Do you know how to clean a jetted tub properly?
A jetted tub is a bathtub, usually installed in the master bath, which has several jets around the tub. These are connected to small flexible pipes around the tub fitted to a circulation pump and often an air blower … The main difference between a jetted tub and a spa or hot tub is that it is drained after each use, and for that reason they usually have no spa filter and no need for a spa cover. Source
We all know what a dirty bathtub ring looks like. Now imagine what that soap scum buildup is doing inside the plumbing of your bathroom jetted tub!
Sure, you can clean the surface of the tub itself — but once you start up the air jets, all kinds of nasty looking black flakes will come floating to the surface if you don’t properly clean the jets themselves and the interior plumbing system. (I know because it happened to me.)
That’s right, the spa jets and all the pipes behind the scenes in your soaking tub can quickly become contaminated with all sorts of infectious bacteria — some you can see, and some you can’t see! It’s called biofilm. More on that in a minute.
This video shows how the plumbing works in air jet tubs, and why you need to know how to clean a jetted tub — the right way:
Fortunately, cleaning the inside of your air tub’s elaborate collection of pipes, jets, and nozzles is really straightforward and easy!
Here’s how to clean a jetted tub yourself (and sanitize it by removing the biofilm with a jetted tub cleaner) in just a few quick steps…