{"id":2864,"date":"2019-11-18T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2019-11-25T12:07:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T17:07:54","slug":"may-need-install-water-softener-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/water-treatment\/may-need-install-water-softener-house\/","title":{"rendered":"You May Need to Install a Water Softener for Your House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boy-drinking-water.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2866\" width=\"327\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boy-drinking-water.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boy-drinking-water-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boy-drinking-water-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The freshwater sent to homes and commercial and industrial\nbuildings throughout Orange County is overseen by the Orange County Water\nDepartment. The OCWD makes every effort to ensure the water that reaches your house\nis thoroughly treated to remove harmful impurities. In many cases, the water in\nOrange County is <em>better<\/em> quality water than what you can get from bottled\nwater\u2014and it\u2019s much better for the environment to leave those water bottles\naside and go with water from your taps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there is an exception with our local water, which is its hardness. Water is considered \u201chard\u201d if it has higher than 10 grains per gallon of hard water minerals. These minerals include magnesium, calcium, and gypsum. In many parts of Orange County, the water has more than 10 grains per gallon unless it comes from a well. The water hardness occurs because of mineral seepage through the groundwater and into the pipes carrying water to your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not Bad For Your Health, But Bad Nonetheless<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hard water isn\u2019t harmful for your family to drink. The minerals are natural and are found in many foods and liquids you drink regularly. But you still want hard water eliminated from your house because of these negative effects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Limescale developing along the inside of pipes. This\nbuild-up will eventually cause water pressure to rise, make clogs more common,\nand shorten the lifespan of the pipe.<\/li><li>Damage to water-using appliances, specifically\nto the water heater. Limescale inside the tank of water heater can rapidly ruin\nit, and it can clog up the inlets on tankless water heaters.<\/li><li>Filmy substances across glasses and dishes. This\nis the result of hard water making it more difficult for soap to dissolve. Cloudy\nglassware is often an early warning of hard water.<\/li><li>White flaky build-up on fixtures, kitchen sinks,\nporcelain, and shower doors.<\/li><li>Fading colors from clothes after they\u2019re run\nthrough the washing machine.<\/li><li>Stringy hair and flaky, itching skin.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Water Softener Is the Answer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you read some of the side effects above and found yourself nodding along in agreement, we recommend having the water in your home tested for hardness. If you discover the water has 10 or more grains per gallon, it\u2019s time to <a href=\"\/plumbing\/water-treatment-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">install a water softener in Orange County, CA<\/a>. This is a job our plumbers can do for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a water softener does is counteract the hard water\nminerals using sodium ions. As water enters your house, it passes through the\nwater softener and over a chamber full of beads that a routinely soaked in a\nbrine solution. The sodium ions swap places with the hard water minerals, \u201csoftening\u201d\nthe water naturally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You must only turn to a professional to install a water softener for your house, since choosing the wrong type of water softener can end up putting too much sodium into the water. You can put your trust in our plumbers to see you have the ideal solution to your hard water issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Saddleback Plumbing Heating &amp; Air has served Orange County since 1981. <a href=\"\/contact\/service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Schedule water softener installation today.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many parts of Orange County, the water has more than 10 grains per gallon unless it comes from a well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[69,116],"class_list":["post-2864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-treatment","tag-orange-county","tag-water-softener"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2864"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}