How to Prepare Your Hot Tub for Winter
- July 22, 2010
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When winter’s first chill arrives, decide whether to shut down your hot tub for the season, or to prepare to maintain it through snow, sleet, and dropping temperatures. Know what you’re in for and the process will be smoother.
You Will Need
- Hot tub cover
- Floating thermal blanket
- Suitable cleaning product
- Clean towels
- Spa vacuum (optional)
- Generator (optional)
- Hot tub maintenance company (optional)
Step 1: Make your plan
Make your plan for winter hot tub care based on whether you will continue to use the tub or shut it down.
Step 2: Continue to enjoy
Continue to enjoy your hot tub during winter, but prepare for cold and snow by laying a floating thermal blanket across the water surface and keeping the unit securely covered.
Step 3: Set the timer
Set the timer to cycle water 2 to 4 times every hour throughout the season to prevent water from freezing.
Prevent damage from winter power outages by having a generator available to run the hot tub system.
Step 4: Shut down
Shut down a hot tub for winter by powering off the system, then flushing and draining the plumbing.
A spa vacuum will aid the draining process.
Step 5: Purge air blowers
Purge air blowers, remove filters, loosen fittings to allow free drainage, and blow water out of air jets.
Consider hiring a professional to properly prepare your hot tub for winter.
Step 6: Clean the shell
Clean the shell with a suitable product, rinse with water, and towel dry.
Step 7: Place the cover
Place the cover in position, then secure doors and latches. Now, pour yourself a warm drink and relax by the fire as Old Man Winter moves in for the season.
From the 1880s until the 1940s, America’s baseball teams flocked to Hot Springs, Arkansas, to soothe their tired muscles in the natural spa waters.
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