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Hard water

White scale on taps and kettles, spotted glassware and dry skin. The most common water complaint in Halton Hills, and one of the easiest to fix.

Symptoms

  • White scale on taps, showerheads and in the kettle
  • Spots and film on glassware and dishes
  • Dry skin and dull hair after showering
  • Soap that does not lather and stiff laundry
  • Water heater and appliances failing early

Common causes

  • Calcium and magnesium dissolved from limestone and similar bedrock
  • Municipal and well water in this area are both commonly hard
  • A softener that is undersized, out of salt or no longer regenerating

How we treat it

  1. Test the hardness

    A free in-store test gives the reading in grains per gallon.

  2. Size a softener

    To the reading, the household and the plumbing.

  3. Install with a bypass

    So the system can be serviced without shutting off the house.

  4. Keep it fed

    Salt and occasional resin cleaner from the store.

Hardness is dissolved calcium and magnesium picked up as water moves through limestone and similar rock, which is common across this part of Ontario. It is not a health concern, but it costs money: scale insulates water heater elements, clogs aerators and showerheads, and shortens the life of dishwashers and washing machines. Soap and detergent also work less well, so you use more.

The fix is a water softener sized to your hardness reading and household. The free in-store test gives us the number in grains per gallon, and from there sizing is straightforward. On well water we also check for iron and sediment, which need to be handled before the softener.

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