<p>Appliances work best with soft water. Ever noticed white residue on your drinking glasses and silverware while unloading your dishwasher. Or your laundry isn’t as soft as you want it to be?</p> <p>This could be due to the hard water in your home. What is hard water? According to the Government of Canada’s guidelines, found<a title=" here" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/guidelines-canadian-drinking-water-quality-guideline-technical-document-hardness.html#a2" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> here</a>, water hardness is defined by its ability to react with soap. If you find you’re using more soap to produce lather, then the water you’re using is hard. This, apparently, is due to the presence of calcium, magnesium, iron, barium and other metallic ions in the water. These hardness-causing agents also create scaling in all water-operating appliances, water pipes and boilers.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://www.trailappliances.com/media/wysiwyg/blog/4040sod_mr.jpg" alt="Kinetico Water System" width="235" height="307"></p> <p>Soft water prevents limescale build-ups in many things in your home, including taps, sinks, bathtubs, kettles and showerheads. With soft water, there’s no need to use too much soap. It will work beautifully without the ions in it. It may also help extend the life of your water-using appliances. Due to less limescale build-up, your appliances will operate better for longer. Incorporating a water softener for the non-drinking water supply in your home will be beneficial on your wallets - less soap use, repairs and plumbing services.</p> <p>You also benefit from soft water. It makes hair and skin feeling cleaner and softer – no shampoo/soap residue. And it leaves your shower door and bathtub with hardly any soap scum.</p> <p>Here at Trail Appliances, we carry <a title="Kinetico’s " href="https://www.trailappliances.com/brands/kinetico/">Kinetico’s </a>complete home water system, which includes various models of their water softeners.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://www.trailappliances.com/media/wysiwyg/blog/2040s_mr.jpg" alt="Kinetico Water System" width="428" height="345"></p><a name="quote" id="quote"></a><h2 align="center">FILL IN THE FORM TO GET A QUOTE AND BOOK A FREE IN-STORE WATER TEST!</h2>9