5 Signs Your Home Needs a Water Treatment System
While all resources in a home are essential for a good quality of life, nothing disrupts the health of a
home and its residents like poor quality water. Even if the water in your home looks and tastes fine, it
can still contain greater amounts of calcium and magnesium, making it hard water.
A water treatment system is essential if you have hard water at home. You may believe a small water
filter is enough for the kitchen tap, but hard water can do more damage than you can imagine. Here are five signs your home needs a water treatment system:
Limescale Build-up
Limescale buildup on kitchenware, sanitary appliances, and other home surfaces is the most obvious
sign of hard water. Limescale buildup is more common on appliances and surfaces that regularly come
into direct contact with hard water. This includes dishwashers, coffee machines, teapots, taps, sinks,
bathtubs, toilets, showerheads, and glasses.
Limescale can appear yellow, off-white, brown, blue, or green. It can form a crusty layer or appear
dotted or rusted.
Faded/Stained Surfaces and Laundry
Hard water doesn’t allow thorough cleaning of surfaces and clothes. It can make anything cleaned with
it appear stained or faded. The stains are usually brown and grey. They appear most commonly on
window glasses, mirrors, countertops, etc.
Hard water also fades clothes more quicker. It can make whites appear yellowish and leave white or
grey streaks on colored clothes. Hard water can also snatch the softness of fibers, making the fibers hard and brittle and prone to breakage.
Upset Stomachs
Our stomach lining cannot break down hard minerals. Thus, stomach aches and upset stomachs are
other obvious signs of hard water in the home and the need to install a water treatment system. Hard
water can also promote the growth of water-borne viruses and bacteria, leading to severe health issues.
Over time, the hard minerals can even damage the internal gut lining.
Dry Skin and Hair
While some people have naturally dry skin and scalp, hard water can make any skin and hair drier. Dry
skin can become itchy and is more prone to inflammation. Washing hair with hard water can leave
mineral deposits on the scalp, leading to frizzy hair and dandruff.
Results of Water Quality Analysis
It is beneficial to schedule a home water quality test. The test is designed to pick the slightest traces of
hard minerals in the water. The result report of the water quality analysis test can give you the correct
answer if you should or shouldn’t install a home water treatment system.
Why Water Treatment System is the Best Method to Treat Hard Water at
Home?
Installing a water treatment system is the best solution to treat hard water at home. A portable water
filter only filters the water once, while a home water filtration system screens the water for purification
up to seven times. The thorough screening removes all hard minerals, water-borne microbes, salts, and funky taste and smell components.
To treat clean water at your home and improve your life today, call Harry Hayes Plumbing at
904-447-0143.