This...I don't think softened water is good to drink. They usually use salt for the ion exchange process, and the sodium is not good for blood pressure. We use a softener at ours and it is in the cold feed from the water meter. We have a separate feed specifically for hard water for drinking. The softened water is used for everything else, such as the washing machine, dishwasher, showers and baths and central heating etc.
I live in a very hard water area and the softener works really well. The showers, toilets, baths and appliances are all limescale free now. We use a filter for the kettle but it still scales up but it's better than no filter.
I can't help I'm afraid as ours is soft. Just thought I'd say
I don't think softened water is good to drink. They usually use salt for the ion exchange process, and the sodium is not good for blood pressure. We use a softener at ours and it is in the cold feed from the water meter. We have a separate feed specifically for hard water for drinking. The softened water is used for everything else, such as the washing machine, dishwasher, showers and baths and central heating etc.
I live in a very hard water area and the softener works really well. The showers, toilets, baths and appliances are all limescale free now. We use a filter for the kettle but it still scales up but it's better than no filter.
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Go with a softener that recycles/ purges using soft water too, as this extends life span significantly. Really happyI bought into one.
Our's treats all supply hot and cold save for the kitchen cold which is used for drinking. The external hose point out front is purposely softened for car washing.
That’s what we did -Our's treats all supply hot and cold save for the kitchen cold which is used for drinking. The external hose point out front is purposely softened for car washing.
as already mentioned by others, if fitting a water softener then just make sure your kitchen tap is off the mains supply for drinking water, kettles etc and if you have any aluminium radiators on your ch system then also ensure your boiler filling loop is off the mains, softened water will not be kind to alluminium
We have hot & cold softened, plus an extra unsoftened but filtered kitchen tap for drinking. Took me 5 years to persuade MrsMarkMas not to run the filtered drinking water through a filter jug as well!Our's treats all supply hot and cold save for the kitchen cold which is used for drinking.
The external hose point out front is purposely softened for car washing.
I thought there was always a little bit of residual salt in the softened water.Regarding the salt usage, the salt is only used to wash the resin that captures the calcium in the water and that is only done during the recycling where the water supply will bypass the softener, therefore it’s safe to drink.
Don’t know about the aluminum but I don’t see how removing calcium will make water aggressive on aluminum.
They are relatively common here and they are connected to the mains to provide soft water for drinking, washing and showers