"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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When our house was built, it was plumbed in such a way that we can't
add a water softener w/o also putting softened water through the outside
faucets. I am getting conflicting information on whether or not this is
a good idea from the standpoint of watering flowers, etc. The main
sprinklers for the grass are in-ground and between the meter and the
house, so they aren't impacted. It would mainly be watering the flowers
in the planters around the house and one small grassy area that the
in-ground sprinklers don't get to.
So, comments? Also, we would use the outside faucets (spigots,
whatever) to put water in the pool when opening and occassionally during
the rest of the season.

Don't know if it is harmful, but it is certainly wasteful.

In general (can't see your plumbing) it shouldn't be a big deal to replumb
the outside faucets to be before the softener. I did that when I put a
pressure reducer on; I wanted the old 90 psi on the outside faucets.