Don't let hard water take the shine off your design
Specify a water softener at design stage and you protect the plumbing, the appliances and the finishes you've chosen, for the lifetime of the building. We work with architects, developers and builders across Kent to get it right before the walls go up.
Specification support
We'll help size and place the system properly at design stage, not as an afterthought.
Every major manufacturer
Fully independent, so the system specified is the one that suits the build.
Install and aftercare
Our own engineers fit it, commission it and look after it once the client moves in.
The hard water challenge
Kent has some of the hardest water in the country. Over time it leaves limescale through the plumbing system, reducing efficiency and shortening the life of everything it touches, from the boiler to the taps you specified.
That's a maintenance cost the client inherits, and a call they may well trace back to the design. Building a softener into the initial design prolongs the life of the plumbing and appliances, protects the property's value, and saves your client money for years afterwards.
It's a small line on a specification that pays for itself many times over.
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Future-proof the design, practically and aesthetically
Three reasons a softener earns its place on the drawing.
Long-term savings
No limescale means boilers, cylinders and appliances run efficiently and last longer. Fewer callbacks, lower maintenance costs, and a system that still performs a decade in.
Healthier clients
Hard water dries skin and dulls hair. Soft water is gentler day to day, and noticeably better for anyone in the household with sensitive or eczema-prone skin.
Sustainable living
Soft water makes soaps and detergents work harder, so households use less of both. Appliances last longer too, which means less waste and a lower footprint over the building's life.
The finishes you specified, still looking right in five years
Hard water is unkind to good design. Staining on bathroom fixtures, dulled glassware and chrome, faded fabrics: all of it undermines the finish long after handover, and none of it reflects the quality you actually specified.
A softener preserves that appearance and cuts the cleaning effort needed to maintain it. Modern systems are compact and efficient enough to sit neatly within almost any layout, whether that's a utility cupboard, a kitchen base unit or a garage.
Specifying one is a straightforward way to show a commitment to durable, comfortable, cost-effective design, and to hand over a building that keeps its quality.
What we bring to a project
- ✓ Advice at design stage on sizing, siting and pipework routing
- ✓ Product options across Kinetico, Harvey, EcoWater and Hague
- ✓ Fixed pricing for multi-plot and multi-unit developments
- ✓ Installation by our own engineers, coordinated around your programme
- ✓ Commissioning and handover demonstration for the end client
- ✓ Ongoing servicing and salt supply once they've moved in
- ✓ Boiling and filtered water taps specified alongside, where wanted
- ✓ Commercial systems for larger or mixed-use schemes
Protect your designs and your reputation
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★★★★★"Aquasoft went beyond the call of duty. They were wonderful and installed my water softener together with new pipework."
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Specifying a softener, answered
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Send us the drawings or give us a call. We'll advise on the right system, where it should sit and what it'll cost, with no obligation.