Quick takeaways
- Hardness: ~125-145 mg/L calcium carbonate.
- Visible effects: kettle scale, glass shower scale, white spots on glassware.
- Plumbing effects: faster water heater sediment, faster aerator and cartridge fouling.
- Most homes don't strictly need a softener but many benefit from one.
What you'll notice
After a year in a Kanata home, you'll start seeing white film on glass shower doors, mineral spots on glassware, and visible scale inside the kettle. None of this is dangerous — it's calcium and magnesium minerals.
Inside the plumbing system, the same minerals deposit on the heating elements of your water heater, inside aerators, and in cartridges. This is why we recommend flushing tank water heaters annually in Kanata.
Need a Kanata plumber?
24/7 dispatch · flat-rate pricing · local crews