Installing a water softener comes with a whole host of benefits for you and your family. However, people often underestimate just how many financial benefits there can be to installing a water softener in your home.
Water softeners are consistently proven to make up the cost of their installation and maintenance in the long term, allowing you to enjoy constant savings each year of use.
Once you consider all these ways that soft water saves you money, we’re confident you’ll see why Kinetico water softeners are worth the money.
Longer-Lasting Appliances
Arguably the biggest benefit of soft water is a reduction in limescale, which is formed by the minerals present in hard water. Limescale appears wherever there is regularly hard water. When inside appliances, limescale can cause them to work harder and, eventually, stop working altogether.
Appliances like kettles, showers, and washing machines can all be affected by long-term limescale build-up. These appliances can also be some of the most expensive things to buy in the home.
A water softener will help you to prevent limescale build-up and keep your appliances running for longer, avoiding any unexpected replacements.
Fewer Cleaning Products
Have you ever found yourself frustrated with how much shower gel or dish soap you need to use to get bubbles going? The minerals in hard water make it harder to clean with soaps and detergents because the cleaning agents stick to the minerals in the water.
People who use soft water need to use much fewer soaps when cleaning compared to hard water users. Even if this is something you’ve never particularly noticed, over time, having to use fewer cleaning products provides a big cost saving.
If your shampoos and conditioners can last you a few extra weeks each time, over the lifespan of your water-softening system, you can imagine how those savings can stack up.
Reduced Heating Bills
Back to that pesky limescale. While getting a crusty build-up in your kettle can be frustrating, having that happen throughout your heating system can be much more troublesome.
Just as hard water puts a strain on your washing machine, hard water throughout your heating system, including your boiler and pipes, makes everything have to work extra hard to keep you warm.
Soft water isn’t just good for your boiler’s long-term health, but it also protects your pipes from limescale build up too. Free flowing pipes will require less energy to get the same temperature, you can see very quick savings in your energy bills when you move from hard water to soft water.
Fewer Plumbing Repairs
Over time, mineral build-up from hard water can clog and corrode internal pipes, causing expensive plumbing repairs. A water softener will help you avoid those unexpected bills by ensuring that all the water entering your pipes is free of those minerals, helping them continue to perform for much longer.
Are Kinetico Water Softeners Worth the Money?
As you can see, installing a water softener can provide you with a whole host of household savings.
- Extended appliance lifespans
- Maintained energy efficiency of heating systems
- Fewer soaps
- Less plumbing repairs
Some of the savings are long-term but many can be enjoyed straight away. As a result, many water softeners pay back the cost of installation much quicker than people expect.
If you’re interested in what a water-softening system could do for you, why not speak to the Kinetico team today?
