water softner help in chosing and is this true

moonrakerz

Chunks wrote: »

Thanks again. I think I need to, well, rethink.

Have sent you a PM.

Chunks

mad990diver wrote: »

find your rising main and look for a logical space to accommodate the softener nearby.

Mine is under the sink.....

Chunks

moonrakerz wrote: »

Have sent you a PM.

Blinding - thanks mate. Will purchase a slide rule and do some sums.

cheers

C

Chunks

moonrakerz wrote: »

I think you would be hard pressed to find a unit smaller than that one. Of course, it doesn't have to go under the sink, it could go in any cupboard.

I was lucky with mine - I was starting from "bare walls" , so to some extent I could plan around the softener. I have all my valves/stop taps in the other half of the softener cupboard with hoses feeding under the kitchen units to all the appliances.

I looked at the dimensions moonrakerz and it says 525mm which is the max height. May I ask you how high the tank part is (so excluding the display at the back of the machine.

many thanks,

Chunks

moonrakerz

Chunks wrote: »

I looked at the dimensions moonrakerz and it says 525mm which is the max height. May I ask you how high the tank part is (so excluding the display at the back of the machine.

many thanks,

Chunks

The 525mm is with the cover on the clock/timer/valve, without it (as mine is) is 500mm. Height of the tank is 350mm.

Chunks

Right - deed done and machine ordered - thanks again moonrakerz.

Now, for salt. Found a good deal online - supplier just down the road from me (works out around £7.40 per 25kg bag for tablet salt delivered) but I need to order 10 bags. Stupid question (no laughing and pointing please) but how much space will that lot take up?

Doc_N

Chunks wrote: »

Right - deed done and machine ordered - thanks again moonrakerz.

Now, for salt. Found a good deal online - supplier just down the road from me (works out around £7.40 per 25kg bag for tablet salt delivered) but I need to order 10 bags. Stupid question (no laughing and pointing please) but how much space will that lot take up?

If it's of any help, I've just measured a pile of 25kg bags. Two piles of 5 bags will take up a space roughly 70cms wide, 60cms deep and 60cms high.

Chunks

Just gets better - perhaps I should order a pallet?

Thanks Doc N, great help.

dave82_2

Get salt from costco its really cheep there

Doc_N

dave82 wrote: »

Get salt from costco its really cheep there

Thanks. How much is it?