water softner help in chosing and is this true

saayinla

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

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

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

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.

propertyrental

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

propertyrental 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. 

propertyrental

Doc_N said:

propertyrental 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

propertyrental said:

Doc_N said:

propertyrental 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

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

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).