Healthier and luxurious lifestyle
The ancient tradition of hot tub bathing is more popular than ever and people increasingly recognise its therapeutic value in the stressful world we live in today. Firehouse makes it easier than ever to enjoy luxurious and holistic hydrotherapy in the privacy of your own home.
What is a Northern Lights Red Cedar Wood Hot Tub?
The barrel-shaped 6-seater Northern Lights HT6 is manufactured entirely from top-grade 40mm thick Western Red Cedar wood, held in place by 50mm flat stainless-steel straps.
The HT6 is perfect for a family and can be installed in your home gym, entertainment area, patio or garden. The HT6 is ideal for recessed or semi-recessed designs and installations where the top of the tub is around 300mm above the decking, but with the correct surface preparation, it can be installed anywhere, indoors or outdoors.
Six adults can be seated comfortably at two different levels. On the upper level, you can stretch out and float and at the lower level, you can completely immerse yourself in hot water.
The water is heated by a Balboa 3kW electric heater, circulated by a powerful 2-stage pump and purified by a three-stage filtering system, comprising a 50sq ft filter, Clear Blue mineral ionizer and an ozone purifier.
3-colour LED mood lighting, cedar shelves and skirtings to cover the plumbing complete the picture. Your HT6 hot tub is controlled by an LCD digital controller.
What makes Western Red Cedar Wood the best choice for Hot Tubs?
In a world of synthetic materials, we have almost forgotten the vast number of benefits of natural wood. With its rich tones and striking grain, western red cedar wood not only has an exquisite aesthetic appearance, it has medicinal benefits, is extraordinarily durable and resistant to decay, naturally repels insects and actively combats bacteria and fungi. Used as one of the most luxurious building materials, in ancient times cedar wood symbolised a source of protection, wisdom and abundance.
In a Northern Lights hot tub, the wood’s thermal insulation and waterproof qualities ensure your water heats up quickly and stays warm for much longer than in any synthetic material.
What are the medicinal properties of Western Red Cedar Wood?
The oils contained in western red cedar wood naturally has anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties, is antifungal and antiseptic, is insecticidal and mildew and mould preventive. It is also a natural anti-deodoriser.
How does a Northern Lights Western Cedar HT6 Hot Tub improve your wellbeing?
The warm water helps increase blood flow throughout the body while the jet streams of water massage your muscles and nerve endings.
Warming your blood causes the heart to pump faster and the blood vessels to dilate. The increased heartbeat is similar to mild exercise, while the increased blood flow lowers blood pressure and carries more oxygen to the body and brain. The improved flow of blood also carries away the lactic acids that cause pain and cramping in muscles.
Is a Northern Lights Cedar wood hot tub easy to keep clean and hygienic?
The purification system and natural qualities of western red cedar wood will do most of the work for you, removing impurities and killing bacteria and fungi. Spending a few minutes every time you use it to check the pH, alkalinity and calcium levels with a testing strip will keep your cedar wood hot tub in great condition.
You may need to add bromine occasionally to sanitise your hot tub water and to keep the chemical balance correct.
Avoid oils and clean your hot tub as you would your bath so no dirt can accumulate and the water can last without changing for three to six months.
Your owner’s manual will give simple instructions on how to keep the hot tub clean and will indicate the amounts of each product that needs to be added to the water.
