Swimming pools blog | hot tubs, garden pools, safety
Guides for a UK garden pool or hot tub: which job to buy, shelf costs, chlorine and pH, cloudy water, drain timing, 40°C, children, an RCD socket, a holiday let, and winter storage.
Above ground pool or inflatable hot tub: which job
The patio is clear, the weekend forecast is warm, and the household wants two different things from the same patch of garden. Someone wants the childr
Children hot tub safety: ages, heat and the cover
The cover is on the patio chair because you stepped inside for towels, and a four-year-old is already at the rim. Children hot tub safety starts with
Cloudy hot tub water: the order that clears it
The cover comes off and the water looks like milk. Cloudy hot tub water stops the plan to get in, and the first product people buy is often a clarifie
Above ground pool cost UK: price the kit you mean
The garden-pools tab is open, someone has said “about five hundred pounds”, and the grid runs from a paddling pool near £80 to a steel pool near £850.
Hot tub chlorine and pH: the home bands to test
The water looks clear on a Thursday evening and you are about to drop a capful in because the bottle says weekly. Hot tub chlorine and pH are test res
Hot tub holiday let legionella: the host duties
The key safe is full, the inflatable is still warm from the last guests, and the changeover note says the tablets live in the shed. Hot tub holiday le
How often to change hot tub water: a UK drain window
The cover comes off on a Friday, the water is still the fill from early summer, and the easy move is another jug from the hose to bring the line back
Hot tub RCD outdoor socket: rules before you plug in
The pump cable on a new inflatable stops a few metres from the tub, and the nearest indoor socket is often the kitchen, beyond the patio door. A reel
Safe hot tub temperature: the 40°C UK ceiling
The cover comes off, the panel already reads 40, and the plan is to get straight in because that is the number on the box. A safe hot tub temperature
Store inflatable hot tub for winter: powered or dry
A hard frost is on the forecast and the spa is still full on the patio, cover on, pump plugged into the summer socket. You looked up how to store infl