DIY water softener vs professional job

[Simon Mason]

My only problem now is my beer brewing, but I just bought this to solve it.

[Capitol]

You don't want to remove calcium salts from drinking water.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I prefer not to drink pure chalk.

[dennis]

You might want to remove the temporary hardness before it gets to the kettle and furs it up.

People pay good money for hard water in bottles. What do they think makes mineral water?

[Simon Mason]

Very happy with the results - only snag is salt water in eyes under shower.

[Vir Campestris]

Huh? I never noticed it to be salt enough to taste, never mind sting the eyes. And we had really hard water.

Andy

[Simon Mason]

It was only noticable on day 1.

[Simon Mason]

The two salt blocks have lasted exactly three weeks.