I'm a disabled veteran with fibromyalgia and arthritis. Hot tub is the best thing I've done for myself. Thanks for showing how to maintain myself. One service visit from the company I purchased the hot tub from is $295. No, thanks. I'll do it myself!
To drain, you can also take a garden hose or several hoses and turn them around where the male end is in the tub and the female end is out to the yard or drain area then turn on the jets and stick the male hose end over the jets (it'll make a syphon) then push the male ended hose in the bottom of your tube. I do three or four hoses, it'll drain in about 40mn
I am soon going to be doing a water chsnge. After draining there will still be residual water in the lines which presumably will contain some amounts of the cleaning solution used to flush the lines. Is that a concern?
hey! Even thou its obvious for a hot tub owners to take a shower before use, somehow, for the rest of people its not. I constantly having issues with biofilm, low sanitizers etc. I do ask my guest to take the shower but as soon as Im not on watch, nobody respects that. What is best to do? Keeping high chlorine level, shocking water everyday, change water once a week or maybe there is some chemicals that may help?
Depends on the size of your hot tub. Usually sub pumps are rated for how much water they can move. Since hot tubs aren't that big I think you'd be good with most sub pumps
Im sorry but Im not sure I understood correctly, do I add chemicals immediately after refilling even thou the water is cold or I wait to heat the water up before adding sanitizers?
We were recommended a few times to wait 24 hours after the spa is filled up and heating before testing the water. So your spa should have time to heat back up to at least 80!
Line flush twice still have white flem looking stuff floating around in the water, I turn the heat up to 104 and dumped a bunch of chlorine in to see if that will work, I hope that works any advice
Don't forget to use Metal Gone before putting checking the water and putting chemicals in. Key is to balance the PH before putting chlorine and other chemicals in. Keep in mind that your PH reading might not be accurate until after the Metal Gone has had time to do its thing. I typically let that sit overnight, heat up, and test the water before adding other chemicals the next morning.
I refilled mine but forgot to use the chemical flush, first. So, I need to drain it again. OUCH! But even in Florida, where water is expensive, 200G of water is only $5.
@@laundromatjones4337Salt water hot tubs is also so much easier to maintain, never have to balance anything other than the PH and make sure alkalinity is not to high, The spa salt chlorine generator takes care of the right amount of disinfectant. Change or clean of filter depends on how much use.
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I'm a disabled veteran with fibromyalgia and arthritis. Hot tub is the best thing I've done for myself. Thanks for showing how to maintain myself. One service visit from the company I purchased the hot tub from is $295. No, thanks. I'll do it myself!
Thank you for your service 🙏
To drain, you can also take a garden hose or several hoses and turn them around where the male end is in the tub and the female end is out to the yard or drain area then turn on the jets and stick the male hose end over the jets (it'll make a syphon) then push the male ended hose in the bottom of your tube. I do three or four hoses, it'll drain in about 40mn
This was really simple and easy to follow
Crazy… right as I’m about to drain my hot tub you uploads this 5 minutes prior. Meant to be!
Glad the timing worked out!
I am soon going to be doing a water chsnge. After draining there will still be residual water in the lines which presumably will contain some amounts of the cleaning solution used to flush the lines. Is that a concern?
What about the foam after the line flush. Do you get that out or just start pumping the water out.
SO MUCH useful information...thanks!
Way to go Matt! Fantastic work
hey! Even thou its obvious for a hot tub owners to take a shower before use, somehow, for the rest of people its not. I constantly having issues with biofilm, low sanitizers etc. I do ask my guest to take the shower but as soon as Im not on watch, nobody respects that. What is best to do? Keeping high chlorine level, shocking water everyday, change water once a week or maybe there is some chemicals that may help?
What size pump do use to pump out the water? Thinking about purchasing one asap.
Depends on the size of your hot tub. Usually sub pumps are rated for how much water they can move. Since hot tubs aren't that big I think you'd be good with most sub pumps
Are hot tub cover protectants necessary? My hot tub is out in the sun just wondering if its needed and if so what brand or what product?
Definitely IMO to keep from cracking. I used a boat cushion protectant
Thanks for this
Im sorry but Im not sure I understood correctly, do I add chemicals immediately after refilling even thou the water is cold or I wait to heat the water up before adding sanitizers?
We were recommended a few times to wait 24 hours after the spa is filled up and heating before testing the water. So your spa should have time to heat back up to at least 80!
What kind of sump.pump is good tonuse?
Where do you buy the attachement at the end of garden hose that goes into the tub?
It's a hose filter. You can find them on Amazon or any of the hardware stores.
@@SwimUniversity thank you
Line flush twice still have white flem looking stuff floating around in the water, I turn the heat up to 104 and dumped a bunch of chlorine in to see if that will work, I hope that works any advice
Don't forget to use Metal Gone before putting checking the water and putting chemicals in. Key is to balance the PH before putting chlorine and other chemicals in. Keep in mind that your PH reading might not be accurate until after the Metal Gone has had time to do its thing. I typically let that sit overnight, heat up, and test the water before adding other chemicals the next morning.
Great information 👍🏽
Glad it was helpful!
I refilled mine but forgot to use the chemical flush, first. So, I need to drain it again. OUCH! But even in Florida, where water is expensive, 200G of water is only $5.
Wow that's not terribly expensive!
Siphon out the water with a cheap garden hose
Man, I just not have mid-range hoses. Will it work?
The biggest waste of money I've ever spent was a hot tub, lol
Totally disagree. We enjoy ours thoroughly as it sends us straight into relax mode and great sleep and acts as a stress manager
@@nitapita8744same , it only isn’t an investment if you don’t use it
@@nitapita8744same. Easy maintenance too.
No way….i get it’s work but the enjoyment and relaxation we get from it is so worth it.
Who cares dude
I will never buy a hot tub again. This video is helpful, but having to do this 3-4 times per year was a pain.
I agree biggest money pit and time suck there is.
Why? It takes 25 min to drain…
Salt water pools only need one once a year, maybe twice with HEAVY use.
Why are you doing it so often? 1-2X/ year
@@laundromatjones4337Salt water hot tubs is also so much easier to maintain, never have to balance anything other than the PH and make sure alkalinity is not to high, The spa salt chlorine generator takes care of the right amount of disinfectant. Change or clean of filter depends on how much use.
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How about taking each jet out to get all the little crap stuck behind them? Otherwise your just wasting time. Jmo
the line flush cleans that and there's never any gunk behind jet inserts to begin with.
Yup, the line flush should take care of that!
Thank you so much for your videos it really helps
You don't need to do a purge every 3-4 months, more like every 6-12 months.