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What Is a Water Softener?
Water softeners remove calcium and magnesium ions from your home’s water. The softener will replace these ions with sodium and potassium. Removing these ions helps provide your home with softer and cleaner water for cleaning, drinking, and showering.
Water Softener Benefits
Hard water with a significant amount of minerals can harm your plumbing system. A water softener offers many benefits, including the following:
- Protects Your Appliances – Hard water can lead to excessive scale and scum building up in your showers, toilets, and faucets.
- Use Less Detergent – Softener water helps your clothes stay bright without using as much laundry detergent.
- Softer Skin – Hard water can dry out your skin and cause a layer of film on your hair and skin that may lead to health issues.
- Cleaner Dishes – Soft water helps your dishes come out without any streaks.
- Save on Energy Costs – Minerals can build up in your water heater to lower its efficiency levels, so a water softener helps save you money on energy bills.
Water Hardness Explanation
Our service professional can explain water hardness to you. The hardness of your water is the amount of dissolved magnesium and calcium in it. Hard water levels include the following:
- 0–3 grains per gallon do not require softening.
- 3–7 gpg may cause dry skin and spotty dishes.
- 7–11 gpg may cause corrosion on your pipes and faucets.
- 11–15 gpg is extremely hard on your plumbing fixtures, skin, and hair.
- Anything over 15 gpg is considered extremely hard water.
Why Do You Need Water Filters?
A water filter helps remove impurities from your water, including taste, sediment, hardness, and bacteria. Water filters help your water and ice taste better. If you don’t want to drink water straight from the spout or worry about impurities in your water, a water filter is perfect for your home.
Helping You Choose a Residential Filter & Water Softener
Our service professionals help you select the best water softener for your home. We consider your location’s water type, your home’s hard water filtering needs, and the unit with the perfect grain capacity. Water softeners are rated with grain capacity, which measures the amount of water a softener filters before it needs to regenerate. As the unit rating rises, you need less regeneration. We perform advanced diagnostics testing to choose the perfect filter type for you. We advise you on the water softener model and brand that matches your filtration needs. We offer estimates on our plumbing services.
Why Choose Mr. Rooter Plumbing of St. Charles?
You can trust our service professionals at Mr. Rooter Plumbing of St. Charles for reliable plumbing services. We offer plumbing services to homeowners in O’Fallon, Wentzville, St. Charles, St. Peters, and Lake St Louis, MO. We help resolve hard water issues with water filters and water softeners. Our highly trained service professionals correctly install your water softeners and filters to ensure optimal performance. We want you to have the best water for your home, so let us help you choose the perfect water softener for your needs.
Contact Us for Water Softener Installation Services
Mr. Rooter Plumbing of St. Charles always offers high-quality plumbing services. We provide estimates on our residential water softener costs and guide you to help you choose the right one for your home. Our trustworthy service professionals never charge overtime fees and always put your needs first. We want you to enjoy soft and clean water in your home. You don’t need to worry about spotty dishes, dry hair, or corrosion from your hard water. Contact us today to request an estimate or schedule services for water softeners and filters.
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