MikeSharp01 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Just doing the first fix plumbing run's and wondered where we will need to run potable water, as in direct from the mains, as the house will have a water softener - Southern water is very hard! I was thinking of running it to all the bathroom taps, not the WCs, cisterns, showers or baths or indeed anywhere there is need to have balanced pressures on hot & cold, so you can safely drink the cold water there and to a filter tap beside the kitchen sink. We have great pressure and flow so I may have to condition the pressure before we split off to the softener and on to the UVC, I appreciate that the water softener will drop the pressure itself (looks like between 0.5 and 1 bar - which seems a lot but is what is quoted). I wondered if there is anything else I should use the hard water for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 6 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said: I wondered if there is anything else I should use the hard water for! Outside tap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deancatherine09 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 We've got non softened water piping to our kitchen sink, tap in outside BBQ area & fridge supply. Didn't bother with the other bathroom sinks as I never normally drink water from a bathroom tap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 33 minutes ago, joe90 said: Outside tap 13 minutes ago, deancatherine09 said: tap in outside BBQ Good thought, both, will include a run for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Can you brush teeth with softened water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Just now, MikeSharp01 said: Can you brush teeth with softened water? Oh yes, but softened water is not so good for consumption, I am sure the small amount of water consumed from a basin tap is minimal (but we are all different). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, MikeSharp01 said: I wondered if there is anything else I should use the hard water for! We only used hard water for the toilet cisterns and drinking water at a three way kitchen tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbJ Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 We only have hard water to the kitchen tap and outside tap. Use softened water in bathrooms for brushing teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotts Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 We have softened water routed to all taps except the kitchen cold water tap, the outside tap and the fill valve for the heating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andehh Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 We have softened in the garage for washing the cars (inspired ) then everywhere else except for kitchen, utility near bedrooms (fill up water water bottles) and outside taps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russdl Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Similar to the above, we have softened water to everything (except the kitchen sink) including an option to send softened water to the outside tap which is the only hard water outlet. The Quooker has a conditioned supply from a Combimate which stops any scale formation and is potable. Softened water is not an issue for teeth brushing. The combination of softened and conditioned water has us in a limescale free house in a very hard water area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Thanks one and all think that gives me a clear steer. Had forgotten to have a spare outlet for things like fill loops. At least now I can crack on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joth Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) 7 hours ago, joe90 said: Oh yes, but softened water is not so good for consumption, I am sure the small amount of water consumed from a basin tap is minimal (but we are all different). I find softened water fine for drinking, I actually prefer it for filling bottles and especially if boiling it up for tea. We put softened in the quooker, works great There's a few areas in the UK that the water is so hard that wras recommend against drinking it, but in most areas the salt added is so low it's not considered a risk Likewise I use softened water to fill the heating system. Couldn't find any advice either way but seemed worth trying to avoid getting limescale in there Edited March 28 by joth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA3222 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 A other one for drinking softened water here. It goes to our quooker tap and the fridge water dispenser. It's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbJ Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Most gas boilers specifically prohibit the use of "artificially softened" to fill central heating systems, which why the heating system fill-point should be from the mains supply I seem to remember it caused problems with the heat exchangers? I attach the relevant page from WB Greenstar system boiler, which is now 8 years old. Maybe not problem with ASHP and modern UFH systems and it should be checked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliwoodings Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Hard for Plants and drinking water (fridge for us). Soft everywhere else. Enjoy the limescale-free life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinny Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Does a water softener really reduce pressure by 0.5 to 1 bar ? My mains is 3.5 bar and installing an UVC so this alone would take me below the 3bar the system should run at ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 4 hours ago, Spinny said: Does a water softener really reduce pressure by 0.5 to 1 bar ? depends on the flowrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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