Water softners

[Ceg123]

Am looking to install a system and would like to know of your experiences/helpful suggestions.
Many thanks

[guru]

I installed one which I brought over from the UK. The only true type of water softener is either a single or twin tank unit that uses salt to regenerate the resin bed in the softener tank/s.

Forget all these magnetic and dosing type things that 'claim' to soften the water... THEY DON'T.

This is the one I have;

http://www.twintec.com/?gclid=CjwKEAjwi ... oCyr3w_wcB

In the UK it would normally be fitted to the mains supply under the Kitchen sink or similar with a bypass for drinking (unsoftened) water but as the set up in Cyprus is different you will have to configure it to suit your set up.

In Cyprus I have installed it outside under my deck and it softens my water before it goes into my underground 2 ton tank, but if you wanted to you could fit one between your pump and house supply pipes. Obviously if you did the latter your cold and hot water tanks would still scale up. You need a minimum of around 1 bar water pressure for it to work effectively. Runs off water pressure only and does not use electricity.

Mine goes like this; Mains supply - water meter - sediment filter - water softener - cold water tank

Hope this helps.

[Ceg123]

Most informative - very many thanks.
Has anyone had a company here come and fit a salt system? Any recommendations?
Thank you

[guru]

No problem. Just to add, when I said does not use electricity, I meant the type of softener that I have, some softeners (mainly the single tank ones) do use electricity, although they don't use very much at all in terms of cost.

Bear in mind that if you get a single tank softener, when it's regenerating (backwashing) itself it can't supply water when it's in regeneration mode. Although if you do have it installed to supply your water tank that won't be an issue as such because if you want to use water when it's regenerating you will have the water tank full of already softened water at your disposal.

The other choice you have with a softener is metered or timed. Metered means that it accurately monitors how much water is being used and only regenerates when it needs to. Timed means it will regenerate to the set time (nightly) whether the resin in the softener needs regenerating or not. Therefore, a timed unit won't be the most economical in terms of water and salt usage.

You will also need to have a sediment filter fitted before the softener inlet to prevent any crap or sediment from entering the softener and contaminating the resin bed.

I believe there are one or two companies in the north that supply softeners, not exactly sure who, but would try 'Siba', sediment filters also available over there too.

Important thing to ensure is that your water hardness level is checked and the softener purchased is set up correctly to handle the hardness level.

[Bert]

SIBA the pool company supply them. The manager in the one out west is very helpful.

[topten]

You obviously don't live in Karsiyaka then.

[Keithcaley]

You obviously don't live in Karsiyaka then.

Who doesn't? - and why?

[topten]

You obviously don't live in Karsiyaka then.

Who doesn't? - and why?

I just thought after reading a post about Karsiyaka not having water for days and this post was just above it which I thought was a little ironic.

[Keithcaley]

...I just thought after reading a post about Karsiyaka not having water for days and this post was just above it which I thought was a little ironic.

Doh!