How To Tackle Limescale In The Home

Living in a hard water area can cause limescale to build up, which can cost up to £180 a year in the replacement of damaged appliances, as well as the need for enhanced cleaning procedures. From descaling kettles to showerheads, there are ways of cleaning the damage...

How To Get Rid Of Limescale

If you live in an area that has hard water coming out of the taps, you may well find that you have to deal with limescale, a buildup of calcium and magnesium minerals, at some point in the future.  Limescale can affect the taste of your water, so it’s important to...

Hard Water Can Add £180 A Year To Your Heating Bill

If you live in a hard water area it could be costing your household an extra £180 a year on your heating bills, according to new research. 13 million households suffer from hard water, and it can cause 1.5mm of limescale to accumulate within internal plumbing over the...

The Different Types of Water Softeners

When it comes to choosing a water softener for your home or your business, the wide variety can be overwhelming. Hard water can affect many households, and cause damage due to limescale build-up to domestic appliances, and showering in a hard water area can dehydrate...

Hard Water Costs the UK 8m Tonnes Of Carbon A Year

By converting all UK hard water homes to soft water, the country could save up to 8.24 million tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere every year, according to new research. To give it some context, it is the equivalent of taking 1.8 million cars off the...

Is Hard Water Harming Your Skin?

Different water sources have different levels of minerals in them, which can affect the water you use to shower or bathe in. If you have noticed your skin becoming more irritated or flaky, or have spotted residue on the showerhead and taps, it might be that your skin...

Repairing Hair Damaged From Hard Water

If you’ve ever washed your hands and noticed a film on your skin afterwards, this is the result of living in a hard water area. The same water will affect your skin in the shower, and unfortunately, cause damage to your hair. If you live in a hard water area, then the...

Are You Showering In Hard Water?

Most shower-related conversations tend to focus on how long you stay in there, and how hot the water is, but do you know if you’re showering in hard or soft water? According to Dermatologist Vikram Rajkomar, showering in hard water means that free radicals can be...

Natural Cleaning Hacks To Help Banish Limescale

If you’re trying to reduce your consumption of single-use plastics and are looking for natural solutions to many of the cleaning tasks in your home then the answer could be found in your fruit bowl or your fridge. Ideal Home recently shared a variety of cleaning hacks...

Pandemic Increases Risk Of Office-Bound Legionnaire’s Disease

The lockdown has forced many people to work from home to avoid the risk of contracting the coronavirus at work. But while our offices and workplaces are empty, water is sitting in the pipes, getting old and potentially dangerous. When water isn’t flowing, organisms...