Two Storey House Extension

[Happy Jim]

That sounds like snake oil!

You should be able to pick up a Softener for £5-700 without breaking a sweat, chucking a block of salt in really is very little hassle ;-)

[Rosscow]

alock said:

Anyone know anything about whole-house water softeners?

We had the plumbing installed for a water softener with a dedicated drinking water tap in the kitchen to bypass it, however actually fitting the softener was one of the items we decided to cut when we reached the limit of our budget. After saving up a few more pennies we would like to add one.

What are the salt free ones like:
https://www.uk-water-filters.co.uk/whole-of-house-...

I'm inherently fairly lazy when it comes to regular maintenance tasks, so something that does a 80% job with zero maintenance would be preferable to something that does a 95% job with monthly maintenance.

You still need to change things every 12 months and they’re not cheap cartridges!