Am in a hard water area and my bathroom bath tub hot water faucet,
which is fed by a combination boiler, has got essentially gone bust
after 1 year. Plumber said the quality of the tap wasn't that great to
start with. However, it could be simply coz of the hard water.

Anyway, in my research for a water softener I have come across this
item

http://www.eastmidlandswater.com/Det...p?ProductID=86

Anyone aware of this sort of device. Looks fairly easy to install but
the question is "Is it effective?".

Cheers
Hiro
London, UK

Hiro wrote:

Am in a hard water area and my bathroom bath tub hot water faucet,
which is fed by a combination boiler, has got essentially gone bust
after 1 year. Plumber said the quality of the tap wasn't that great to
start with. However, it could be simply coz of the hard water.

Anyway, in my research for a water softener I have come across this
item

http://www.eastmidlandswater.com/Det...p?ProductID=86

Anyone aware of this sort of device. Looks fairly easy to install but
the question is "Is it effective?".

No. These aren't effective. They've been on the market for years and
testing has found they don't work. Take a look at this article -
you'll see the same claims have been made before, and under testing
have been found to be groundless:
http://www.csicop.org/si/9801/powell.html

Your best bet is to stick with a conventional water softener.

HellT

Hmmm.... report says "Perhaps" to magnets and "Definitely yes" to
conventional methods....

however, no doubt there are con artists around...

I believe I could build one of these babies myself and sell on ebay for
half the price...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HARD-WATER-SOF...QQcmdZViewItem

Okay... so I have a Perhaps on the magnetic stuff from that link...

What about a Calmag Polyphosphate ( CalPhos ) device. Does anyone if
that does the job?

See http://calmagltd.com/CalPhos.pdf

Cheers
Hiro

Hiro wrote:
Okay... so I have a Perhaps on the magnetic stuff from that link...

What about a Calmag Polyphosphate ( CalPhos ) device. Does anyone if
that does the job?

See http://calmagltd.com/CalPhos.pdf

Cheers
Hiro


Why are you looking at the snake oil crap instead of just getting a
conventional water softner that we all know works?

££££