Water Softener
Discussion
We have been advised that installing a water softener might help alleviate some skin conditions (eczema), and I was hoping someone on here might be able to provide some advice.
Does anyone have one installed? If so, do you see benefits of having one and do they require much maintenance? Any recommendations appreciated.
We have a cold water tank which feeds into a megaflo system so should be able to install one on the incoming mains feed into the cold water tank.
Cheers!
Does anyone have one installed? If so, do you see benefits of having one and do they require much maintenance? Any recommendations appreciated.
We have a cold water tank which feeds into a megaflo system so should be able to install one on the incoming mains feed into the cold water tank.
Cheers!
The Megaflo is an unvented cylinder designed to run on mains water at a slightly reduced pressure, not from a tank. If yours is like this then it's odd in the extreme, although not impossible.
Water softeners are the sort of thing that once you have one, you won't be without it. I'd make sure that it feeds every outlet in the house though barring a drinking water tap.
Running costs are only the salt and a trifling amount of electricity. (There are softeners which don't requite electricity, but I wouldn't consider one to be honest.)
Water softeners are the sort of thing that once you have one, you won't be without it. I'd make sure that it feeds every outlet in the house though barring a drinking water tap.
Running costs are only the salt and a trifling amount of electricity. (There are softeners which don't requite electricity, but I wouldn't consider one to be honest.)
I've got a Kinetico softener, which doesn't even need an electricity supply, it's powered by the water passing through.
Assuming you're actually in a hard water area, it'll save you money on soap and laundry detergent cos you'll use less of each. The car will be easier to clean as it won't spot as it dries. And appliances and the boiler should last longer without needing descaling or calgon.
It will need salt blocks, which in mine last about 6 weeks with 2 of us in the house. You should also have one tap left that isn't softened as drinking water particularly for small children as the sodium content is higher in softened water. Aside from that I can't see why you wouldn't have one.
Assuming you're actually in a hard water area, it'll save you money on soap and laundry detergent cos you'll use less of each. The car will be easier to clean as it won't spot as it dries. And appliances and the boiler should last longer without needing descaling or calgon.
It will need salt blocks, which in mine last about 6 weeks with 2 of us in the house. You should also have one tap left that isn't softened as drinking water particularly for small children as the sodium content is higher in softened water. Aside from that I can't see why you wouldn't have one.
Had a Kinetico but when we had our water heating system upgraded we now have a megaflow with direct connection from mains. When I looked at upgrading the Kinetico to handle the increased pressure it was too old so have installed Monarch with adaptor option which I think provides 29mm connection. Think the Kinetico only handled 19mm. Monarch requires power.
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