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Default Is there a best type of valve for hard water?

On Jun 18, 5:48?pm, M Q wrote:
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From realtor I've heard of maintenance problems with water softeners,

and also problems with the salt it adds into the water, not only
health problems in terms of sodium intake but also accelerated
corrosion e.g. of water heaters. Just not sure if the cure isn't
worse than the disease of having to replace valves and flush the water
heater and such...


Sounds like the realtor was trying to sell a house that didn't have
(and probably needed) a water softener.

As other posters have mentioned, the amount of sodium is small.
But if your water is as hard as you mentioned, just for flavor,
you are probably not drinking the water. If you still want to
worry about sodium, you have the following options:
1) You can get potassium chloride (KCl) to recharge the softener with.
Now available at most HW stores. It is about twice the price
(per mole, not per pound). Claims to be better for plants also.
2) Some people plumb the kitchen cold water faucet to bypass the
the softener.

In any case, I have had a water softener for 19 years, and soft water
good. The pipes and fixtures downstream of the softener are much
cleaner and less corroded.

Also, you would like to have outdoor hose bibs that don't go through
the softener.


my dad with high blood pressure has softener and osmosis purifier on
locations where water is used for drinking, kitchen and bath rooms.

frankly the shower always feels slimy...... i dont like that