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Having a hot tub is a real boon for a household and particularly a family. A hot tub will help you de-stress after a long exhausting day, it will deep clean your skin, provide light stimulation, which will invigorate your circulation and help you feel good. A hot tub encourages children to conquer their fear of water, encourages them to enjoy bathing and helps keep them clean.

However, this all comes at a cost. But then what does not? Still these tubs are definitely not cheap, so one of the first jobs to do after trying it out for the first time is to read the maintenance manual and find out how to look after it. Most of the user maintenance will involve cleaning and the majority of spa tub owners say that this is not an onerous job.

Remember, it is the same as with everything else, the more maintenance that you do yourself, the less you will have to pay someone else to do for you, the cheaper it will be and the longer your tub will work efficiently.

First of all, the type of maintenance depends on the material it is made from. If it is made from timber, you ought to revarnish it at least once a year. The amount that the timber deteriorates will depend on how much you use the tub, what chemicals you use and your local climate. This advice applies to any wood outside as well as inside the tub.

Empty the tub and let it dry out completely. Then inspect the surfaces for lost varnish, that is, bare wood. There ought to not be any, naturally. If there is, you ought to shorten your inspection and maintenance periods.

If there is a great deal of damage, sand all the varnish off the whole tub and re-varnish it (staining it first if you want). If the damage is patchy, rough up the whole surface of the tub to remove loose varnish and create a key. Revarnish two or three times as it recommends on the tin of varnish’s label.

An acrylic hot tub only requires wiping over with a soft cloth with mild soapy water to keep it clean but you should be careful to avoid scratching it.

All hot spa tubs have filters and these ought to be cleaned regularly to help the pump keep the water flowing and to prevent a build up of rotting vegetation and hair in that filter, through which passes ail the water in your tub. You do not want to be sitting in a tub of contaminated water. The manual will explain how to do it, if you have lost the manual, find out soon.

Inspect your tub’s cover for cracks and scratches which might weaken it. The cover is merely to keep debris and animals out, but children frequently play on them and you do not want them to fall through.

Carry out an inspection of the electric cables every now and then. Depending on how you have fitted it, the cables might be(come) uncovered due to earth movement or rodents and, as we all know, water and electricity do not go together.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a number of subjects, but is now involved with Hot Springs hot tubs. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Hot Springs Spa Parts

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