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Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also extends the lifetime of plumbing by reducing or eliminating scale build-up in pipes and fittings. Water softening is usually achieved using lime softening or ion-exchange resins but is increasingly being accomplished using nanofiltration or reverse osmosis membranes.

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  1. S

    Water softener related hydraulic shock

    About 9 months now, started suffering intermittent but frequent hydraulic shock thwacks, sometimes very violent, below Harvey's water softener in mains cold copper pipe. So far, water tank ballcock replaced, kitchen mixer tap replaced, Harvey's serviced the water softener, approx. 5 years old...
  2. I

    Water Softener advice now I've moved to combi boiler

    Hi, We have a Kinetico 2020c HE Water Softener, fitted in 2008 in our loft to the cold water tank in a vented system with a conventional boiler. All good, was working fine. Recently our old Potterton Suprima conventional boiler packed up and we decided to change to a Vaillant EcoTec COMBI...
  3. L

    Water Softener Drain Line Connection?

    Installing a water softener. Trying to connect the 1/2" flexible regeneration drain line to the 5/8' stub on the wall. How best to connect these two?
  4. A

    Mains water pressure and water softener/ leaking manifold

    Good morning I installed a Harvey’s water softener recently. Have a semi detached property with 3 showers and a 2 toilets with a mega flow cylinder 25mm mains pipe work with 22mm onwards. I put the softener before the prv which was pre installed with the unvented cylinder as the rep said...
    • aa1986
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    • leaking mains mains water pressure water water softener
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: DIY Plumbing Forum
  5. J

    Whirlpool Water Softener Making Water Smell USA

    My water stinks. Smells musty. I installed a Whirlpool water softener mid February of this year ('23) and it's smelled ever since. So here's the story: we live on a farm in southeast PA. Our well is 60' deep with the water table around 10'. Two houses supplied from the same well. One day I...
  6. D

    Unvented cylinder with water softener

    Is there a definitive answer to this? We have a stainless steel everflo unvented cylinder hooked up to a Worcester Bosch boiler, and are thinking of getting a water softener as were in quite a hard water area. I've looked around, but can't seem to find a clear answer as to whether a water...
  7. S

    Water softener waste pipe discharge

    Can the discharge and overflow pipes from a water softener go to surface water drainage (soakaway in my case) instead of foul? I'm first of all trying to find out if they are guidelines or in Building Regs, alternatively, I can probably run some calculations to compare how much regen water will...
  8. S

    URGENT Intermittent clunking noise in or near water softener

    Noise seems to stop when softener is bypassed, not 100% certain. Noise is intermittent, a thwack/thump we can feel in the inlet pipe. It's only for a few hours a day, and never when water is running. Harvey's water softener is 4 years old and water is from mains, not a tank. Salt is not blocked...
  9. C

    New water softener and bathroom suite.

    Hi People, So, I'm looking to fit a new Monarch Midi HE water softener, upstairs bathroom suite, downstairs WC suite and probably replace the existing Telford 900x450 indirect grade 3 water cylinder, like for like. I'm doing this for my girlfriend, who has recently had a new Worcester Greenstar...
  10. H

    Water softener leaking through drain (not overflow)

    Hello, as is common with most newbies I've arrived with a problem. Our water softener is about 18 months old, a BWT WS355 in an insulated outside cabinet. It's probably the third we've had - been here a very long time and always had a softener. I installed it myself, just connecting to existing...
  11. C

    Water Softener Recommendations?

    Hello Would love some general guidance on what I should be looking out for in the market when purchasing a water softener? I live in a 2 bed flat, with just me and my partner, and would like to think we are 'water considerate'. We've never owned a dishwasher, so benefit of the device is...
  12. g3lo18

    RHS42 Water Softener Install Help

    Hi all, I was hoping someone can guide me to install the RHS42 water softener. I am specifically having difficulty understanding what to use for connecting the softener to my existing water lines that seem to be cpvc. I saw a YouTube video of where someone used 1” to water softener and the...
  13. J

    Water softener for mains supply

    Hi all, as the title says, few months ago moved into a house where the water is way harder than expected. We did not expect it because we lived in this area previously and did not have issues with the water back then, even though it's the same mains water supplier. I have done a test strip for...
    • JohnHere
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    • america limescale mains softener supply usa water water softener
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: USA
  14. A

    Removed Water Softener, no Hot water?

    New to the forum and hoping that someone can help with this problem. I've removed a water softener to run new pipework for kitchen remodelling and drained down system after closing cold water feed. I've not put back the softener and just isolated 2 cold feeds and a hot feed and once done...
    • Asdeane
    • Thread
    • america hot hot water no hot water removed softener usa water water softener
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: USA
  15. P

    Water Softener Maintenance

    Hi, We inherited a water softener in our new house and I have no idea what shape it's in and if it requires maintenance. We have some light water stains around the faucets, but nothing major so far (I grew up with hard water so I know how things can look like). My main concern is that there...
    • peteralt
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    • america maintenance softener usa water water softener
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: USA
  16. M

    Harvey Water softener seems to have stopped regenerating

    Our HV3 is about 7.5 years old and has just stopped regenerating. Do any of you good people have any ideas of anything I could try before calling Harveys? thx
  17. B

    Compact format water softener

    I rent an apartment in Santiago, Chile where the water is very hard. For the last few years, I've been using the building's laundry on the ground floor but this costs a fortune over the long run and is frankly a ballache when you're on the 12th floor. A colossal waste of time. Not to mention the...
    • buzzdriving
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    • america compact hard water softener usa washing machine water water softener
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: USA
  18. avsmithy

    Water Softener Install - how long should this take?

    Apologies for the self interested thread, but I would very much appreciate the advice of you knowledgeable folks. I got a plumber in to install a water softener in my flat yesterday, I assumed it would be a 3 or 4 hour job, it ended up taking 12 and 1/2 hours. I do a lot of DIY, but don't know...
    • avsmithy
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    • america install should softener usa water water softener
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: USA
  19. R

    Water Softener Part 2

    Hi all, As I'm a little out of my comfort zone where plumbing is concerned, I'd like to ask you all for some advice. I installed a water softener a few years ago (probabably 7 or 8) and it has given great service. However, more recently, whilst it continues to consume salt, it doesn't seem to...
    • rwd 3m
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    • america parts softener usa water water softener
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: USA
  20. R

    Water Softener

    Hi all, My name is Richard, I'm a reasonably practical chap and not afraid to give most things a try (except perhaps electronics, ahich have always confused the life out of me!) but spend most of my, now plentiful, free time in my workshop playing with my (very) small fleet of vintage and...
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