Softena - Water Softener Brochure

Hard water causes limescale; the negative effects of this are clearly visible through your entire home. Everybody knows that limescale deposits in your pipes can cause the pipes to clog which will lead to reduced water flow and ultimately even to replacement of your pipes. But your problems go further than that! Untreated – hard – water is responsible for premature failure and/or loss of efficiency of many of your household appliances that use water. Your boiler is a typical example. Hard water contains calcium and magnesium ions and when it is heated, these minerals form a hard layer of scale inside your water heater. This build-up of scale will continue as more and more hard water is heated and will ultimately lead to a blocked water heater.