What I learned from living with hard water (40 grains per gallon of calcium, before it hit the water softener; don't know how hard it was after the softener, but scale still accumulated.):
1. Lime scale will accumulate. Plumbing parts will have to be replaced more often that if you had soft water. Do not despise yourself for this fact.
2. Lime scale will accumulate more slowly if you wipe the water off instead of letting it evaporate. I kept a squeegee in the shower to wipe down the walls after each use, and kept a towel by each sink specifically for drying the sink and faucet. It seems like a lot of extra work, but I believe it is less work than scraping the scale off.
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1. Lime scale will accumulate. Plumbing parts will have to be replaced more often that if you had soft water. Do not despise yourself for this fact.
2. Lime scale will accumulate more slowly if you wipe the water off instead of letting it evaporate. I kept a squeegee in the shower to wipe down the walls after each use, and kept a towel by each sink specifically for drying the sink and faucet. It seems like a lot of extra work, but I believe it is less work than scraping the scale off.
3. Get even small drips fixed right away.