Water Care Academy

There is a point where correcting water costs more than replacing it, and most people go well past it. Here is how to recognize it.

The person using the tub is not the person looking after it, and arrivals are unpredictable. A routine that survives turnover, and what to ask of guests.

Two decisions matter at the end of a season: whether the tub stays full, and whether it stays powered. Everything else follows from those.

Two owners can follow the same routine and get different results, and the reason is usually the tap. What each water source gives you, and what to correct.

Let the firebox go cold, neutralize the sanitizer, and lead the water clear of the tub so it does not freeze where you step. Then refill properly.

A reading you cannot rely on is worse than no reading, because you act on it. Where to sample, how to read a strip, and when strips are not enough.

A fill takes twenty minutes and decides how the next three months go. Here is how to start with water that stays in range, whatever your source.

Cold water is not self-cleaning. It slows everything down, which changes the routine rather than removing it. What to test, and what ice does.

Too high and it scales. Too low and the water pulls minerals out of the tub itself. The hot tub calcium hardness range, and why both ends matter.

Brown water in a new cedar hot tub is tannins from the wood. Harmless, and it clears in about five water changes. Do not add sanitizer yet.