Water softeners....here's what they do:
No scale or scum on
any surface where water is in contact, which includes the inside of washing machines, kettles (if you have soft water the element will turn black) and more importantly the
inside of
all your hot water pipes. Hard water will eventually constrict the flow of water in pipes and your hot water tank, and if you fit a softener this soft water will dissolve limescale deposits in pipework in about 6 weeks.
No scrubbing of kitchen worktops, sinks, toilets or shower nozzles to clear limescale (apart from normal cleaning, I've never had to remove limescale off a loo or anywhere else for that matter)
Washed clothes are soft, no need for treatments of
any sort and you use half the recommended dosage of powder or detergent.
SWIMBO has a skin complaint which isn't serious but is helped enormously by soft water, hard water would make it a lot worse than it is......as it is it's managable.
Personal washing is a dream. In our old place we didn't have a shower so had to bath. When you get used to it, having a bath in really soft, hot water is like stepping into a tub of silk.....fabulous. By far the best thing for me tho' is having a really hot, wet shave in the mornnig (......do your blades on your razor last for about 6 weeks?.....mine do :lol
When I wash my hair, the amount of shampoo I need will cover
one of my small finger nails, any more and I end up with a head full of lather
No surprise then that all the top hotels have water softeners fitted as standard and most are Kinetico's as I understand. Our one will supply
all the soft water needs for a family up to 6 people continuously as it has two elements, not one as is usual, so that when one 'side' is in use supplying the water, the other one is re-charging and there is an automatic switch over when one is depleted and then it starts to recharge.
If you havn't got one......get one, asap
Oh.....and tea tastes
great too, we float on the stuff in this house
Mr Sparkle wrote:
you cannot drink softened water.
Rubbish...I and all my family have been drinking softened water straight out of the tap for almost 20 years with no side effects of any sort - Rob