Ridding your house or business of hard water is a necessary step, not because of the health risks, but because of the possible damage that could be done to your property. If you notice costly effects being triggered in your pipes and waterways, you may have hard water. If the calcium moves into the piping system within a home or business, certain appliances that use tap water are going to slowly start to fall apart. In order to not be at risk for long term effects caused by hard water, a solution should be chosen out of the multiple options available. Many of the methods are quick and easy, low cost, options that can get rid of the hard water in a couple of weeks, if not within days of start up.
Easy installation, cost effectiveness and quick action are all advantages of using water softeners compared to other methods of getting rid of hard water. The calcium is replaced with sodium with most water softeners in order to minimize out the minerals. The setup is simple and the process will go into effect right away. Sodium is connected to beads that are packed in the water softener system. The sodium falls off in order for the calcium's positive charge to match with the negative one of the bead.