Sacramento Water Softening

Hard water is water that is overly rich with minerals like calcium and magnesium and its effects can be seen and felt in almost every aspect of your life where water is involved. If you have hard water in your home or business, you are likely experiencing:

• Dingy clothing
• Dry or itchy skin after bathing
• No lather when using soap or shampoo
• Foul smelling water
• Deposits in clothes and dish washers
• Reduced water pressure from shower heads
• Red tinged water
• Hard deposits on and around fixtures
• Rings around tubs
• Spots on glass shower doors

How to Solve Hard Water Problems

The most common solution to hard water issues is installing a water softener in your home. A salt-based water softener will actually remove the ions from calcium and magnesium minerals in your water by replacing them with sodium. The minerals in hard water can slowly destroy your plumbing and also damage your appliances and fixtures if the problem is not handled appropriately. That’s why a water softener is such a good choice.

Water Softening Options

To obliterate the hard water in your home, you have a few options to consider:

• Water filtration: Water filtration can make the water you drink and use for cooking taste better and will remove some of the calcium and magnesium from your water. However, if you have extremely hard water with very high calcium and magnesium levels, water filtration will not make a large impact.
• Salt-based water softener: Salt-based water softeners are superb for most home needs, though they do require some maintenance in order to work effectively
• Descaling: Descalers not only soften the water that comes into your home, but also address the buildup of mineral deposits; these are often advertised as salt-free water softeners.

No matter how hard water affects your life, our water softening experts are here to help you decide on the best option for you and your family.

Benefits of Water Softeners

Besides the reduction of calcium and magnesium mineral levels in your water, you will also clearly notice these other benefits of a water softener:

• Cleaner clothing
• Better tasting water
• Increased appliance performance
• Cleaner dishes
• Increased water pressure
• Cleaner feeling skin and hair

Ridding your home of hard water is an easy thing to do – just call Boyd Plumbing and Drain at (916) 710-8070 today and we’ll take care of everything!