How to Prevent Problems Caused by Hard Water in Your Home

Hello World!  Welcome Friends!  Hard water can be a major pain, as we’ve already mentioned in a previous article. Stained shower doors, stained dishes, clothes caked in detergent, limescale formations inside pipes, you name it.

While you can’t restructure the water that municipalities and private wells give off from the ground, there are a few methods through which you can combat these effects before they even start appearing with water softener services. Let’s take a look at the ones that are the most efficient.

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Traditional Salt-Based Water Softener

This is probably the most popular method of softening water before it can even reach your plumbing system. Despite the heavy regulations that some states impose on this apparatus, it still remains many Americans’ favorite water-softening method.

Pros

• Is highly efficient once you get everything set up and ready to roll
• You can find a water softener in a variety of shapes and sizes for different GPMs, GPGs, and other important aspects
• The salt used for it comes in a variety of shapes, sizes, and prices depending on your needs, budget, and hardness level

Cons

• Puts sodium inside your water supply, which can be nasty for plants, pets, and people suffering from some chronic diseases
• Requires some serious plumbing knowledge to install
• The maintenance process isn’t necessarily hard, but it can be quite tedious

Water Descaler

A far more compact device and one that doesn’t add salt nor any other chemicals to your water supply, the water descaler is considered way more modern and more fitting for those who have chronic illnesses and for those who use a septic system. Some models, such as the Yarna water descaler also work regardless of GPG or GPM.

Pros

• Reshapes mineral crystal to make them smaller and less sticky so that they won’t cling onto pipes and other surfaces but still give you the benefits of drinking them
• Works regardless of pipe material so you have one less thing to worry about
• Easy to install, requires absolutely zero plumbing knowledge of specialized tools
• No other accessories, salt, or anything else that wastes your money

Cons

• Requires electricity, so if the power goes out it will stop working
• Takes up to three months to remove currently existing limescale found within pipes

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Reverse Osmosis System

A RO system is one of the most popular filtration and softening systems out there, despite having a few clear disadvantages. However, the advantages that it does offer might just be good enough for some people to discard the cons.

Pros

• Makes water taste good when used for cooking, which is the main reason why it’s mostly preferred by restaurants
• Also acts like a filter, as it can eliminate an impressive number of contaminants, be them organic or inorganic
• Comes in a variety of shapes and sizes with several options such as remineralization kits to put beneficial minerals back into the water

Cons

• Tends to waste a significant amount of water
• The brine needs constant care and maintenance
• Costly to repair

Final Thoughts

What softening method will you be trying out of all three of these? Which one do you think offers the best advantages compared to its cons? Leave us a comment below with your opinion and share this article with other homeowners who are dealing with problems caused by hard water.

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