Maintenance

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…

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…

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…

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…