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…
Salt Water vs Chlorine Hot Tubs: Pros & Cons
You’re shopping for a hot tub and the dealer mentions “salt water system” like it’s an upgrade worth paying for. Your mate has a chlorine tub and complains about red…
Aromatherapy for Hot Tubs: Which Scents Are Safe?
You’ve just sunk into the hot tub after a long day, the jets are on, the stars are out, and then you think: “this would be even better if it…
Swim Spa vs Pool: Cost, Space & Practicality
You want to swim at home but you’re not sure whether to drop £8,000 on a swim spa or £30,000 on a proper pool. The swim spa brochure makes it…
How to Maintain a Swim Spa
You’ve spent the best part of five grand on a swim spa, the installation crew has just left, and you’re staring at a 4,000-litre body of water thinking “now what?”…
How to Choose Hot Tub Lighting for Ambiance
You filled the tub, set the jets to low, poured a glass of wine, and then realised the only light source is the kitchen window and a security floodlight that…