Save Your Home From Limescale
Save Your Home From Limescale
Limescale is one of the most visible signs of hard water. It can affect your taps, shower heads, boiler, appliances, bathroom surfaces and cleaning routine. The long-term solution is to treat hard water before it travels around your home.
Do you have hard water problems?
- White chalky crusts on taps and bathroom fittings
- Limescale deposits and white spots on surfaces, glasses and silverware
- Scale inside kettles, washing machines and appliances
- Blocked taps and clogged shower heads
- Low water flow or poor shower performance
- Higher cleaning effort and more descaling products
- Soap and shampoo not lathering easily
What is limescale and why do you have it?
Limescale is caused by hard water. Hard water contains calcium and magnesium minerals, which form white or off-white chalky deposits when water is heated or left to dry on surfaces.
These deposits are easy to spot on taps, shower screens and inside kettles, but scale can also build up inside pipework, boilers and appliances where you cannot see it.
How limescale wastes time and money
Blocked taps and shower heads
Limescale can reduce flow and make showers less effective. Over time, fittings may need cleaning, servicing or replacing.
Heating efficiency
Scale inside hot water systems can make heating less efficient, meaning more energy may be needed to heat water.
Boiler and appliance repairs
Hard water scale can contribute to boiler, kettle, dishwasher and washing machine problems, especially in very hard water areas.
Constant cleaning
Bathrooms and kitchens can quickly look marked again after cleaning, leading to more time and money spent on descalers.
Dull laundry
Hard water minerals can affect washing performance, meaning clothes may look duller and need more detergent.
Poor lathering
Soap, shower gel and shampoo may not lather as well, so households often use more product than needed.
Is limescale harmful to health?
Hard water is generally safe to drink. The main issue is the damage and inconvenience it causes around the home. If you have concerns about drinking water quality, speak to your water supplier or a qualified water treatment specialist.
Can you remove hard water permanently?
The long-term way to stop new limescale is to remove the hardness minerals before water reaches your taps, boiler and appliances. A water softener does this by treating the incoming mains water supply.
How a water softener helps prevent limescale
- Removes calcium and magnesium hardness minerals
- Helps stop new limescale forming
- Protects taps, showers, boilers and appliances
- Can reduce time spent cleaning bathrooms and kitchens
- Helps soaps, shampoos and detergents lather more easily
- Can help reduce cleaning products and detergent use
Limescale FAQs
What causes limescale?
How do I stop limescale coming back?
Will a water softener remove existing limescale?
Do I need a water softener?
Want to protect your home from limescale?
Check your water hardness or contact North East Water Softeners for help choosing the right water softener.