When you purchase a hot tub, you likely are not thinking about one of the most crucial parts of being a hot tub owner, cleaning your hot tub. Enjoying some rest and relaxation in your hot tub should be easy. While cleaning your hot tub may not be your favorite thing to do, it is a critical part of hot tub ownership and a must do to continue using and enjoying your hot tub safely. How often should you clean your hot tub?
Warm and moist environments are a breeding ground for bacteria, mold, and other various organisms. If the hot tub isn’t cleaned regularly enough with hot tub chemicals, these organisms can move into the insides of your hot tub. This will create not only a problem for your hot tub itself, but for the health and safety of you and others inside the spa.
Unsanitary hot tubs can lead to skin irritations, rashes, and bacterial infections among other health risks. Between 2000 and 2014, outbreaks from pools and hot tubs were linked to more than 27,000 infections and eight deaths in the United States.
Regular Hot Tub Cleaning
How often you clean your hot tub, depends on how frequently you use it. While no two hot tub owners are the same, it is recommended that you clean your spa weekly and routinely treat it with hot tub chemicals. You can clean your hot tub with a sponge and some white vinegar on your spa’s shell and jets and around the water’s edge or you can use hot tub cleaners that are thought to be more effective.
Whatever method you chose, it is important that you make sure you clean the inside of your hot tub as often as possible and wipe down the hot tub shell, too. A light weekly cleaning is essential for hot tub care and your health and safety.
Frequency for Draining your Hot Tub
You should plan to drain your spa completely for a thorough cleaning every three to four months. You should drain and clean your hot tub more often if you’re using it regularly, or having a lot of guests in it, or both.
The time it takes to drain your hot tub is usually about an hour. One hour of time spent cleaning approximately four times a year is only four hours of your time to ensure that you are relaxing in a clean and safe hot tub.
Hot Tub Cover Cleaning
Your hot tub cover should be no exception when it comes to your hot tub cleaning routine. The hot tub cover is exposed to the elements daily, rain, snow, or shine. Using a garden hose to water it down is a common method to use when washing your hot tub cover and should be done on a monthly basis.
Schedule Regular Hot Tub Maintenance
Regular hot tub maintenance helps you to avoid, not only a grimy hot tub, but costly repairs. The key to good hot tub maintenance is consistency. Every hot tub is different, but each hot tub benefits from simple and regular maintenance. It’s important to not only set up a hot tub maintenance schedule that’ll keep your hot tub vibrant, but to stick to that schedule.
Setting up a hot tub maintenance schedule with Litehouse Pools & Spas will help you ensure a clean and working hot tub. Our professionals will clean your hot tub cover, hose and clean the inside of your spa, rinse and soak filters, complete a system check, inspect your hot tubs’ chemical balance, and more. Let us do the work for you, so you can enjoy your hot tub without the effort.
How often you clean your hot tub is up to you, but it is imperative to the longevity of your spa and the health and safety of its occupants. Visit Litehouse Pools & Spas today to learn about how we can help you with your hot tub’s maintenance.