I am thinking about installing a water softener. All my cold water
services (toilets' bath etc )are direct off the incoming main supply
and my hot water is via an instantaineous gas unit also off the
incoming main and which works really well.
ie I have no storage tanks at all.

I would maintain a non softened supply to the kitchen sink.

Any ideas if instaling a softener will give rise to problems with this
arrangement?

"Jim" wrote in message
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I am thinking about installing a water softener. All my cold water
services (toilets' bath etc )are direct off the incoming main supply
and my hot water is via an instantaineous gas unit also off the
incoming main and which works really well.
ie I have no storage tanks at all.

I would maintain a non softened supply to the kitchen sink.

Any ideas if instaling a softener will give rise to problems with this
arrangement?

That would depend on the logistics of your pipes!
Are you planning in fitting another tap to the sink, or just having hard
cold and soft hot?

Sparks..

Jim wrote:

I am thinking about installing a water softener. All my cold water
services (toilets' bath etc )are direct off the incoming main supply
and my hot water is via an instantaineous gas unit also off the
incoming main and which works really well.
ie I have no storage tanks at all.

I would maintain a non softened supply to the kitchen sink.

Any ideas if instaling a softener will give rise to problems with this
arrangement?


Youned a high flow softener and BIG pipes. But other than physical
installation issues, it all works fine here...

I have mostly existing15mm pipework which I intended to reuse by simply
plumbing the softener into it. Is this not a good idea??

jim

I will put in some new 15mm pipework to maintain hard cold at sink and
have soft hot.
I moved into a house where an old indirect system had been ripped out
and then everything run off the mains. They reused most of the old
pipework and so some runs eg to the bath, have 15mm connected into old
22mm. Not good practice but it works!

Jim

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 00:53:29 +0100, "Sparks" wrote:

"Jim" wrote in message
roups.com...
I am thinking about installing a water softener. All my cold water
services (toilets' bath etc )are direct off the incoming main supply
and my hot water is via an instantaineous gas unit also off the
incoming main and which works really well.
ie I have no storage tanks at all.

I would maintain a non softened supply to the kitchen sink.

Any ideas if instaling a softener will give rise to problems with this
arrangement?

That would depend on the logistics of your pipes!
Are you planning in fitting another tap to the sink, or just having hard
cold and soft hot?

Despite what the manufacturers say it is important that people,
especially children, drink non-softened water only.

Therefore, make sure there is a non-softened tap in the kitchen and
one in the bathroom where people will clean their teeth.

sponix