Disconnecting a water softener

After a bit of guidance please.
I am having the garage floor screeded and I have to clear the floor area, which is ok apart from the fact that our water softener sits on the floor. There are no shelves on which to put it. 
I wondered what the best way to remove it temporarily is. 
I could make a small platform for it, but i would still have the legs on the ground.


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  • Mutton_Geoff
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    It's installed with flexi hoses (washing machine hoses by the looks of it) so just lift it up 30cm and stand it on a shelf mounted on wall brackets. Is that area unheated? Does the softener ever freeze? Does your hose pipe feed through the softener too?
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  • Eldi_Dos
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    Attach two or three sturdy pieces of rope to rafters then fit plank of timber sitting above floor to hold unit till screed work is done.
  • silvercar
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    If you really want to detach it, you need to find the bypass valves. It could be the blue handles lever, but without a photo of the other end of the hoses it’s impossible to say.
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  • MisterNick
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    Thanks for taking the time to reply
    Mutton_Geoff - I think I will go with putting some temp shelving there, just thought it may be easier to disconnect. It is unheated, but the garage door is insulated, and I have never had it freeze before. The other side of the wall is the utility room with the washing machine and the hose comes off the mains system, so I think the answer to your question is yes.

    Eldi_DosThere are no exposed rafters and I don't really want to drill the ceiling if I can help it.

    silvercar - I may go with the shelving now I think.

    Nick
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