Did you recently move into your new home and start to notice shiny new pimples on your face? Or while on vacation, feel your skin become dry, cracked and itchy? You use the same lotions, creams, soaps, even the same makeup – and yet your face has red, irritated pimples. The culprit may be your Read the full article…
What is Hard Water?
In simple terms, it means dissolved calcium and magnesium ions in your water. Although there are other dissolved ions in your water, those are the primary components. How Does Hardness Get in Your Water? Rain already has some hardness, and as water travels through the earth’s crust and underground to your well, it dissolves more Read the full article…
Why Is Soft Water Slippery?
Soft water may feel slimy, but the alleged “slime” is not really slime at all – it’s your skin’s natural oils. If you oiled your skin and stepped into the shower, how would that feel? Let your mind re-think the showering experience as a moisturizing experience – it feels pretty darn good. Remember, you Read the full article…
Who Wants to Buy a Water Softener?
Who Wants to Buy a Water Softener? Let’s face it. A Water Softener is not a luxury car, a new tablet, or a big screen TV. You may not rush your friends down into your basement to show them that new Water Softener. But, hold on. That Water Softener could be one of the smartest Read the full article…
Etching and Hard Water
What is Etching? ETCHING is the scratching or pitting of glassware. It creates a frosty and cloudy look to dishes. What is Hard Water? HARD WATER means you have dissolved rock in your water. That rock leaves white deposits on everything it touches. How Do I Know If I Have Hard Water? Soak your glass Read the full article…
Can Soft Water Be Too Soft?
A question we are often asked in the water treatment world is, can my water be too soft? Technically, no. Soft water is the total absence of hardness. Hardness is the measure of how much dissolved rock there is floating around in your water. A Water Softener will remove all hardness from your water! It Read the full article…
How much Salt does a Water Softener add to your Drinking Water?
For one 8 oz glass of water, a softener adds about 2 milligrams of sodium for every grain of hardness. Notice I said sodium (Na) and NOT salt. Salt is actually sodium chloride (NaCl). A water softener adds sodium to your softened water but NOT chloride. The chloride washes away when your softener goes through Read the full article…
Hard Water Can Void Your Water Heater Warranty
Water heater manufacturers, such as Rinnai, are smart. They recognize that hard water can cause some big problems, like damaging the heat exchanger. Your well water and even your city water have varying levels of rock in the water. This dissolved rock precipitates back out as rock and produce scale- a white buildup that you Read the full article…
Water Softener – Salt or No Salt?
We know you don’t want to buy salt for your water softener. But the truth is, there isn’t anything better on the market yet that treats hard water as effectively. I say “yet” because the technology is coming. When? Who knows. And who ever figures that out is going to make a ton of money. Read the full article…