Water softener

[brewski]

Has anyone installed a water softener and could recommend anything. Thanks

[muffins78]

I?m very interested in this too - thanks

[ontheRye]

we've got a BWT WS355, installed by our plumber a few years ago to replace an older model which had developed a leak

makes a huge difference to water softness and the new model is very miserly on salt usage

only slight downsides are that it's not recommended to drink water from cold taps fed by the water softener eg in bathrooms, kitchen tap is straight off mains so OK to drink, and some boiler CH systems don't like being topped up with water softened water so you have to remember to isolate it when doing so

however these are minor inconveniences compared to the benefits for your skin, washing and shaving

[brewski]

Thank you

[womanofdulwich]

Makes cleaning much easier.