Comments on: Water softener owners, what was the main reasons why you purchased a softener? http://bestwaterfilter1.com/water-softener-owners-what-was-the-main-reasons-why-you-purchased-a-softener.htm Water Filter Systems - House Water Filters Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:33:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pvreditor http://bestwaterfilter1.com/water-softener-owners-what-was-the-main-reasons-why-you-purchased-a-softener.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7672 pvreditor Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:08:42 +0000 http://bestwaterfilter1.com/water-softener-owners-what-was-the-main-reasons-why-you-purchased-a-softener.htm#comment-7672 I got a water softener many years ago for my rural house in upstate NY. Not only was the water hard, it had dissolved iron in it. I got a water softener from Sears and used salt pellets that had something called "Rid Rust" in it, which eliminated the iron. It worked very well, but I sold the house after about four years and no longer have that softener. When I used it, I found the softened water to be too soft. It seemed to take forever to rinse soap, for example. Therefore, I set the system up with a valve where I could bleed a little untreated water back into the system so that the water was still soft but just a little harder. This worked well. I also plumbed the system so that the toilet got untreated water. I could go either way on this, as hard water will leave more water stains and cause valves to fail more quickly. But I hated to flush soft water down the toilet. This may not be as big an issue with today's 1.6-gallon toilets. (They were 3.5 gallons back then.) I got a water softener many years ago for my rural house in upstate NY. Not only was the water hard, it had dissolved iron in it. I got a water softener from Sears and used salt pellets that had something called "Rid Rust" in it, which eliminated the iron. It worked very well, but I sold the house after about four years and no longer have that softener.

When I used it, I found the softened water to be too soft. It seemed to take forever to rinse soap, for example. Therefore, I set the system up with a valve where I could bleed a little untreated water back into the system so that the water was still soft but just a little harder. This worked well.

I also plumbed the system so that the toilet got untreated water. I could go either way on this, as hard water will leave more water stains and cause valves to fail more quickly. But I hated to flush soft water down the toilet. This may not be as big an issue with today’s 1.6-gallon toilets. (They were 3.5 gallons back then.)

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