How Do You Use a Wood Fired Hot Tub?

Are you thinking to install a hot tub in your rustic home or cabin? A wood-fired hot tub makes an amazing addition to your home, especially if you need something unique and interesting for your home. You can shop for a wood heated hot tub that not only works like a bath tub; but that can be used as a soaking tub or shower.

Getting a wood fired hot tub takes you back to the day before using electricity or accessibility to natural gas fuel. Most hot tub purists prefer the authentic, natural experience of soaking in a hot tub heated by burning wood. If this type of hot tub appeals your attention, you can still take advantage of that kind of experience. All you need to do is to shop for a wood burning hot tub from Northern Lights Cedar Tubs.

If you are looking to use a wood fired hot tub, it requires a bit more work than electric or gas hot tub heaters; but the basic principles are same. The principle involves water from the hot tub reservoir passes through the heater and to a filter and into the spa.

From a water heating standpoint, the main difference is that a wood fired hot tub heater is unable to keep your hot tub water at an accurate temperature, the way other heater can. The heat emitted from the hot tub tends to satisfy the bather. However, the hotter water will go to the top whereas the cooler water will go down to the bottom. If you want to handle this situation, you can use a paddle or similar implement to stir water occasionally while soaking.

Generally, a wood burning hot tub operation focuses more on heating stove and maintains the water level to cool the heater and airflow. When you start a fire in the hot tub heater, it’s better to use a clean burning paper to ignite initially and after that you should consider dry kindling and overlaying with criss-crossed logs.

The rule of thumb for wood heated hot tub operation is pretty simple – the more wood you use, the faster your hot water will reach the soaking temperatures at around 104F. The more wood you add, the longer the water inside hot tub will stay at the right temperature. If the water gets hot, you should damp the fire and minimize the airflow into the heater, which will cool down things much faster.

You need to take special care to keep the wood fired heater cool. That means cooling water and it needs surveillance for its maintenance. Some wood stoves are made of metal like aluminum that will melt if you are unable to maintain the cooling system.

The potential issue with a wood burning hot tub heater is the smoke. Use a high-heat, low-smoke fuel source to minimize the smoke. You need to keep the chimney of the stove clean and obstruction-free which is very important factor.

If you own a cabin and want to attempt a rustic style furnishings, consider investing in a wood heated hot tub from Northern Lights Cedar Tubs. It is large enough for the deck area. Our wood fired hot tub makes a perfect way to bring in the comforts and conveniences of a spa to your deck while taking advantage of luxuries and conveniences of a wood burning hot tub.

With so many different styles of wood fired hot tubs, you will start enjoying a hot tub session in your new wooden tub. For more information about our hot tubs, feel free to contact us today at 1-800-759-8990.