With rocketing energy bills and fuel prices, along with the weekly food shop burning a hole in the credit card, it’s more important than ever to take stock of the cost of living.  

What exactly are we spending and where does the money go each month? What represents good value? Indeed, what do we consider to be essential expenditure, as opposed to affordable luxuries?

In many homes, it isn’t always possible to fit a water softener right next to the stop cock.  This is usually because where the stopcock is positioned, there isn’t sufficient space next to it to install the water softener.  This needn’t be a problem,...

We were delighted to receive confirmation this week that the Scott Jenkins Water Softeners business has been recognised as an Approved Member of Checkatrade for over 10 years.  In fact, we’ve been members since 2008, so we are certainly long standing...

The link between soft water and being green, which we are referring to, is all about looking after the environment and what we can do in our daily lives to be more sustainable. The disturbing effects of climate change are largely due to the amount of carbon dioxide being belched out into the atmosphere.

If you’ve ever had tradesmen in your home – perhaps a plumber, electrician or a painter and decorator – it can be disruptive and even daunting.  In a way, it feels like an invasion of your privacy and, nine times out of ten, the work takes longer than you’d...

Can softened water be connected to Quooker Taps? Absolutely they can! In fact, we’d go so far as to say that if you’ve gone to the trouble of having a Quooker installed, you should go the whole hog and get a water softener fitted at the same time.

At SJ Water Softeners, we have had personal, first-hand experience of how eczema can impact the younger generation and we are convinced that soft water can play a key part in helping eczema sufferers overcome or significantly reduce its distressing effects.

We are proud of the water softeners we sell and are always delighted to recommend them to our customers. So, it is always good to see independent, third-party reviews from respected magazines, like Good Homes, who’ve recently given a big thumbs-up to one of our...

In recent times, we are starting to notice a worrying trend creeping into the water softener industry – and we feel it would be helpful to customers to make you aware of what seems to be happening. It appears certain manufacturers are heavily promoting particular...

We are big fans of Checkatrade. As a company that’s in the business of providing a trade to consumers, we believe that their organisation provides an invaluable watchdog-style service. It helps customers sort the wheat from the chaff and select the most appropriate...

If you have a filtered drinking water system in your home and you are wondering what you should do with it if you are going to be away for an extended period, then this should prove helpful.  By an extended period, we are referring to anything over a month or...

From time to time, we get asked about whether water softeners can affect flow rates...  Often this occurs when a customer has read through a manufacturer’s literature, making claims that their water softeners won’t just improve the flow rate but that their softeners...

Climate Change is clearly one of the biggest issues of our time - but as consumers caught up in the debate, it’s easy to feel powerless. Even if you are keen to play your part in being environmentally responsible, you’d be forgiven for thinking that, in the grander...

Gone are the days when water softeners were seen as exclusive, luxury items.  Today, more and more housebuilders – both large and small – are opting to pre-install water softeners in their new-build or refurbished properties.   So, it’s no coincidence...

If you don’t have the room or configuration indoors to house a water softener, a sturdy, frost-resistant external cabinet can be relied on to provide the perfect home for your soft water system – whatever the weather.  What are the benefits of Outside...

Think of a whole house water filter system as the gateway to your property. The filter is positioned to treat the water at the point the mains supply enters your home – ensuring that wherever the water flows after that point, the vast majority of its contaminants are...

Whether you are the proud owner of a fish tank full of goldfish or you have something more exotic, like koi carp, swimming about in the garden pond, making sure that your aquatic pets stay in optimum health can be a delicate balance.    For both regular...

Let’s be straight here – we love Kinetico Water Softeners. We sell plenty of them, we have done for years – and we intend to do so well into the future.   We say this with plenty of sound evidence to back it up.   Kinetico is an American company....

We are passionate about customer protection and rights – and providing impartial, unbiased advice on the subject of soft water wherever we can.  When it comes to selecting a particular water softener or supplier, we want consumers to select what they feel is best...

In case you weren’t aware, this month has been designated Plastic Free July – a brilliant initiative highlighting awareness about the dangers of plastic and what we, as consumers, can do to help keep plastic use out of our daily lives. Plastic Free July is a major...

When customers make enquiries about having a water softener installed in their property, there are some who are under the impression that we will need to make a special visit to carry out a site survey.  You might be surprised to learn that this isn’t actually...

Can you remember the time when dishwashers weren’t mainstream household appliances? Hang on a minute, Scott, I hear you proclaim. I thought you sold water softeners and water filters!  And you’d be right!  We don’t sell dishwashers and have no intention of...