How to Choose a Hot Tub: The Complete UK Buyer’s Guide
A hot tub is one of those purchases where the excitement of ownership can override rational decision-making. You picture yourself relaxing in bubbling…
Hot Tub Chemicals for Beginners: Keep Your Water Crystal Clear
Hot tub water chemistry sounds intimidating — pH levels, alkalinity, sanitisers, shock treatments — but the reality is much simpler than the jargon…
Best Inflatable Hot Tubs 2026: UK Garden Tested
An inflatable hot tub in a British garden is one of those purchases that sounds slightly mad until you’ve actually tried it. Then, sitting in 38°C…
Hot Tub Water Hardness: Why It Matters
If you live in a hard water area — and roughly 60% of the UK does — your hot tub is fighting a constant battle against calcium. That white crusty…
Best 6-Person Hot Tubs 2026
You want a hot tub that fits the whole family without everyone sitting on each other’s laps. The 4-person models looked cramped when you sat in one at the showroom,…
Can My Deck Support a Hot Tub? Weight Guide
You’ve found the perfect spot for your hot tub — right on the back deck, steps from the patio doors, cold drink in hand by 7pm. Then someone mentions the…
Best Hot Tub Sanitiser Systems: UV, Ozone & Salt
You’ve had your hot tub for six months now. Every week you’re fiddling with test strips, dumping in chlorine granules, waiting 20 minutes before getting in, and wondering why it…
Hot Tub Noise Levels: How Loud Are They?
It is 10pm on a Tuesday and you have just fired up your hot tub for the first time. The jets sound like a washing machine on spin cycle. The…
Can You Use a Hot Tub in Winter?
It’s February, the garden’s grey, and you’re standing at the back door in your dressing gown wondering if you’ve made a terrible mistake. The hot tub’s out there, steaming gently…
Indoor vs Outdoor Hot Tubs: Pros, Cons & Costs
You have decided on a hot tub. The budget is set, you have measured the garden, and you are ready to order — until someone asks “have you thought about…
Best Hot Tub Pumps & Replacement Parts
Your hot tub is making a noise it did not make last month — a grinding, whining sound that gets louder when the jets are running. The water pressure is…
How to Lower pH in a Hot Tub
You’ve dipped a test strip into your hot tub, compared the colour to the chart on the bottle, and the pH reading is sitting somewhere north of 7.8. Maybe higher.…
Swim Spa Running Costs: What to Expect
You’ve seen the swim spas at the garden show, watched the demo video of someone doing an endless front crawl against a current, and thought: that could work in our…