The only water softeners that I know do work are about twice the size of a
file server and need topping up with a salt solution. My parents have one
and it is no bother. Mind I hate very soft water.
Andrew
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> Sent: 11 December 1998 18:45
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> Subject: water softeners
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>
> Has anyone experience of the 'end-all-your-hard-water-problems' water
> softeners
> regularly advertised in the weekend papers? They appear to
> consist simply of a
> small black box connected to the mains which one fits round the
> incoming water
> main. All offer your money back (about UKP70?) if you aren't convinced
> within 3
> months or whatever. They claim by then your kettles, immersion heaters,
> furnaces etc will have unfurred themselves to your delight. I
> must say that if
> they work they are a vast improvement on the great tanks I
> remember my elderly
> relatives regularly feeding with large quantities of salt back in
> the 30s.
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