City water high in chloramines changes your dichlor math from the start. This guide gives exact doses for a typical 6-person hard-shell hot tub, explains why a breakpoint shock is step one, and walks through the ongoing maintenance routine so chloramines stay gone.
Low alkalinity in a 6-person hard-shell hot tub causes pH swings, cloudy water, and equipment corrosion. This guide gives exact baking soda doses by starting level, a comparison table, and a step-by-step process for getting your alkalinity into the 80-120 ppm target range safely.
Closing a 6-person hard-shell hot tub for winter with bromine tablets takes a specific approach – not just tossing in a few extra tablets and hoping for the best. This guide gives you the exact tablet count, residual target, and step-by-step closing process for a bromine-maintained tub going into cold storage.
Closing a 2-person hard-shell hot tub for winter takes more than just draining the water. You need a final sanitizer dose that’s high enough to kill everything in the shell and lines before the tub sits empty for months. This guide gives you the exact bromine and chlorine amounts for a typical 250- to 350-gallon 2-person hard-shell, plus the steps to apply them correctly.
Closing a 6-person hard-shell hot tub for winter takes more than just draining the water. You need the right shock dose at the right time to kill what’s living in your plumbing before it sits dormant for months. This guide gives you exact amounts for both chlorine and non-chlorine shock, plus the steps to do it right.
Closing a 4-person hard-shell hot tub for winter takes more than draining the water. You need the right sanitizer dose at the right time to prevent biofilm, scale, and a nasty surprise when you refill in spring. This guide gives you exact bromine and chlorine amounts based on typical 4-person capacity.