{"id":2977,"date":"2020-05-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2020-05-14T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T14:52:02","slug":"how-hard-water-problem-for-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/water-treatment\/how-hard-water-problem-for-house\/","title":{"rendered":"How Hard Water Is a Problem for Your House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hard water is common throughout Southern California, and\nOrange County is no exception. The hardness of our water averages about 300 per\nmillion or 18 grains per gallon. What does that mean? That\u2019s already 10% of the\nrecommended calcium for your daily diet contained within one glass of water. Sounds\ngreat if you\u2019re looking to increase your calcium intake\u2014but all that calcium\nand other minerals, like magnesium, are not good for your household plumbing or\nfor your house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why water softeners in Orange County, CA<\/a> are often in demand, and why we install them. To help convince you to act to reduce the hardness of your home\u2019s water, we\u2019ve listed below how hard water creates household trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Damage to piping<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The hard water minerals moving through the freshwater pipes\nof your house won\u2019t always stay dissolved. They gradually turn into limescale along\nthe walls of the pipes. This makes it much easier for stoppages to appear, and\nit also increases water pressure as it reduces the volume inside the pipes.\nHard water deposits can also lead to corrosion and the need to repipe parts of\nthe house years early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harm to the water heater<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Any water-using appliance in your house can suffer because\nof hard water, but your water heater is at the highest risk. The heat inside\nthe water heater\u2019s tank causes the minerals to turn into scale that forms along\nthe inside of the tank walls. Because scale is an insulator, it traps heat\ninside the tank and will cause the water heater to overheat and spike pressure\ninside it. In only a few years, hard water can effectively ruin a water heater.\n(And tankless systems aren\u2019t immune: their intakes will rapidly become clogged\ndue to mineral deposits.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruined laundry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Have you noticed your whites are not white enough? Colors\nnot bright enough? No, we\u2019re not doing a laundry soap commercial. We\u2019re warning\nyou about what hard water does to your laundry. It stains light material and leeches\naway colors from brighter material. It also makes cloth feel coarse because of soap\ndeposits that don\u2019t dissolve well because of hard water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filmy glass and other surfaces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hard water is not an effective tool for cleaning. For one\nthing, it\u2019s difficult to create a lather of soap with hard water. It also\nleaves a soapy deposit on surfaces, most notably on glass and porcelain. You\u2019ll\nprobably notice this first on glass shower doors. It\u2019s bad news for the\ndishwasher as well\u2014you\u2019ll have cloudy glassware and soapy film on most objects\nrun through the wash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because hard water comes straight from the municipal system\n(picking up minerals through ground seepage), you must have your own water softener\nto counteract it. A water softener swaps the hard water minerals for sodium,\ncreating a natural softening of the water. Our water quality experts can find\nthe right water softener to meet your needs and spare your house from the ravages\nof hard water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saddleback Plumbing Heating & Air has proudly served Orange County since 1981. Call us to schedule water treatment system services<\/a>, such as a water softener installation.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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