Limescale: An unwanted guest in your house

Limescale: An unwanted guest in your house
Limescale: An unwanted guest in your house
The regular main­te­nance and cleaning of the kitchen and bath­room so that house­hold appli­ances look clean, constantly descaling your kettle or coffee machine - does that sound familiar? How do these prob­lems occur? Limescale of course, or more specif­i­cally hard water!
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The regular main­te­nance and cleaning of the kitchen and bath­room so that house­hold appli­ances look clean, constantly descaling your kettle or coffee machine - does that sound familiar? How do these prob­lems occur? Limescale of course, or more specif­i­cally hard water!

Soft water areas usually have a value of under 60 ppm deposits in your water (parts per million – ppm) while a very hard water area would register more than 180ppm. The solu­tion to the limescale problem is obvious: natu­rally soft­ened water! You can easily get that with a Luxury Water System, such as the BWT Perla Silk.

Limescale is tough on instal­la­tions and house appli­ances:

Too much limescale in the water does not only have effects that are visu­ally unat­trac­tive. Limescale can also become a problem wher­ever water is heated or evap­o­rated because heat favours the depo­si­tion of limescale. So for example, limescale can become a problem in flow heaters, washing machines, coffee machines, kettles, in boilers, hot water storage tanks, also in heating pipes and in the entire drinking water instal­la­tion.

As such it means that appli­ances have to be regu­larly descaled, often with poten­tially aggres­sive, envi­ron­men­tally harmful prod­ucts. Heating pipes damaged by limescale increase the energy require­ment and the service life of water carrying devices is signif­i­cantly short­ened. If too much water settles in the water pipes, it can lead to higher repair costs and expen­sive new acqui­si­tions. In addi­tion, if the water is too hard, you will need more soaps and deter­gent, that’s an extra cost and is harmful to the envi­ron­ment.

Hard water: beauty and health can also be affected!

HHard water also has an impact on our body, water that is too hard can make hair seem dull, leave your skin feeling dry. In addi­tion, limescale makes fabrics such as towels, clothing and bed linen, brittle and rough. Limescale deposits in the hot water circuit can not only impair the func­tioning of the building services but are also an ideal nesting place for bacteria such as legionella. As this can become a health hazard, it’s impor­tant to consider looking at getting sustain­able limescale protec­tion..

Why is protec­tion against limescale more neces­sary today than it used to be?

The problem of hard water has become an issue in the past 30 to 40 years because our lifestyles have changed and the demands on tech­nical comfort have also increased. In other words, building services have become more complex and unfor­tu­nately, as a result, have become more suscep­tible to malfunc­tions and prob­lems. If you look at a modern boiler, for example, even the smallest devi­a­tions from the target state can have a nega­tive effect on func­tion­ality and effi­ciency. One of these disrup­tive factors is undoubt­edly limescale.

BWT has many solu­tions against limescale

Two different ways of fighting against limescale and hard water

The terms ‘limescale protec­tion’ and ‘soft­ening’ are often used synony­mously or inac­cu­rately - but there are major differ­ences between these two terms. The tech­nolo­gies that are used for this are funda­men­tally different::

1. Alter­na­tive BWT limescale protec­tion systems
Phys­ical water condi­tioners do not radi­cally alter the water chem­istry but are easy to install and inex­pen­sive to run. They inhibit the forma­tion of scale by changing its phys­ical prop­er­ties and are ideal for protecting specific appli­ances at the point where the water flows into them. The advan­tage? These limescale protec­tion devices work entirely without regen­er­a­tion salt..

2. BWT Ion-​Exchange process
To actu­ally soften water, BWT uses the ion exchange method. The hardness-​​forming magne­sium and calcium ions are replaced by sodium ions. This tech­nology largely removes the limescale builders from the water and turns hard water into silky-​​soft Luxury Water - with all the advan­tages that Luxury Water brings with it.

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