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How can I find out how hard my water is?

Over 60% of the country has a hard water problem in varying degrees, so it is important when choosing a water softener to have the right information.

We offer a  no obligation free water analysis, just contact us at info@flowsoftwatercare with your name and address, and we will send you a test bottle for you to fill with water from your kitchen cold tap for you to return to us in the recyclable padded bag, and we will Email you upon its arrival with your test results.

Why is hard water so bad?

Hard water "scale" damages everything that it comes into contact with, but there is also the problem  of hard water "scum" as well.

Hard water reacts with soaps, shampoos and washing detergents to form a sticky curd like substance that we know and recognise as scum. It clings stubbornly to the surfaces of baths, basins and showers, and also become embedded into every fibre of clothing and linen and prevent them from ever becoming really clean.  Hard water scale also becomes entwined in the fibres of clothing and linen  so they have the accumulative effect on preventing scale and scum rinsing clear of your washing.

But there is more, much more.Hard water scale is actually very small crystals of dissolved rock, and when water heated, it again forms into rock and persistently builds up to cling to  all surfaces that it touches. Hard water scale will clog up pipework, heating elements in tanks, immersion heaters, dishwashers and washing machines ( have you seen the Calgon ad?) electric shower heaters and pumps and even your kettle and coffee maker. When hard water scale "wraps" itself around all of these heating element it forms into a solid insulator, prevent the heater from reaching the water effectively, so it has to work harder and harder to heat the water, pushing your heating bills higher and higher.

Why does a water softener save money.? 

 Official government figures prove that the added cost to water heating bills, and show that hard water could be losing you as much as 70% efficiency on running costs, just think how much that could be costing you in hard earned money during a year!

 Remove hard water from your home and you will on heating bills, cleaning time and materials cost, up to 75% on soaps, shampoos and damaging detergents washing machines, dishwashers and (in fact) every thing Will last much, much longer, and you will even save on expensive plumbing repairs.  

What are the benefits of softened water?

Where do we start?  There are so many benefits!  Soft water really does work in so many different areas of your home, installing a water softener in your home means:

No more scale will form in your home, in fact a water softener will remove existing scale.

 No more spotting and scale marks on baths,basins,sinks and shower screens.

No more sticky, clinging scum on baths, showers etc, or in clothes and linen.

No more scale and scum irritating delicate skin.

No more blocked shower heads.

No more scale in kettles or coffee makers.

No more scale in dishwashers and washing machines.

No more scale in your hot water tank or on your immersion heater.

No more scale in your Central heating boiler.

Will a water softener help with eczema or psoriasis?

People with sensitive skin, or people with eczema suffer particularly badly from bathing and washing in hard water, but  they also get the accumulative effect of wearing clothing with scale and scum clinging to every fibre, and that is generally in contact with their delicate skin all day every day, even when they sleep it is in their nigh ware and in bed linen. Even soaps and detergents are not permitted to rinse of materials as they should, so that add to the overall effect on skin conditions.

There is an overwhelming  amount of anecdotal evidence  that suggest that softened water can help considerably in reducing flare-ups and other problems associated with this condition.     A water softener cannot be guaranteed to work with all people and on all types of skin conditions, but it will remove a major source of irritant from the equation and also give you all of the other many benefits a water softener will bring to your home.    

The water softener alternative. 

Some people advertise the water softener alternative - there is none. Small "gimmicks" are available, there are magnets - bi polar metal, strap on and electrical items that merely alter the state of the water for a very limited period and for very low volumes.