Maintenance

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.…

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…

You’re topping up the water for the third time this week, and the ground around the base is permanently damp. There’s no dramatic geyser, no obvious crack — just a…

The clocks have gone forward, the sun’s actually warm before noon, and you’re eyeing up the hot tub that’s been quietly bubbling away under its cover all winter. Or worse…

You’ve just had your hot tub delivered, the electrician has signed off the wiring, and now you’re staring at an empty shell wondering what on earth you need to put…

You’ve lifted the cover and the water looks… off. Not green exactly, but not the sparkling clear you remember from last weekend. There’s a faint smell that wasn’t there before.…

The water’s gone cloudy, the jets seem weaker than usual, and there’s a vaguely swampy smell that definitely wasn’t there last week. Before you panic and dump every chemical in…

October hits, the temperature drops below 10°C for a week straight, and suddenly you’re standing on the patio in a dressing gown wondering whether you should drain the hot tub…

You lifted the cover this morning, expecting that inviting clear blue water, and instead found something that looks like someone dissolved a bath bomb in there three days ago. Milky, hazy, slightly unsettling. You’re not sure whether to get in, drain it, or just close the lid and pretend you…

You’ve just filled your hot tub for the first time, torn open the starter kit, and you’re staring at six different tubs and bottles with names that sound like they…