Best water softeners to help prevent limescale in hard water areas
London is famously a hard water area.
It’s a badge of dishonour and leaves our kettles, sink sides and showers encrusted with unsightly limescale that only shifts after being doused with chemical-laden cleaning products.
Unless you’ve never left the M25 boundary, you’ve probably noticed how much softer water is elsewhere. It tastes purer and leaves hair and skin feeling soft, instead of needing buckets of lotion and serum to bring back to life.
What’s the difference between hard and soft water?
Hard water occurs when rain, which is soft, passes through porous rock and picks up minerals like magnesium and calcium along the way. These impurities can lead to a build-up of limescale in your home’s plumbing and various water-using appliances: think kettles, washing machines and dishwashers.
Aside from looking unhygienic, it can affect thecost to repair.
