Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Water Softener necessary?

03 January 2016

Re: [DIY] Water Softener necessary?

A good alternative to a water softener is a filter. We installed a
whole house filter system and it does not have the slicker-y feeling of
softened water. It cleans the iron and other materials out of our well
water. Each system should be set up based on your water conditions.
We are very please3d with our filter system!
Ray

On 1/2/2016 1:19 PM, 'oakridgefarm@gmail.com' oakridgefarm@gmail.com
[DoIt_Yourself] wrote:
> Wasn't what I wanted to hear :) Aside from the expense to purchase and
> maintain ——how is the feel? What does it do to your hair? Is it slimy
> feeling? Any difference in the taste of the water? Any other pros/cons
> to just having one?? A spot for it might present a problem, I'll have
> to do some looking at the actual size, then the pricing
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> Jan Flood
> oakridgefarm@gmail.com <mailto:oakridgefarm@gmail.com>
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> On Jan 2, 2016, at 10:02 AM, Joyce O theoldhen@gmail.com
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> If you have 'hard' water or a lot of iron in it, you should get a water
> softner. Our first home had a lot of iron. Even with the water softner
> we still had some iron come through. In the house we have lived in for
> 30 years now, if we didnt have a water softner we would have a real
> problem with our faucets.
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> When my kids were younger, we had a problem with the softner. I could
> not afford to have a service man come out for about 8 months. Finally
> had to get him out here because 3 or 4 of our faucets had corroded
> because of the white lime.
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> The hardness can be tested 'in home.' Around here. there are stores that
> offer free testing.
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> Our softnener was installed in the 70's by the previous owners.Maybe
> even before that. I have had a softner repairman here at least 3 times
> to replace parts. He also sells new ones and rebuilt ones. He recently
> quoted me $650 for a rebuilt softner...they are less than that in
> stores. His new one is about $1,300 and I am not going to pay that when
> I can buy one at Farm and Fleet for less than $500.
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> A water softner salesman told me many years ago that we could use salt
> blocks. The 50 pound blocks and have good results. I have used blocks
> since then even thought other softner sales people say my system wont
> work right. A large block breaks down slower than the bagged chips.Just
> like large chlorine tablets break down slower in a swimming pool thank
> the small ones.
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> Good luck
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> Joyce aka Mom aka Nana
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> On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 8:58 AM, 'oakridgefarm@gmail.com
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> We have hard water here, the new hot water heater already had a
> deposit on the elements. Of course the plumber recommended a water
> softener, $2000. But I've never had one, and never had a real
> problem even when we did live in a place with hard water. So what's
> the solution? I don't want to spend another $2000 if it's not
> necessary. Is it worth it to buy a test kit to determine just how
> hard the water is??
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> I envisioned all types of problems in rebuilding our barn - but
> didn't anticipate all this. We've not even started on the barn yet!!
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