How to Treat Hard Water

LESLIE: Alright. We’re heading over to Virginia now where Greg is dealing with a hard-water situation. Tell us what’s going on at your money pit.

GREG: I have a little farmhouse up in Virginia and very hard water. And was looking at some of the options for treating hard water– salt-based, salt-free, reverse osmosis, magnetic, et cetera – and it’s all confusing. What’s real and what’s reasonable, from a price standpoint?

TOM: Alright. So, you’re on well water, I presume, correct?

GREG: Correct.

TOM: And have you tested the water for other contaminants?

GREG: When we first bought it, it’s safe to drink. We haven’t tested it in the last several years but …

TOM: OK. So, the first thing I would do is I would have the water tested so that you know exactly what you’re dealing with. Because if there’s some contaminants in there, that’s going to change the type of system that you put in.

Now, if the water test reveals that your only problem is hard water, then I would try what you’re calling the “magnetic option.” And there’s a product called EasyWater – E-a-s-y-Water.com – that I have had good success with. And what EasyWater does is – essentially is installed at the pump or actually where the water enters the building. And it charges the hard-water particles and then gives them a charge so that they don’t stick together and they pass through the plumbing system without causing all of the types of issues that are associated with hard water: hard-water deposits, iron stains and that sort of thing.

And the reason I’d suggest EasyWater is because if you don’t like it, they have a money-back guarantee. And they seem to be good people and I think the science behind it is solid. There’s a lot of folks out there that once they saw the success that EasyWater was having, copied or tried to copy the technology. But I think if you go to E-a-s-y-Water.com, try that product, see what you think, I think you’ll be good to go.

But again, test first because we want to make sure that there’s no other contaminants.

GREG: Excellent. And it’s not a permanent process. So the water from downstream, this process reverses itself. But from the time it comes into your house until it’s out …

TOM: Yeah. From the time it comes in until the time it leaves, that’s when it’s your responsibility, right?

GREG: Hey, I agree. Very good.

TOM: Alright. Good luck with that project, Greg. Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT888-MONEY-PIT.