Very hard water area - do I have to have chrome for bathroom fittings?

[Christmassparkletree]

We have chrome and nickel throughout our house for taps etc. fancy a change in bathroom. We have hard water. Would it be silly to get something other than Chrome? (I don’t went to be wiping taps / shower heads down after every use!) or is there something else I could use that is also hard wearing and won’t look too awful?

Water softener?

i second a water softner.

dont get black taps/showers - that will show all marks!

chrome or nickel looks lovely.

As we were having the house replumbed we had a whole house water softener/filter fitted. One year on and it is working well. No messy taps or ruined kettles. We do still swipe the glass shower panels down though. It uses salt as the softener.

hi
we also live in a similar area in terms of water. i went for chrome fittings from
Casa Di Stone.

https://www.casadistone.com/Mobile/

Get a water softener.

It's a game changer if you live in a hard water area.
Household appliances like kettles and irons don't die after two years, either.