Spa Chemicals

A spa is definitely not a tank you fill up with water and treat as though it was a small swimming pool. It is filled with water but there the similarity ends. Water in a spa is maintained at a much higher temperature than in a pool. It contains only a fraction of the water a pool holds, so the potential for pollution per litre of water is much greater. For example, five people using a 750 gallon spa is the equivalent of 200 people using a 30,000 gallon pool.

You don’t need to be a chemist to own a spa but you will need to read and become familiar with the manufacturer’s instructions provided with your spa and gain a little understanding of the chemicals you'll be using. Follow a few simple rules and you can:

You need to add chemicals to keep the water free from bugs and bacteria which could live quite happily in your spa. Bacteria needs little encouragement to flourish; a nice dark warm place is ideal, and where better than in the spa filter or pipework.

Water is the most important part of your spa, indeed all the equipment is designed to either hold water, move it, filter it or heat it, so if you take care of the water, it will take care of you.