Hot Tub Journal

Fire and the Wood Fired Hot Tub: Fire Pits, Smoke, Firewood and Fire Bans

Space between tub and fire pit, smoke that drifts away, dry wood within reach, and a plan for fire season.

Cedar Hot Tub Maintenance: Caring for the Wood Through the Seasons

No oil, no sealant. Let it silver or tone it any shade, avoid copper, and give it a little attention each season.

Hot Tub Maintenance Checklist for a Wood Fired Cedar Tub

The whole routine as a checklist by how often it comes round: every soak, after every fire including ash and coals, every two weeks, monthly, at each water change and once a year, with the Electric and Hybrid additions at the end.

What to Expect in Your First Year of Cedar Hot Tub Ownership

The first year with a cedar hot tub involves a genuine learning curve. The tub goes through a break-in period as the cedar settles and releases tannins, the water care routine takes a few cycles to become instinctive, and the first winter asks for attention new owners often do not anticipate. Month by month, what is normal and what needs action.

Best Low Maintenance Wood Fired Hot Tubs For A Truly Relaxing Outdoor Soak

Choosing a low maintenance wood fired hot tub comes down to the right materials, easy clean surfaces, leak resistance, and efficient heating. This guide breaks down what matters most.

Best Firewood Types for Heating Your Wood Fired Hot Tub

The best firewood is dry, seasoned hardwood. Which types burn hottest and longest, when softwood helps, what should never go in the firebox, and how wood quality changes heat-up time.

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About the Hot Tub Journal

The Hot Tub Journal is AlumiTubs' guide to outdoor living with a cedar hot tub, whatever heats it. It covers choosing between wood fired, electric and hybrid heating; sizing a tub and what one costs to run; where to put it, from a city deck to an island cabin, and how it gets there; what an electric hot tub needs from a site and how the equipment is housed; how a wood burning hot tub works and how long it takes to heat; onsen rituals, cold plunges and soaking after a workout; and what it is like to own a tub for twenty years, told by the people who do. Most of it is written for anyone weighing up a hot tub, not only an AlumiTub owner.

Every AlumiTub is a riveted 5052 marine-grade aluminum structure clad in Canadian Western Red Cedar, handcrafted on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia since 2001 and backed by a 25 year structural warranty. Three heating systems share the same tub: the Electric, which holds a set temperature on a schedule and needs no fire; the Wood Fired, which needs no power and heats a Standard in about three hours; and the Hybrid, which does both. Water care has its own home in the Water Care Academy.

Start with the guide to heating options, hot tub dimensions and sizes, or the electric cedar hot tub.

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