How Do You Maintain Your Wood Fired Hot Tub?

Generally, a wood burning hot tub works differently than an ordinary electric or gas fired hot tub. When you install a wood fired hot tub, you need to fill up the hot tub and use it a couple of times. After that, you can replace the water. A wood fired hot tub doesn’t use any chemicals and is ideal for those seeking for a pure natural hot tub experience.

No matter whatever wooden hot tub you’re looking to purchase, its exterior requires to be stained, if you want to keep the color of rich cedar for long. If you leave it unstained, your hot tub will turn into a natural grey color over time.

Add a Filter and Jet

When it comes to enjoying traditional sauna experience, you should choose no other than Northern Lights Wood Burning Hot Tubs. You can add an extra pump filtering system with four jets to your wood fired hot tub.

In addition, consider an optional upgrade of 110-120 VAC power source. You can plug it into a home outlet that comes with a GFIC protected plug. With this upgrade, you can take advantage of the hydrotherapy massage jets.

Besides, most sauna enthusiasts add a filter with jet for water filtration purposes. It means, they can maintain the clarity of water inside a sauna and you won’t need to drain the tub frequently. You can use the water for months without getting stressed about draining with a filter.

Again, if you’re planning to enjoy a hot tub session in your vacation home on weekends, you can expedite the overall hot tub experience with an additional filter. Obviously, you won’t need to fill the hot tub while visiting every time.

Control Temperature Range and Heating Time

A wood burning hot tub heater can’t keep hot tub water at the exact temperature whereas other heating options can. The heat in a wood fired hot tub tends to stratify, which means the hotter water rises to the top whereas the cooler water goes to the bottom.

You can use a paddle or something similar to stire the water occasionally while soaking. Using an additional filter will minimize stratification by forcefully mixing the water. Remember that controlling temperature and heating time depend on the type of wood used, the temperature of water and external outdoor temperature.

All you need to do is to use same type of wood to get the feel for the right amount of wood and the heating time to reach the optimal water tempeature. It’s paramount to mix the water properly to obtain exact temperature prior to enjoying your hot tub.

However, you may not feel good to find hot water at the top and only luke warm in the bottom at the same time. The heating time in a wood burning hot tub depends on the volume of water and the size of wood fired hot tub heater.

Bottom Line –

At Northern Lights Cedar Tubs, we specialize in providing wood fired hot tub kits perfectly-engineered to deliver superior level of efficiency, durability, and performance. For more information, please call us as soon as possible at +1 (800) 759-8990.