Disconnecting a water softener

MisterNick

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.

Mutton_Geoff

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?

Eldi_Dos

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

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.

MisterNick

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