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The whole point of a water softening unit is to remove the hard minerals known as calcium and magnesium from your water. While these minerals are actually detrimental for you to drink, they are bad for your body and your home. These minerals are what cause your skin and hair to dry out while you take a shower. They also cause your clothes to have a rough feeling and your whites to turn grey over time. If you ever notice a sticky substance forming on your shower floor it’s probably soap curd. Soap curd forms when hard minerals mixed with soap, this can feel very nasty on your feet. Soap also doesn’t lather well with hard water because of the minerals. This can force you to pay a lot more for soap and cleaning products.
Hard water also causes damage to your pipes from the formation of lime scale which will eventually lead to clogging. If your pipes become clogged with lime scale will be forced to pay hundreds in repairs if not more. This can all be avoided by simply purchasing a water softener or buying a water conditioner. Please note that water conditioners don’t actually remove hard minerals but instead stabilize them momentarily. This is still very effective from keeping lime scale forming in your pipes. All of your water-based appliances will also have a shorter life span when used with hard water. Tankless water heaters also don’t do as well with using hard water because of his inability to conduct heat very well.
Hard water also causes damage to your pipes from the formation of lime scale which will eventually lead to clogging. If your pipes become clogged with lime scale will be forced to pay hundreds in repairs if not more. This can all be avoided by simply purchasing a water softener or buying a water conditioner. Please note that water conditioners don’t actually remove hard minerals but instead stabilize them momentarily. This is still very effective from keeping lime scale forming in your pipes. All of your water-based appliances will also have a shorter life span when used with hard water. Tankless water heaters also don’t do as well with using hard water because of his inability to conduct heat very well.