Water Softeners, Filtration, and Reverse Osmosis in Las Vegas

Hard water is the biggest factor working against your home's plumbing here. Treating it protects your pipes, water heater, fixtures, and appliances.

 
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Types of Water Treatment

These solve different problems, and a lot of homes end up with two of them.

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    • Removes the calcium and magnesium that cause hardness

    • Uses salt and an ion exchange process

    • Protects pipes, water heaters, fixtures, and appliances

    • Needs salt topped up periodically

    • The single most useful piece of water treatment in this valley

    • Does not remove minerals, it changes their form so they are less likely to stick

    • No salt, no discharge

    • Reduces scale buildup but does not soften water

    • Worth knowing the difference before you buy one, because these are often marketed as softeners

    • Reduces chlorine, sediment, taste, and odor at every tap

    • Does not address hardness

    • Often paired with a softener

    • Improves taste and quality at one tap

    • Simple and inexpensive

    • The most thorough filtration for drinking water

    • Removes dissolved solids that other filters leave behind

    • Usually installed at the kitchen sink

    • Can be plumbed to the refrigerator ice maker

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We cover the whole Las Vegas Valley, from Summerlin to Boulder City and everywhere in between. Our office is on East Charleston, so we're usually on the central and eastern side, but we're out across the valley every day. Not sure if we reach you? Give us a call.

What Hard Water Does in a Las Vegas Home

Southern Nevada water carries a heavy mineral load, and it works on everything it touches.

  • Scale builds inside pipe, narrowing it and dropping your water pressure over time

  • It wears at copper from the inside, which is where pinhole leaks come from

  • It coats the inside of water heaters, shortening their life and causing that rumbling sound

  • It stiffens and wears out faucet cartridges and shower valves, which is why they start dripping

  • It scales tankless heat exchangers, reducing output and causing mid-use shutdowns

  • It shortens the life of dishwashers and washing machines

  • Soap does not lather well, so you use more of it

  • It leaves spotting on glass, fixtures, and dishes

  • It leaves skin and hair feeling dry

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Softener or Filter? They Do Different Jobs

This is the most common confusion we run into.

A softener deals with hardness. It is what protects your plumbing and appliances from scale.

A filter deals with what the water tastes and smells like, and what is in it beyond the hardness minerals.

If you want your pipes and water heater protected, you want a softener. If you want better drinking water, you want filtration or reverse osmosis. Many homes here do both, with a softener for the house and reverse osmosis at the kitchen tap.

Signs You Would Benefit From a Softener

  • White crusty buildup on faucets, shower heads, and around drains

  • Spotting on glasses and dishes out of the dishwasher

  • Soap and shampoo not lathering the way you expect

  • Stiff laundry and colors fading faster

  • Low pressure at shower heads from scaled openings

  • A water heater that rumbles or has needed early repairs

  • Fixtures that start dripping within a few years of installation

  • Dry skin and hair after showering

The process of installing water treatment

  • 1. Look at what you have

    Look at your water and your setup, including whether a loop exists

  • 2. Recommend type of treatment

    Talk through what you actually want to solve, hardness, taste, or both

  • 3. Flat rate price

    Based on what you need we give you a flat rate price

  • 4. Install the unit

    Install the unit with proper bypass, drain, and connections

  • 5. Set it up and program

    Set it up and program it for your water and household size

  • 6. Show you how to maintain it

    Show you how to maintain it, including salt and any filter changes

Maintenance for softeners and water treatment in Las vegas

  • Softeners: keep the brine tank topped with salt, and have the unit checked periodically

  • Whole home filters: cartridge changes on a schedule based on the system

  • Reverse osmosis: filter and membrane changes, typically annually for filters and less often for the membrane

We can handle filter changes if you would rather not

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Water softener and treatment faqs

  • A softener loop is pre-plumbed piping, usually in the garage, that lets a softener be installed without cutting into the main line.

    • Many Las Vegas homes built from the 1990s onward have one already

    • Older homes usually do not, which means we install the connection as part of the job

    • If you are not sure, we can tell you in a few minutes

    • If you are planning a repipe, that is the right time to add a loop

    • Which system and how thorough

    • Capacity, sized to household and water use

    • Whether a softener loop exists or has to be plumbed

    • Where it is going, and whether drain and power are nearby

    • Whether you are combining a softener with reverse osmosis or filtration

  • Most homes here benefit from one. Our water is hard enough that scale shortens water heater life, wears out faucet cartridges and shower valves, and builds up inside pipe. If you are seeing white crusty buildup on fixtures, that is the hardness.

  • A softener removes the minerals that cause hardness, which is what protects your plumbing and appliances. A filter improves taste, smell, and quality. They solve different problems, and a lot of homes here use both.

  • They reduce scale buildup by changing the form of the minerals, but they do not remove them, so the water is not actually softened. They are often marketed as softeners, so it is worth knowing the difference before you buy.

  • It should. Sediment from hardness is what builds on the bottom of a tank and causes the rumbling and early failure. On a tankless unit, softened water dramatically slows scale in the heat exchanger.

  • If you want the best drinking water quality, yes. It removes dissolved solids that other filters leave behind. Most people install it at the kitchen sink rather than for the whole house.

  • It depends on capacity, household size, and how hard your water is. We will give you an idea for your specific setup when we install it.

  • Call and ask. It depends on the unit and whether it suits your setup.