We have hard water where I live, so we have installed a water softener. Should I bypass the softener when I water my grass. I know the water contains salt, but is it enough to kill the grass or harm the environment?
I have hard water so I bought a water softner which puts salt in the water that comes out of all the faucets, showers, etc in my house. I spend lots of money buying bottles of water because I can’t drink the water that comes out of my sink because it tastes weird (there’s lots of sodium in it). A Pur or Brita water filter (while good at taking lots of other sediments and stuvff out) still leaves the salt in water and it still tastes weird. So is there anything that specifically takes the salt back out that my water softener puts into my tap water?
Please list reasons why you personally chose to buy a water softener for your home in the order of most importance to least importance. And which brand did you choose?
Some reasons to stir up your mind: features of the water softener, the benefits to your home, cheaper than hard water, skin problems, less home cleaning, extending appliances, clothes, and so on.
All comments are great.
I am looking for an inexpensive filtered washdown systems for our tugboats. We have extremely hard water and lots of windows. What is a cost effective system that either I can make or buy?
We have very hard water. When you take a shower the soap hardly lathers up. Your skin feels so dry after showering. I was thinking about getting a filter for the shower head but not sure if it will take care of the hard water. Has anyone tried one of those and do they work? Are they expensive and what is the best kind. Do you have to buy replacement filters? We can’t afford a water softner right now and really don’t have a place for one. Also do you know of any special soap or shampoo for hard water?
I live in the middle of the Texas panhandle. My house is plumbed with well water. I am choosing to add either a water FILTER or water SOFTENER to my home water system.
What "system" is a water FILTER?
Does it filter out all the sediment, sand, minerals, etc to use for my indoor water?
My house WAS plumbed with a Kenmore water SOFTENER. Before it "gave up", it did soften all this sand, sediment and minerals that I am picking up from the Canadian river basin.
I am trying to clean my indoor water so that it will reduce the hard water wear on my indoor plumbing (faucets, valves, and piping.)
Thanks.
Our town has very hard water and every time they do work on the main, my water heater impeller gets jammed with lime chunks. My repairman has recommended Culligan, but I was wondering if there are any less costly alternatives out there.
so i have hard well water (its like…water with minerals and stuff in it..) and i have blonde highlights. every few weeks wen i take a shower my highlights turn GREEN! i have special shampoo for it but are there any products that filter hard water??
THANKS! ;]
We’ve been living in our house for about a year now, and drinking the well water the entire time. I’ve developed health problems and needed an MRI, EKG, and some shots. My brother, sister and mother have developed health problems too. The only good thing that seems to have happened to us would be not having to move and our dentist being really impressed with the condition of our teeth.
A couple of days ago, we found out that our well water is has nearly 14 times as much arsenic as is allowed, 6 times as much floride, 9 times as much Iron and so on, so forth. We’ve been told not to drink or cook with it. My doctor thinks the only reason I held out so long(my families health issues started about half-a-year ago)is because I have low iron count and the water was actually improving my system.
The water doesn’t taste bad like city water, it tastes pretty good. How do we fix it so it’s drinkable? It’s supposedly soft water, but the only solution we know deals with hard water. Please help.
I am remodeling my kitchen and was given a nice but used stainless steel sink to put in it. Its been outside for a while and we have somewhat hard water, so it has gotten some cloudy mineral type deposits on it. Any ideas how to make this shiny and nice again?
We have very hard water in the area we live and it’s leaving mineral deposits on the tile in our pool. Please advise us the best way to clean the water line and remove these deposits.. Thank you
I’ve seen the difference between really clean water and hard water and how much money me and my wife can save, but I don’t have that kind of money right now to put on a water treatment system.
We derive underground water in our village for daily uses, which does not receive any kind of treatment. The problem is that the pipes and taps all get ruined very fast because of that.how do i prevent that? Is it a result of hard water or lass salinity. Do i need to get any specific tests?
Will adding washing soda decrease the menace, and if i do add it, what needs to be done to render the water drinkable?
Will any other step be required, the resources are less being in an Indian vilage?
I have a walk in shower and the door is made of glass but hard water spots are leaving a whitish deposit. I bought CLR at the store but that doesn’t seem to work. Does anybody know a good way to clean the deposit and maybe a good way to prevent if from happening. Thanx, 10 points to the best answer.
There is probably just about everything you can imagine in our water, but i am sure there is rust. It’s hard water.
I have a filter on my kitchen sink and love it, but it’s made for a kitchen sick.
