Do you feel a strange film on your hands after you wash them? Are there lots of white spots on your dishes when they come out of the dishwasher? Does your skin or hair feel drier than usual?

If so, you might have a hard water issue.

If that phrase sounds confusing to you, you’re not alone.

After all, how can water be hard? It’s water!

Here at London Plumbing Solutions, one of the plumbing repairs and installations services we offer is installation and repair of water softeners.

While you may not have heard of these before, they can make a pretty big difference in the quality of the water in your home or business, and as a result, the quality of your overall health.

If you have an issue with hard water affecting your plumbing, our plumbing company is here to help. Call us today, and we’ll dispatch a plumber that can offer you knowledgeable water softener and water softening solutions.


What Is Hard Water?

When we talked about water hardness, we’re referring to the number of minerals it has dissolved inside it.

Think back to your high school chemistry class – water is made up of H2O – but there’s usually more in our water than just that.

In particular, it’s common to find calcium, magnesium, sodium, copper, fluoride, and other minerals dissolved in tap water.

In most cases, this isn’t a big deal. Here in London, our water is treated to remove excess minerals that might cause health issues. And if that’s not quite enough, people often opt for a water filter for their drinking water – think of the Brita filter you have (or maybe you have something fancier).

However, calcium and magnesium can cause issues.

These are positively charged ions, and not to get into a science lesson here, but as a result they have a more difficult time dissolving in hard water.

And the more minerals there are dissolved in your water, the harder it is.

That’s what makes hard water so unpleasant to deal with.

If you have an issue with hard water, though, London Plumbing Solutions can help. We will install a water softening system for you

Give us a call, we’re happy to help, and we’re pretty friendly as well!


What Is A Water Softener?

If you do find you have hard water, a water softener can help.

It’s designed to remove the minerals that cause your water to be hard in the first place.

Water softening is a technique that removes the calcium and magnesium we talked about earlier that causes an issue.

It also sometimes removes iron in the process as well.


Why Get A Water Softener?

If you find any of the below signs relate to you, it may mean you have hard water in your house.

And if that’s the case, your friends at London Plumbing Solutions will be there to help you.

Some of the signs you may have hard water in your house include:

  • Your water tastes or smells like rotten eggs
  • Your water tastes or smells metallic
  • Your water tastes like dirt
  • You have brown or reddish stains on the inside of your toilet
  • You have white spots left behind on the dishes in your dishwasher
  • You have white spots left behind on your bathtub or shower
  • It’s difficult to wash the soap or shampoo off of you while you shower
  • You’re doing everything else right, but you keep needing to call a drain cleaning plumber
  • Your laundry doesn’t ever really feel clean
  • Your hair and skin feel dry or itchy
  • Your dishwasher or washing machine is wearing out more quickly than they should

These are all signs that you may have hard water. And while you may be able to live with it to a certain extent, the frustration is only going to build

On top of that, expenses related to hard water can cost you hundreds of dollars a year, so if you do have this issue it’s a good idea to take care of it.

That’s not including the money you’ll have to pay for a 24 hour emergency plumber to take care of your flooding basement from a clogged drain!

London Plumbing Solutions can help.

Give us a call, and we’ll be there for you


How Much Is A Water Softener Installation?

Water softener installation cost varies from job to job, because everybody’s house is different.

The way it works is to attach a water softener to your home’s main water supply. This way, we can be sure all of the water that comes into your house is softened appropriately.

The best way to find out how much it costs to install a water softener is to call London Plumbing Solutions today.

We’ll provide you with a no surprises estimate.

Keep in mind, however, that a water softener can end up saving you hundreds of dollars a year in other issues related to hard water.

So regardless of the cost, it’s always a good idea.


Water Softener Installation Plumbers In London Ontario

Are you frustrated with your hard water?

Do you wish you could just have a nice relaxing shower without spending way more time than you ought to scrubbing the shampoo out of your hair?

If so, here at London Plumbing Solutions we’re here to help.

Call us today, and we’ll send out a licensed plumbing contractor who’s knowledgeable about water softeners.


Got issues with hard water?

Whether you have a residential plumbing system or a commercial plumbing system with hard water, it doesn’t matter, we can help you. Call London Plumbing Solutions today, for all your hard water repair and water softener installation needs.

Call London Plumbing Solutions today.

For water softener plumbing repairs and installations,

Count on us to help you fix your hard water issues.