A must-see for remodeling pit avoidance! The difference between whole house water purification and water softening understand?

Recently around a lot of friends in the busy decoration, WeChat group every day in the discussion of how to choose materials, what style, but talk about “whole house water purification” and “whole house water softening” the two words, we began to make a mistake. Some people say that these two is a thing, some people think that water softening is water purification, and some people directly give up, said nothing to install. I listened to the heart straight itch, this does not hurry to write an article to give you a stroke, so that want to close the pit of small partners do not fall head over heels in this piece!

Whole house water purification & whole house soft water, in the end what is the meaning?

First of all, let's talk about “whole house water purification”. As the name suggests, it is to give the tap water of the whole house a big clean. Your kitchen water for washing dishes, cooking, drinking soup, including bathing, washing clothes, all of which are filtered clean, removing sediment, rust and other impurities, but also to reduce certain substances harmful to human health. Simple to understand is that it is the tap water from the “ordinary version” upgraded to a “high-compatibility version”, so that every drop of your home is flowing out of the quality of good water. Besides, “whole house soft water”. It focuses on solving the hardness problem, that is, we often hear the concept of “hard water” and “soft water”. High hardness of tap water, calcium and magnesium ions, used for a long time is prone to produce annoying white scale, such as hot water kettle scaling, bathroom glass on the dirt, such as dry skin or even itchy after the bath, those are high hardness caused by the trouble. The softened system will make these troubles disappear and make your life more comfortable.

Tip: If you live in the north or heating area, the tap water is hard, it is really necessary to install a whole-house softening system!

What's the difference between the two?

Many people ask, “Since both have the function of ‘improving water use’, should I just choose one?” In fact, you really can not be so lazy, because it is the direction of the two deal with the problem is completely different.

Working principle] - purification vs. softening

purification is through the cartridge or membrane technology, the dirt isolation off; and softening mainly by resin exchange technology, the calcium and magnesium ions change off. It's like one is doing deep cleaning and the other is doing gentle care, each in its own way.

[Scope of application] - Concerned about health vs. comfort

If you are worried about water quality problems affecting your health (such as heavy metal content), then give priority to the whole house purification system; if you pay more attention to the quality of life, hate the trouble caused by those stubborn dirt, then choose a professional point of softening equipment will be correct.

【Consumer experience】

- Who is more obvious? Consumer Experience] - Who is more visible? Who is more invisible? Purification effect is more intuitive, such as filtration after boiling water without floating objects, looks transparent and bright; and soften more embodied in the details, such as after taking a bath skin smooth not tight, kettle long-term use will not accumulate too thick white mineral residue.

Then how to choose when decorating? Here it depends on your actual needs. If the budget is sufficient, and hope that the level of use of the home and other enhancements, then you can arrange two systems together, so that wide coverage and fully optimized. However, if the budget is limited, you need to use some brains, according to the needs of the core equipment.

1. Kitchen is the most important or to install a purifier No matter where your home, always eat and drink can not be sloppy. A good under-the-kitchen purifier can provide you with safe and secure water for drinking and cooking, which is definitely the first investment. If you find it troublesome, you can also choose a device with centralized pre-filtration to take care of multiple nodes at once.

2. Northern families are advised to give priority to the softening system Northern regions generally have high hardness problems, in this case, whole-house softening is really very necessary. Not only to protect the water heater, washing machine, but also to reduce the pipe wall scale, improve equipment life, but also to make the skin care experience burst!

3. Southern partners can be flexible with the southern city tap water balance is relatively good, so you can flexibly match according to the family situation. If you are simply worried about water pollution, you can focus on investing money in pure filtration; if the pursuit of life is exquisite, add a small local softening equipment can be.

What other considerations are there in the decoration process? Well, after finishing the basic knowledge, and then give you a few special practical advice:

- advance planning to reserve the location and piping layout: renovation must be reserved space in advance Oh, or later want to add equipment may be very troublesome. Especially the centralized large equipment, more need to design in advance.

-Concerned about the cost of cartridges and resin consumables: different brands of consumables prices vary greatly, some cheap but need to be replaced frequently, some expensive but durable. So when you buy not only look at the initial price, but also have to calculate the cost of late maintenance is cost-effective.

-Find reliable brands and installation team: a good system not only rely on product quality, installation is also a key link! Must find a professional master construction, otherwise there is a leakage or interface is not strict problem, you have to toss every day to repair!

To summarize

So, although the name of the whole house net and whole house soft like brothers, but in fact each has its own important role, a main safety, the pursuit of comfort. If conditions allow, the combination of the two is undoubtedly the best program. But even if you can only choose one, don't be entangled for too long, according to their own family situation decisively arranged up is the most important ~

Finally, to give you a sentence as a reference: “renovation on the road of a thousand, water safety the first one!” I hope that today's article can help the tangled partners, next time we talk about other pit avoidance guide remember to continue to watch!