can make certain that the equipment is functioning as it should be and that any flaws are discovered and fixed.
If you’re draining your tub after every use, chemicals are not necessary, and what you have is more like a bath tub (or maybe a Japanese Ofuro tub) than a hot tub. After all you wouldn’t add chlorine to your regular bath water, would you?
Hot tubs are usually only drained every 30 to 90 days, thus the need for chemical sanitizing (unless you replace it with something like an ionizer, which eliminates the need for chemical halogens).