Our drinking water comes from the earth and these layers of earth contain all kinds of salts and minerals. The more minerals, the more calcium (lime) is present in the water. Similar water is called 'hard water'. The harder the water, the more calcium deposits form: this natural phenomenon can cause clogging.
The softer the water, the more aggressive it is. When water flows through your pipes, the oxygen present in the water eats away the metal particles in the pipe and creates corrosion or rust water. If there is enough calcium in the water, it forms a protective layer so that corrosion can be stopped.
Not too loud, not too soft is ideal: so the golden mean applies here.
How hard is my water?
Water hardness is expressed in French degrees.
0 - 7 °F : very soft
7 - 15 °F : soft
15 - 22 °F : average
22 - 32 °F : quite hard
32°F and above : very hard
Here you can check the hardness of the water at your drinking water company and then select your city or municipality. If you want to test it yourself, you can buy test strips, which can be found online or at a pond-aquarium shop.
The water should be maximum 67°F and minimum 15°F. A certain amount of calcium in the water is healthy for the human body.
Do you suffer from excessively hard or rusty water? Call NuFlow
Our approach?
- Camera survey to detect the corrosion or limescale problem (that way we map everything out).
- We then clean and dry the damaged pipes.
- Finally, we protect the pipes with a technique of epoxy coating which seals all leaks and restores and protects pipes in the future. Epoxy coating is a coating based on epoxy resin and provides a protective function (it covers all breaks, leaks...).
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