Using a water softener can change your life forever. Although it may appear like luxury spending at first, once you start to see it's life-changing benefits, you will find it hard to go back. It is simply one of the best investments you can make to ensure long-term money and energy savings.
What is 'hard' water and 'soft' water?
When reference is made to 'hard' water it means that it contains more minerals than ordinary water. The minerals that are particularly relevant here are calcium and magnesium. As the calcium and magnesium dissolves, the water becomes more hard. A significant amount of calcium and magnesium causes the water to become even harder. Water softening is the process of removing those ions that make the water hard. These ions are usually calcium and magnesium ions.
Green Benefits
Water softeners help reduce carbon emissions by removing the build up of scale that forms insides pipes and heating systems. Some tests carried out by the government confirmed that the improvement rate was 5.6%.
A further benefit to the environment is that using a water softener enables the home user to use less soaps and cleaning products. Water softeners help increase the life-span of various appliances around the house. They also help reduce the number of visits by service engineers to maintain and repair the appliances from the damages of limescale.
Some commentators have questioned the real benefits of water softeners. They call them time-wasters because they use water to regenerate. However it is argued that this is not the case today. The water softener regenerates the effectiveness of the resin used to soften the water by washing it with brine, usually once a day.
Since water softeners came into the market around a 100 years ago, many of the manufacturers have been working on improving its ability to operate on less water usage. Most of the contemporary water softeners meet the Building Research Establishment's (BRE) Code for Sustainable Homes specification for acceptable performance, which is for regeneration to use no more than 4% of the total amount of softened water the softener produces.
Enhanced lifestyle
As mentioned earlier, using water softeners will drastically improve your lifestyle at home. Little problems you used to have before like your shower or sink blocking, you will not have to deal with any more. You will notice a reduction in scale which will keep your boiler running efficiently. Furthermore, your time spent in cleaning will be greatly reduced as your shower cubicle will stay clean for weeks and need limited polishing up.
Savings in the home
Spending large amount of money on cleaning products such as such as scale removers, shower cleaners, and floor cleaners will be a thing of the past once you have a water softener installed. The most substantial, but perhaps less obvious savings you will make will be on your hot water heating system by removing its scale.
Finally, water softeners will not just benefit you economically and environmentally. Once you have enjoyed the luxury of washing and showering in scum free water, you will find it difficult re-adjusting back to hard water.
What is 'hard' water and 'soft' water?
When reference is made to 'hard' water it means that it contains more minerals than ordinary water. The minerals that are particularly relevant here are calcium and magnesium. As the calcium and magnesium dissolves, the water becomes more hard. A significant amount of calcium and magnesium causes the water to become even harder. Water softening is the process of removing those ions that make the water hard. These ions are usually calcium and magnesium ions.
Green Benefits
Water softeners help reduce carbon emissions by removing the build up of scale that forms insides pipes and heating systems. Some tests carried out by the government confirmed that the improvement rate was 5.6%.
A further benefit to the environment is that using a water softener enables the home user to use less soaps and cleaning products. Water softeners help increase the life-span of various appliances around the house. They also help reduce the number of visits by service engineers to maintain and repair the appliances from the damages of limescale.
Some commentators have questioned the real benefits of water softeners. They call them time-wasters because they use water to regenerate. However it is argued that this is not the case today. The water softener regenerates the effectiveness of the resin used to soften the water by washing it with brine, usually once a day.
Since water softeners came into the market around a 100 years ago, many of the manufacturers have been working on improving its ability to operate on less water usage. Most of the contemporary water softeners meet the Building Research Establishment's (BRE) Code for Sustainable Homes specification for acceptable performance, which is for regeneration to use no more than 4% of the total amount of softened water the softener produces.
Enhanced lifestyle
As mentioned earlier, using water softeners will drastically improve your lifestyle at home. Little problems you used to have before like your shower or sink blocking, you will not have to deal with any more. You will notice a reduction in scale which will keep your boiler running efficiently. Furthermore, your time spent in cleaning will be greatly reduced as your shower cubicle will stay clean for weeks and need limited polishing up.
Savings in the home
Spending large amount of money on cleaning products such as such as scale removers, shower cleaners, and floor cleaners will be a thing of the past once you have a water softener installed. The most substantial, but perhaps less obvious savings you will make will be on your hot water heating system by removing its scale.
Finally, water softeners will not just benefit you economically and environmentally. Once you have enjoyed the luxury of washing and showering in scum free water, you will find it difficult re-adjusting back to hard water.
About the Author:
Tal Potishman, editor of Heating Central, writes articles about boiler, central heating, Bradford plumbers, underfloor heating and solar thermal. He specializes in helping save money by advising on efficient heating.
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