Published on 11/01/2019 8:16 am
How Do You Maintain Wood Barrel Hot Tub?

Owning a hot tub, be it’s an indoor or outdoor, requires maintenance consistently. Owning traditional hot tubs like wood barrel saunas add to the maintenance hours needed for keeping the hot tub usable. However, wood barrel hot tubs feature accessories like hot tub covers, wood sauna stoves, etc. Here are a few ways to maintain a wood barrel hot tub:

Surface treatment –

Outer surface –

Wood barrel hot tubs are different from the modern plastic hot tubs as they need maintenance on the outer wood surface. The hot tub should be treated with a wood supplement oil, glaze and wax around twice in a year. However, varnishes and paint should be never used on the exterior part of the hot tub because they greatly impact on the ability of wood for swelling and holding in the water.

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Inner surface –

Likewise modern hot tubs, any chemicals shouldn’t be treated in the inner surface of the hot tub. Over time, there will be a buildup of scum because of presence of chemicals in the water and they should be cleaned and taken out of the hot tub.

Placement of hot tub –

Placing hot tubs in indoors and outdoors has its own share of benefits and drawbacks. When you leave a hot tub in the outdoor, you need to consider the weather and external structure condition that will affect the lifetime of the hot tub.

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No matter wherever you place your hot tub, it should sit on a ground that should be flat and dry. If the ground remains damp under a wood barrel hot tub, the bottom part will collect mold, stink and erode eventually.

Another factor you should consider is the temperature. A hot tub should be placed in the areas with constant temperature. The presence of wood on the wood barrel will contract and expand continuously in the outdoors because of changing seasonal temperatures. Therefore, you should treat and check the hot tub often – which will help you determine a new location.

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Water maintenance and scaling –

The water maintenance in a hot tub involves proper testing the pH of the water, chlorine concentration in the water, maintaining the water level and removing scum. You need to check the pH and chlorine concentration of water that guarantees harmful bacteria don’t collect inside the hot tub. Use a pH and chlorine meter for this purpose.

Though water will exit the hot tub from people splashing and the water evaporating, maintaining water level by adding enough water to hot tub is important. Water inside the hot tub will create hard water scaling buildup where the water meets the air.

Bottom line –

Maintaining a wood barrel hot tub makes sure that the fun will last for long. Being a premier name for wood sauna stoves and wood barrel saunas, Heaters4Saunas suggests you the useful tips on how to enjoy hot tub bath year-round.

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