This Vortex Pro 3, fitted with the DuraScale-X filter pack, was installed at a home in Dunsborough after the owners came to us originally asking about a water softener.
A cheaper, healthier alternative to a water softener
The owners had been dealing with the usual signs of hard water: limescale crusting around tap spouts, calcium spots on the shower screen, and a sense that it was only going to get worse. Their first thought, like a lot of homeowners, was a traditional salt-based water softener.
Once we explained how DuraScale-X works, they changed their mind. Rather than stripping calcium and magnesium out of the water and replacing it with sodium, DuraScale-X converts those hardness minerals into tiny, stable crystals that pass straight through the plumbing instead of bonding to it. No salt, no brine tank, no backwashing, and no added sodium in their drinking water. The owners couldn’t believe how much cheaper and healthier this option was compared to a conventional softener, and decided to go ahead.
Neatly built into the boundary wall
A traditional water softener setup needs real estate: a softener tank plus a separate brine tank, usually tucked into a garage or plant room. With no brine tank or drain line required, the Vortex Pro 3 needed only a fraction of that space.
We fitted the unit into a gap in the property’s limestone boundary wall, surrounded by established greenery. It sits compactly against the wall, fully accessible for future filter changes, without taking up any usable space in the garden or garage.
Clean water without the limescale and calcium
The whole-home filtration system now treats every drop entering the property, removing sediment, chlorine, taste and odour issues alongside the DuraScale-X anti-scale protection. The owners now have clean, fresh, healthy water at every tap, minus the limescale and calcium build-up they’d been putting up with, and without a drop of softened, sodium-laden water in sight.
Dealing with limescale or calcium build-up in your Dunsborough home?
You don’t need a bulky, salt-guzzling softener to fix it. Dunsborough Water Filtration can supply and install a Vortex Pro 3 with DuraScale-X tailored to your water and your property. Contact our local team or get a quote today.