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  • saayinla
    saayinla Posts: 122 Forumite
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    I know this is going to be based on personal preferences, but has anyone plumbed 2 external tap one with hard for watering plants, garden, lawn and then plumbed a second tap for washing cars etc.

    I know I could use a bucket to fetch from the kitchen sink or bathroom but the convenience of using a hose (when hose ban is no longer a thing) is much better.
  • Doc_N
    Doc_N Posts: 8,543 Forumite
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    saayinla said:
    I know this is going to be based on personal preferences, but has anyone plumbed 2 external tap one with hard for watering plants, garden, lawn and then plumbed a second tap for washing cars etc.

    I know I could use a bucket to fetch from the kitchen sink or bathroom but the convenience of using a hose (when hose ban is no longer a thing) is much better.
    No, but I can see the point.  Should be fairly straightforward, though, depending on pipe runs.
  • naf123
    naf123 Posts: 1,708 Forumite
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    I have a hot soft water external tap and a cold hard water external tap. The hot water useful for cars and cleaning as well paddling pools for children. Very useful. Remember should have a valve inside to turn them off as well. 
  • Belenus
    Belenus Posts: 2,755 Forumite
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    saayinla said:
    I know this is going to be based on personal preferences, but has anyone plumbed 2 external tap one with hard for watering plants, garden, lawn and then plumbed a second tap for washing cars etc.

    I know I could use a bucket to fetch from the kitchen sink or bathroom but the convenience of using a hose (when hose ban is no longer a thing) is much better.
    When we bought our house 11 years ago there was an outside tap fed with mains pressure hard water as was the rest of the house.

    A few years later we installed a water softener with a hard water feed to the kitchen cold water tap only and soft water everywhere else. 

    As that meant the outside tap was now supplying soft water we installed a second outside tap fed with hard water from the incoming mains.

    We isolated the original now soft water tap with the internal service valve and have not used it since then although we could easily reopen the service valve.
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    He said to the salesman, “My wife would like to talk to you about the Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
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  • propertyrental
    propertyrental Posts: 3,391 Forumite
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    edited 19 May 2023 at 4:16PM
    115 pages. Wow!

    Comparing the Tapworks NSC11Pro  Vs

    WatertoBuy 200 Vs

    Kinetico Kube

    All around the £550 +/- mark.

    The Kube is non-electric which seems an advantage, and Kinetico seems a well-thought-of brand, but only has a 2 year warranty......

    Anyone used any of these or better still used two+ and able to compare?

    Or anyone with specialist knowledge able to recommend?








  • Doc_N
    Doc_N Posts: 8,543 Forumite
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    115 pages. Wow!

    Comparing the Tapworks NSC11Pro  Vs

    WatertoBuy 200 Vs

    Kinetico Kube

    All around the £550 +/- mark.

    The Kube is non-electric which seems an advantage, and Kinetico seems a well-thought-of brand, but only has a 2 year warranty......

    Anyone used any of these or better still used two+ and able to compare?

    Or anyone with specialist knowledge able to recommend?








    Tapworks for me, every time. Present one faultless after 10 years, without one single service. Well priced, well made and well supported. Almost identical to the sister brand Ecowater, but much, much cheaper. 
  • propertyrental
    propertyrental Posts: 3,391 Forumite
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    Doc_N said:
    115 pages. Wow!

    Comparing the Tapworks NSC11Pro  Vs

    WatertoBuy 200 Vs

    Kinetico Kube

    All around the £550 +/- mark.

    The Kube is non-electric which seems an advantage, and Kinetico seems a well-thought-of brand, but only has a 2 year warranty......

    Anyone used any of these or better still used two+ and able to compare?

    Or anyone with specialist knowledge able to recommend?








    Tapworks for me, every time. Present one faultless after 10 years, without one single service. Well priced, well made and well supported. Almost identical to the sister brand Ecowater, but much, much cheaper. 
    Trouble is each one has its happy advocates and also dissatisfied complainant....

    hence looking for anyone who can actually compare 2 or more (and provide reasons to recommend)....
  • Doc_N
    Doc_N Posts: 8,543 Forumite
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    Doc_N said:
    115 pages. Wow!

    Comparing the Tapworks NSC11Pro  Vs

    WatertoBuy 200 Vs

    Kinetico Kube

    All around the £550 +/- mark.

    The Kube is non-electric which seems an advantage, and Kinetico seems a well-thought-of brand, but only has a 2 year warranty......

    Anyone used any of these or better still used two+ and able to compare?

    Or anyone with specialist knowledge able to recommend?








    Tapworks for me, every time. Present one faultless after 10 years, without one single service. Well priced, well made and well supported. Almost identical to the sister brand Ecowater, but much, much cheaper. 
    Trouble is each one has its happy advocates and also dissatisfied complainant....

    hence looking for anyone who can actually compare 2 or more (and provide reasons to recommend)....
    Sorry. Can’t help you any further because I’ve never felt the need to move from Ecowater and Tapworks. You might be looking for the impossible in seeking comparisons and reasoned recommendations (I’ve given you mine) but they’ll maybe be somewhere in the thread.
  • DiamondLil
    DiamondLil Posts: 733 Forumite
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    Tapworks for me, every time. Present one faultless after 10 years, without one single service. Well priced, well made and well supported. Almost identical to the sister brand Ecowater, but much, much cheaper. 
    Me too; had the Tapworks since October 2010 with one service around seven years ago.

  • dsw_123
    dsw_123 Posts: 29 Forumite
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    Had a Tapworks installed in 2014 during a kitchen refurb, I think it cost about £450 to buy.  It has worked with no issues since then.  I have no idea how much it costs to run in terms of electricity but I would guess not a lot. I go through about 3.5  bags of salt a year which used to cost about £8 a time but now cost £14 (now that is inflation).
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