Wildwood Hot Tub Maintenance

Hot Tub Care: A Multi-Step Approach

Cleaning your hot tub is not the same as cleaning a bathtub. Harsh chemicals and coarse brushes might help to remove built up stains from porcelain but these don’t work for a hot tub or swim spa. In fact, taking a heavy-handed or harsh technique to spa cleaning can strip away protective coatings or cause unexpected damage. In order to keep your shells and water systems in great shape, Puddle technicians have broken down cleaning services into a multi-step approach that caters to systems inside and out.

Water Condition: You wouldn’t swim in someone else’s bathwater but without cleaning spa water regularly, that is exactly what you’re doing. Any damp, covered environment is prone to algae and bacteria and a water feature is no exception. Cleaning spa water means regular application of hot tub chemicals but tossing in a few chemicals is not enough to balance water. In order to ensure that your hot tub water is sanitary it will need to be tested for sanitizers, as well as pH levels, alkalinity, calcium and more.

Shells and Equipment: Even with the use of a hot tub cover, debris has a way of making its way inside your water systems. Floating skimmer baskets will trap materials on water surfaces while a filter will catch the rest. It is important to keep your filter cleaner with regular inspections and maintenance. This can mean removing a filter cartridge, washing it and replacing it, or monitoring pressure gauges for sand filters. It is also important to clean off spa covers as they form algae and bacteria so you don’t end up contaminating newly cleaned water.

Deep Cleans/System Refreshes: Even with a regular cleaning schedule, there will come a time when you have to drain the water from your hot tub and give it a deep clean. Water systems can house bacteria in a wide range of areas, so it is important to treat them all — and a refresh does just that! Puddle technicians apply a multi-step chemical treatment that runs through water systems, pulling out bacteria, algae and mould. From here, water is drained and shells, jets and head rests are all scrubbed clean. From here, it is time to refill the hot tub. This can be done with a simple garden hose and when full, a technician will come back to test your water and make sure that it is balanced. There is a right way and a wrong way to drain the hot tub water so it is always best to have an expert do it for you.