How often should you descale your showerhead?

Grumpty's answer

Every 3 months

Why bother

Scale blocks the holes and the spray dribbles. A thorough-tier job. Skippable when life's busy, worth it when it isn't.

Why it's a range

Very hard water clogs it in weeks. Soft water can wait the best part of a year.

When to start thinking about it

A few days' warning does it. Grumpty grumbles 3 days out, then leaves you alone. Mark it done and Grumpty sets the next one, every 3 months, so you can go back to forgetting it exists.

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Let Grumpty remember it for you

Add it once. Grumpty tracks the date, grumbles when it's due, and rolls it forward the moment you mark it done. No spreadsheets, no sticky notes, no forgetting.