We have one which uses bags of tablets.
At the time of purchase we rejected the more expensive ones which used blocks of salt.
However I am now wondering if the ease of just feeding salt in a block at a time compared to lugging big bags of salt around might be worth the extra money.
Cheers
Dave R
How much do the blocks weigh?
I've just installed one that uses salt "pebbles" and as I lugged the
20kg bags of salt back to the car my comment to my wife was "This is OK now, but who's going to do this in 10 years time when I'm in my 70's?"I can refill the softener from the bags in the garage a bit at a time, but if I can't carry the bags from the car to the garage, I'm f****d.
In the interests of scientific research I've put a bag on the kitchen scales: and the answer is 8kg.
I usually buy the bags (25kg) online from who also do 10kg bags slightly more expensive. Kent, part of Surrey, and SE London delivery only so may be no good for you but I'm sure there are others.
I buy my salt (I find blocks more convenient) from a local coal merchant who delivers and carries them in. I do help, but only because for now, I can.
Cheers
And do they come in "ones" or packaged in multiples? (Because of the point I make below...)
Thank you - that's worth knowing - I've never seen anything smaller than a 25kg bag.
I buy the blocks, which are delivered to my door, they come in plastic bags with built-in handles for easy carrying. There are two blocks in each bag, each block weighs 4 kg. Due to the only space available for the softener, the block type is the only one suitable. It replaced a very dead salt pellet Calgon softener, which could not be maintained and was a bitch to remove. For me, blocks are the only way to go.
That is a pack of 2. At the advanced age of 76, I can still carry them upstairs - which is where our softener is locate. The pack has a "handle" for ease of carrying. The machine takes two, but I could always split the pack and make two journeys if it became too heavy. We used to have a machine which used bags of salt - suspect 20 kg - but it only lasted 30 years (thank goodness). I get ours from a local water softener firm. They would load the car if I wanted.
That's good to know.
That isn't the problem - it's getting the stuff out of the car at the other end!
See my post: My supplier delivers them to my door, and in fact brings them inside the house for me. He even asks where I want them dropped, but I am happy to just have them inside the house. Yours might too, if you ask.
Mine has a lad driving the van around the area, dropping off salt bags. I think that's all he does.
Just to add that I've looked very briefly on line and the 25 kg bags look cheaper than the 10 kg bags.
Further research required, obviously.
Cheers
Dave R
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