Is Your Hot Tub Water Dirty?

Is your hot tub water dirty? Difficulty keeping the water clear even after cleaning the filters?

Hot Tubs require an investment of time, effort and a little expenditure to maintain water quality to a high standard for you to really enjoy the benefits of the hot tub.

This may not have been fully explained at the time of purchase, or you may have a pre-owned hot tub where this information is not available.

You may even have been lucky enough to move to a property that already has a hot tub but the care and maintenance information is missing.

The Importance Of Cleaning Hot Tub Filters Correctly

Many hot tub owners are not aware of the importance of cleaning the filters or how to do it correctly. Just rinsing them with clean water before refitting back into the hot tub is definitely not cleaning them properly. 

This will not even start to solve the problem of dirty water, so how do we clean and maintain the filters properly? Don’t panic, it isn’t difficult…..

Read our Filter Care topic here about How To Look After Your Hot Tub Water Quality.

Maintaining water quality correctly is so very important. Having an unsatisfactory or even no maintenance plan is likely to be the reason for the water appearing dirty and/or cloudy.

Where Can I Find More Information About Cleaning Hot Tub Filters?

For information about correctly cleaning and maintaining you hot tub filters, follow the link to our Filter Care topic How To Clean A Dirty Hot Tub Filter.

The topic explains how to clean the filters properly, and how to remove the dirt and contaminants trapped within the filter.

Darlly Filters are strong and robust and can be cleaned many times over. Cleaning instead of replacing is not only more environmentally friendly, it will also cost less. Definately a win win isn’t it?

Why Do I Need Two Sets Of Filters?

Two sets of filters are definitely recommended to help with maintaining water quality. Won’t that cost twice as much in filters though? The short answer is no because you are only using one set at any one time. The other set is in the ‘cleaning cycle’ which also includes drying the filters completely to help kill any bacteria hidden deep within.

Read about the importance of having two sets of filters and how this helps maintain the water quality.

Do you have any questions or suggestions for topics that you would like us to cover on our Filter Care Topics page? If so, please do not hesitate to get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

We will do what we can to help 🙂

Happy Hot Tubbing!

The Darlly Team

It’s too good to miss! An opportunity to party and you have a hot tub, how do you prepare the water to be sparkling and inviting? It would be rude to invite your friends and not invite the hot tub wouldn’t it? 

Hopefully, you have allowed yourself enough time between now and party-time to get the tub ship-shape.

Where shall we start? This depends on the condition of the water currently in the hot tub. How long has it been in there? Is it cloudy? Is it saturated? Does it look inviting?

If the water has been in there a while or the quality is not tip top, it may be worth changing it. Come party time, the water and the filters will possibly have to deal with and filter out considerably more contamination than it normally would, hence why the water needs to be prepared for it.

Let us assume that we need to change the water to enjoy the best bathing experience at party time.

When was the last time you carried out a hot tub flush to clean the hidden pipework and plumbing? It is worth considering carrying out this task now if it has been a while since it was last done. 

Let’s break this down into a few simple steps.

1.    Remove the filters and any floating sponges, Darlly Ducks, chemical dispensers etc.

2.   Turn on the jets to max, or the cleaning cycle if available and add the liquid or gel cleaner.

3.    Wipe down the inside of the tub to remove any residual film or grime.

4.    Turn off the jets and the mains isolator before draining/pumping out the water.

5.   Once the hot tub is completely drained and sponged out, start refilling with fresh water. Run the hose into the filter housing. This helps to fill the pipework first and can help avoid any airlocks in the system.

6.    Fit new or previously thoroughly cleaned and dried quality Darlly filters. Also check out Darlly Sanistream and Darlly Silverstream filters for added benefits.

7.   Fill the hot tub until the water is just above the highest jets by 30-50mm or your hot tub manufacturers recommendation. Test the water using test strips. Add some chlorine to boost the levels as the water is mains tap water. 

To balance alkalinity and PH, wait until the water is up to normal hot tub temperature. 

Remember to maintain floor cleanliness around the hot tub to reduce the possibility of treading contamination into the hot tub. 
 

Add a Darlly duck or two to help collect the floating contaminants that always surface.

Arrange the party lights to add to the atmosphere and don’t forget your Darlly Cocktails to add a little extra pizazz to your hot tub!

Party on! 
Happy Hot tubbing!