I guess there is too soft to make good coffee. And some people object to the slippery feeling it gives you when you take a shower. Water too soft for a pool has to be corrected by adding calcium chloride. How you fix that on a continual basis for your whole house, if you really wanted to, IDK.
Not sure how well you can control it. Once a softener is regenerated it will soften. Once the media has extracted the minerals it will get gradually harder until it is exhausted, but no way to do it in steps. You could use a mixing valve after the softener and introduce some hard water.
NO NO NO.... (Turn up your hearing aid).
Your wife said your WEINER is way too soft, *Not* the WATER!
replying to Gary Slusser, steve wrote: we have a well 320 feet deep.. we are using a 0-3 generator , with a scrubbing tank, then a 5 micron bed, filter tank . then into a 3000 gal holding/ settling tank then a pressure pump, pumps it into 2- 80 gallon pressure tanks then this water goes thru a water softner problem is that the anodes in the water heaters last only about 6 months and everything we find says that the water is TO SOFT . the only way i can think of is to bypass a bit of water before it gets to the softener and introduce it to the soft water as it leaves the softener!! i hope there is a differential pressure but i am not sure how accurate this will be at different flow volumes ie: filling a bath tub vs. getting a drink of water from a kitchen faucet
Oren pretended :
That being said, if you freeze water, it becomes hard.
HTH
True, but if we want to show the Homoaners Hub that we are smarter than they are, we'll hanswer his question, which doesn't depend on the existence of Gary Slusser. I've never had well or a softener so I can't help.
There's a difference between Homoaners who ask questions in reply to someone long gone with the same question, versus those who try to answer problems someone had years ago.
Those in the second category are sort of silly, but the first contains posts that stand on their own.
Steve,
You lost me at the beginning. Why do you believe that the problems with your water heater are caused by the softener. Anode rods should last for years. Don't know much about them but you may wish to investigate powered anodes.
Dave M.
Freeze it.
If your water is too soft, put some viagra in it......
replying to maradcliff, JerryQ wrote: I've noticed my dog is much more likely to drink from his bowl since I put the softener in. Of course he always preferred puddles of rain water.
replying to driggs, ebonhunt wrote: during the regeneration process the water fills just to the levels of the salt (pellets) what if you can double the amount of water during the regeneration thus diluting it by 50%
replying to Micky, ebonhunt wrote: during the regeneration process the water fills just to the levels of the salt (pellets) what if you can double the amount of water during the regeneration thus diluting it by 50%
replying to David L. Martel, ebonhunt wrote: during the regeneration process the water fills just to the levels of the salt (pellets) what if you can double the amount of water during the regeneration thus diluting it by 50%
Won't make a difference, it will just dissolve more salt
replying to driggs, JT wrote: My city water is soft watet. Way too soft.. what can I do?
replying to driggs, JT wrote: My city water is soft watet. Way too soft.. what can I do?
replying to BobK207, Carol Preiss wrote: It may be that your girlfriend (and you) need to change the soap and shampoo products you are using to less aggressive ones. or with a lower pH. Soft water requires minimal detergents unlike hard water. She may also find conditioner unnecessary.
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required