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Don’t Be Hassled With Hard Water

by Mark Timmons February 17, 2013 0 Comments

Do you wash your clothes and they come out feeling harsh or looking dingy? After you shower, do you feel like there is a film of sticky soap left on your skin? Is your hair starting to look dull and lifeless? Have you dishes lost their shine? If you have experienced one or all of these things, your home might have hard water. How You Can Benefit from a Water Softener While still a relatively unknown product, few other things in your home have more benefits than a water softener system. You may think it's just a glorified water filter, like the kind that goes over your sink's tap, but water softener systems are a lot more than that.

What Even Is It? A water softener system turns so-called hard water into soft water. Hard water is water that contains all the minerals that build up in your water supply, such as calcium and magnesium. As these materials build up, it can cause damage to pipes, washing machines, dishwashers or pretty much anything else in your home that uses water. A water softener simply removes these minerals from the water, turning the water from hard to soft. Soft water has many more benefits than just offering clog free pipes.

What Can It Do For Me? First and foremost, installing a water softener system will ensure that you don't have to deal with clogged pipes. The minerals will be removed so your pipes and drains will be left clean of lime scale and any other sort of mineral damage that could occur. But there are plenty of other benefits to installing a water softener system that are a bit more indirect. Your clothing will last a lot longer when washed with soft water as opposed to hard water, and your skin will start feeling healthier and cleaner. Numerous studies have shown that a water softener has benefits for people with dry skin. Plus, you won't have to clean your shower as often, since you won't see any of that nasty orange or white build-up that occurs in the bottom of tubs. You'll also start to notice that your dishes are a lot cleaner and streak free when coming out of the dishwasher. Soft water washes away soap residue a lot easier than hard water, while also reducing the amount of detergent you need to use for washing dishes. Same goes for when you wash your hair; you'll find yourself using less shampoo and soap, and you'll see that it rinses off a lot easier. In addition to all of the benefits just mentioned above, you'll start to see a decrease in your energy bill after you install a water softener system.

Water heating accounts for as much as a quarter of the energy used inside your home. Heating untreated hard water can cause a huge increase in the amount of energy needed in order to heat the water because of all the minerals that are still in the water. It takes a lot longer to heat hard water than soft water. Adding a water softener can increase the efficiency of a water heater by up to 22 percent for electric heaters, or 29 percent for gas heaters. That's a huge number to anyone. Installing a water softener in your home will no doubt require a substantial initial investment, but once it's installed, it will instantly start saving you money on your energy bill. It's actually the only appliance you can put in your home that will save you more than it costs. Think about that for a minute. That, combined with its simple luxury, will mean you made a great decision for your home.


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