How to Maintain a Hot Tub

Recommended Hot Tub Care Maintenance Routine

This guide has been written with the view of making you hot tub water extremely safe, you may find some guides online that are less stringent. However, we recommend that this guide is followed as to make sure all risks involved with water care will be reduced to a minimum, so that you and your family can enjoy your hot tub in safety.

All the chemicals you need in order to keep your hot tub in pristine condition can be purchased from our own Online Chemicals Store. Please make sure you read all three pages of hot tub maintenance information.

Daily (before use): Time: 2 minute.

• Test chlorine levels to see if they fall between 3-5 mg/l (ppm) and dose according to the attached instructions on the Hot Tub Chorine container.

• Test Hot tub PH levels to see if they fall between 7.2 and 7.6. If not within these parameters use Hot Tub pH Plus or Minis according to instructions.

• If water is foaming use Hot Tub Anti Foam. (TIP - Dilute no foam according to instructions into spray bottle and spray onto surface of water [do not use bottle for any other purposes])

Weekly:Time: 10 minute.

• Shock Hot tub with suitable oxidising agent such as Non chlorine shock or Calcium Hypochlorite.

• Clean Filter using Hot Tub Filter Cleaner and swap with spare. (you should always have a spare filter as filters have to be allowed to dry first so that the fibres can bind together after cleaning).

Monthly: Time: 5 minutes.

• If you live in an area with hard water (high Calcium) add Hot Tub Scale Remover.

Periodically (Once every 2 months): Time: 90 minutes.

• Clean hot tub cover with week solution of chlorine (3-5mg/litre)

• Replace hot tub filters (6 months - 1 year)

• Change water

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