water softner help in chosing and is this true

Matt_Filterman

Looks like a good machine at a good price to me.. £440 inc VAT at a number of places on the net and that includes the installation fittings. I still prefer the Autotrol 255 or Fleck 5600 valves on a water softener but the Tapworks/Eccowater softeners are good quality and reliable.
Matt

vermas

i am looking for single cylinder metered water softener that is compact- i.e under 50cm high

what would people recommend for up to £500

Doc_N

vermas wrote: »

i am looking for single cylinder metered water softener that is compact- i.e under 50cm high

what would people recommend for up to £500

Tapworks Ultra 9 - though it may be slightly too big for you at 52.4cm high:

http://www.tapworks.co.uk/Residential%20Products/ultra_9.aspx

gskgk

Hi all,

I am trying to get a softner for my house. I decided to go in for twin tank ones.. so got some quotes... all the quotes include the following
- twin tank , standard installation , pressure regulator, external tap for garden, drinking water tap , water filter for drinking water.

The different numbers are as follows
Crown - 1150
Twin Tec - 1450
Aqua twin - 1300
Kinetico 2020c- 1425

I was thinking of crown.. but am i right in my choice ? .. pls help me

Matt_Filterman

Hi gskgk
Sorry I don't know much about twin tank softeners, apart from them being very expensive. There are a lot of posts going back a few months discussing the merits of different machines and also the pros and cons of both single and twin tank systems. This being a money saving web site I would have to recommend single tank systems as they are generally much cheaper and in my opinion just as good in a domestic environment.

Regards Matt

George_Bray

gskgk wrote: »

I was thinking of crown (£1150).. but am i right in my choice ? .. pls help me

£1150 for a water softener and one extra garden tap? You must have money to burn! I don't think it's justified paying more than £500 for what you seek to achieve, i.e. soft water and a garden tap.

Doc_N

gskgk wrote: »

Hi all,

I am trying to get a softner for my house. I decided to go in for twin tank ones..

I think your big mistake is in going for a twin tank model. Read the thread above for comments - personally I think they're pointless and overpriced.

I've also recommended Tapworks models as being a much cheaper (but almost identical) alternative to the tried and tested Ecowater ones. No personal axe to grind, but Ecowater has a good reputation for reliability - no point paying their prices, though, when you can buy an almost identical equivalent for more than a third less.

nerdycatlover

Hi Guys! Just trawling this thread to find out what`s wrong with our son`s boiler and if it may be caused by his water softener. Someone mentioned corrosion a few posts back.With regard to stainless steel, if anyone else is interested.....
http://corrosion-doctors.org/MatSelect/rouging.htm

Please look at .Class11 Rouge about halfway in. Scary. Is this a well-kept secret,or wot?

George_Bray

nerdycatlover wrote: »

Hi Guys! Just trawling this thread to find out what`s wrong with our son`s boiler and if it may be caused by his water softener. Someone mentioned corrosion a few posts back.With regard to stainless steel, if anyone else is interested.....
http://corrosion-doctors.org/MatSelect/rouging.htm
Please look at .Class11 Rouge about halfway in. Scary. Is this a well-kept secret,or wot?

I have water softeners with stainless steel tanks. By design they are stainless steel and, after many years in use, there is no sign of corrosion. The tanks have been exposed to hard water, soft water and very high concentrations of chloride, as in the salt used during the replenishment process, yet there is no damage.

nerdycatlover

Hi, George.

I take it you were not impressed by my link. Unfortunately,I never took Chemistry at school and am not likely to start now, so I have to take this kind of information on trust to a certain point. You obviously have experience in this field,so I am grateful for your input.:o

I`m certainly no expert on boilers, or stainless steel. But something is corroding in a Potterton Powermax Boiler with a water softener (as recommended in manual) and it`s meant to have stainless steel innards. It`s still under guarantee.The radiators are apparently not leaking into the system as that would cause a change in pressure and make the boiler shut down. However, the hot water comes out reddish/orange/brown, but not all the time.We think there is a sludge of this material at the bottom of the tank, which will not drain out.
Any thoughts you have about this would be much appreciated.:beer: