London is famously a hard water area. It’s a badge of dishonour and leaves our kettles, sink sides and showers encrusted with ...

Limescale most commonly forms in homes with hard water — that is, water with a high mineral content — when it evaporates or ...

Hard and soft water are different because of the minerals they contain. Hard water has more calcium and magnesium. These water minerals can cause limescale, which clogs pipes and damages machines like ...

Limescale can be a real nuisance in your kettle, leaving behind an unattractive deposit that even alters the taste of your water, caused when hard water evaporates and leaves calcium and magnesium.

Limescale gathers on taps due to their exposure to hard water. The water has a high mineral content and so when it evaporates it leaves behind chalky deposits calcium and magnesium which build up ...

Limescale is a common problem for people all over the UK and can be even worse in hard water areas. It appears when hard water, which contains minerals such as calcium and magnesium, evaporates ...

Because of minerals like calcium and magnesium in hard water, limescale can form when the water evaporates and and the minerals are left behind. You can't use any old products to banish limescale ...

Limescale is a byproduct of hard water, which contains high levels of dissolved calcium and magnesium. As the water evaporates, these minerals crystallise, forming the chalky residue visible on ...