In fairness the TwinTec water softener, twin cylinder, does do a pretty good job but it can let you down and occasionally give you hard water to your home. The NSC11PRO water softener is simple to commission and requires NO specialist work. In fact, to start the unit you only need to set two parameters - time and hardness. The salt cabinet is made of

Water is naturally soft (e.g rain water is soft) but it becomes hard when it passes through limestone or chalk and collects minerals from the surface of the earth. We expect everyone working with us or on our behalf to support and uphold the following measures to safeguard against modern slavery: In practice most people prefer drinking hard water as the minerals are retained for taste. You can fit a separate filtered drinking water tap which will reduce the taste and odour of chlorine and reduce some contaminants in hard water. However, as long as the Water Regulations allow it (see below), drinking softened water is a personal choice.

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Will yours use salt?: Most do and those that don’t aren’t technically water softeners – they condition the water to inhibit limescale, as opposed to softening it, and are generally less efficient than their salt-consuming counterparts.

Tapworks water softeners are a trade water softener intended for the plumbing trade. Tapworks water softeners utilise components made in the USA by Ecowater Systems. When compared the actual Ecowater branded water softener systems the operational specification is some what similar, YET DIFFERENT. How much can you spend?: Decide which of the units matches your budget, and look at the warranty offered. Though somewhere around 60% of homes have hard water coming through the mains, only 3% of households own water softeners. That's a shame since, usually within one year, hard water will give you more than 1.5 millimetres of limescale build-up, which will make heating systems' efficiency drop at least 12%. Saving You Money and Headache Long-Term For 300 mg/l water hardness the TwinTec S3 will provide 400 litres of water between self cleans, (regeneration cycles). All softeners need to regenerate every so often, flushing the unwanted minerals through the system with a saltwater solution that cleans it out. This process often takes place when it’s unlikely that any water is being used in the home, such as in the early hours of the morning.The university reports that 85% of American households have hard water problems. How Does a Water Softener Work?