An easy-to-follow guide to draining, cleaning, and refilling your hot tub.
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00:00 - Introduction to How To Drain And Refill A Hot Tub
00:15 - #1. Drain Hot Tub Water
01:01 - #2. Clean Hot Tub Surfaces
01:14 - #3. Clean Hot Tub Filters
01:27 - #4. Rinse Hot Tub Shell
01:41 - #5. Refill With Fresh Water
01:53 - #6. Add Filters And Chemicals
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Hey everyone welcome to swimuniversity.com. My name is matt javanese and today i'm going to show you how to drain clean and refill your hot tub. The first step is draining your hot tub. You're gon na need a sump pump or you can use the drain plug on your hot tub or you can use both.

The next step is cleaning your hot tub. What you're going to want to use is a soft rag and any hot tub cleaner that you can find. We have some on our website here or you can find one from a good hot tub, a good hot tub dealer. Now that you have the hot tub drained, it's a good time to take out your filters and clean them.

You can use a filter cleaner. We have three methods: a filter, cleaner with a quick rinse, a chemical rinse and a chemical soak once your hot tub is completely drained and it's completely cleaned. You want to make sure you rinse it down, because you don't want any of that hot tub chemical that you use to clean it into the water. Once you rinse it down, you might need to use your sump pump again to pull the rest of the water out.

So we're going to do that and then once you have all the water out, then you can just go ahead and refill it. Once you refill your hot tub, you're going to want to add those filters back in make sure they're completely rinsed and there's no residue left on the on the filters. And you want to make sure that you add the chemicals that you need to get your hot tub up and running we're talking about your ph, your alkalinity, if you use calcium and chlorine or any other type of sanitizer that you use. So that's it! That's all you have to do in order to drain clean and refill your hot tub for more information.

You can visit our website at swimuniversity.com and thanks for watching it's a sump pump right s-u-m-p. This is a dumb word. Sump, you.

21 thoughts on “How to drain and refill a hot tub | swim university”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Charlene Chavez says:

    Finally a video that is to the point without all that jabber in between!!! Thank you for the tutorial. 🙂

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars NoName No says:

    it IS a dumb word!

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars R Mar says:

    Hey genius! do i need to blowout the lines after i drain it?

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tyler Ray says:

    Thanks for the tutorial, what hot tub brands do you recommend? Service area Ottawa??

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dennis Matveyev says:

    I used jet cleaner, drained, and refilled the tub. I did not rinse it very well, so now I have gunky residue everywhere – on the shell of the spa, and I can feel it inside the jet lines as far as my finger goes into them. What do I do now?

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Swim University says:

    How often do you drain and refill your hot tub?

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Melissa Giron says:

    What does it mean when it says heating is dry?

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dr. Charlene Crump says:

    I drain and clean my hot tub. I refilled and put my bromine tablets in my duck floater. Is it any other chemicals I need to add?

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Blake Thomas says:

    When do you turn the electricity back on? I assume after you refill it with water

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Skylee Williams says:

    Thank you so much! We moved to a new house and they left there hot tub. My family has never owned a hot tub before so cleaning it is very new to us.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars C314 says:

    Where is the drain inside the hot tub? What does it look like? We drain ours but there is water left in the bottom. How do you get that out? Are you in Kanata ?

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars glycomcdonald says:

    You should shock it before you drain it.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sam Rich says:

    You look exactly like Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tanya O says:

    how often do you clean the hot tub in a given year?

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tina mastrototaro says:

    How too add water

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JustStoq _YT says:

    Thanks for the advice I have a 2016 hotsprings hottube and we need to drain it 🙂

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TIM says:

    that s chlorine  after each use. Are you in Nepean ?

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TIM says:

    thanks very helpful I have foam and I am not sure how to put in the right chemicals, I usually put in 2 tablespoons after every use can you help me?

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ena Maas says:

    thanks1

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars goosecouple says:

    Sump pump

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Trinidad Ayala says:

    Where can i find the filter?

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