Water Softener Salt

dursley.donkey

I just bought a new water softener from East Midlands Water Co. It's supposed to use about 5 kg of salt per week, and I bought an initial 30 kg from EMWCo for £20. I'm sure I could do better than that. Anyone else with a water softener out there - where do you get your salt and how much to you pay? (I'd rather not buy more than about 100 kg at a time.)

greyteam1959

5kg of salt a week !!!!!
You will need your own salt mine !!!!
Are you sure that figure is right ????
Cant help you on prices tho........try a google see what comes up

ic

I think he's forgotten to mention that he runs a public swimming pool.

wallbash

Have a 4 bed , 2 bath house.
Use a 10 kg bag a month.

dursley.donkey

wallbash wrote: »

Have a 4 bed , 2 bath house.
Use a 10 kg bag a month.

Thanks Wallbash. How much do you pay for a 10 kg bag? Where do you buy it?

It says 2.2 kg per regen, and I understood they regenerate 2-3 times per week, giving me about 5 kg a week. Sounds like that could be an overestimate. at 67p per kg I'm still keen to reduce the cost.

wallbash

at 67p per kg I'm still keen to reduce the cost.

You tell me , i am spending over 20% more.
Prices vary a lot, but my cheapest at a large cash/carry pet store is well over £8 for a bag. I tend to buy only 4/5 a time, thats enough for me.

dursley.donkey

This is what I bought http://www.emwc.uk.com/Details.asp?ProductID=988
£20 for 3 bags delivered. It was the first supplier I looked at so I'm sure there must be cheaper.

greyteam1959

I never knew they used so much salt !!!
But surely you have to balance this cost against the saving on detergents / lime scale etc etc.
Why not have a look at catering wholesalers for bulk bags of dishwasher salt ???
I know my Bookers has 15kg bags but never looked at the price.

dursley.donkey

84 litres of water per regeneration too. But I'm not on a meter (yet), so that doesn't bother me (yet).

moonrakerz

dursley.donkey wrote: »

This is what I bought http://www.emwc.uk.com/Details.asp?ProductID=988
£20 for 3 bags delivered. It was the first supplier I looked at so I'm sure there must be cheaper.

Try your local agricultural dealer, such as :
http://www.countrywidefarmers.co.uk/pws/Home.ice

I pay about £8 for a 25kg bag. Or try yellow pages for a salt dealer.

You do seem to be using an awful lot of salt, a 25kg bag lasts me about 2 months, that is regenerating twice a week.

economiser

dursley.donkey wrote: »

I bought an initial 30 kg from EMWCo for £20.

This is very expensive. I buy 25kg for £6.50. Garden centres, animal feed places, B&Q among others stock 25kg at prices between £6 and £10.