Hard Water
Hard Water produces an expensive 'Fur' coat which is damaging to your home
. Hard water minerals are left as a deposit whenever hard water is heated or left to evaporate. In your kitchen, when hard water boils, it engrains itself into your teapot and discolours your coffee mugs. It also stains taps and leaves 'spotting all over the sink and drainer. Hard water scale strangulates water flow in pipes and eventually blocks them completely. Only 1.5mm of scale reduces the efficiency of your boiler by almost 10% A water softener will reduce and eventually clear your pipes of scale by dissolving and washing it away returning your hot water heating system to its original condition. It will also leave your taps and shower screens sparkling clean reducing your cleaning time as well as protecting your appliances from nasty scale build ups.
How a Water Softener Works
A water softener works by passing your hard water over ion exchange resin beads. These resin beads exchange the hardness minerals (calcium and magnesium) for softness minerals causing your water to become soft
Once the resin bed becomes exhausted it must be cleaned, this process is known as regeneration. This is achieved by flushing the resin bed with salty water on a regular basis.
The difference in water softeners is not in the softening process, but how the softeners operate. Care must be taken to choose the correct model to suit your household (water pressure, flow requirements, capacity & price). That's why we offer a free of charge no-obligation, impartial home survey to help you decide which unit best suits your property.
