We have wonderful water from our new well, but it had a hardness of 16. So we got a Culligan water softener to keep from getting the scale buildup. Unfortunately, we don’t like the sliminess of the water now or the fact that we have soap bubbles still in our hair when we go to work. Well, maybe the bubbles are an exaggeration, but it is really hard to get the soap off. Our soap useage is minimal. Any ideas on how to harden the soft water a bit?
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It's a complaint that everyone who suddenly switches from hard to soft water makes. You'll get used to it.
after a while you'll learn to use a lot less soap..
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I don't like the feel of softened water, but I run the softener for the DW. The shower in the basement I use, I ran a cold over to that bathroom unsoftened, and when mixed w the hot, it does the trick,,,,, not as slimey. I don't think it is that uncommon for people to run the softened water only to the HW in the whole house.
H
Problem is, if you don't soften the cold water, the toilets gunk up.
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Yes, toilets will gunk up. Hard water makes a mess. Best to keep the whole house on soft. Most people like it better, or get used to it. I like hard water, but know I'm in the minority.
Anybody know if softened water is corrosive??
H
Where I grew up, Dad had hardwater ran to the drinking water and and soft water run to the WH and the bathrooms. Requires 2 faucets at the kitchen sink but otherwise no big deal.
We've got hard water plumbed to the kitchen faucet (cold only) and one outside sillcock. If you want hard water in the kitchen sink (and you have a DW for most dishes) there's no need to also plumb in soft (and cold) water there.
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Any ideas on how to harden the soft water a bit?
Had a client with your complaint. I ran a bypass around the softener and cracked the valve in the bypass. Adjusted it until they got acceptable water. Will have faster mineral build-up in the toilets and such, but got something they didn't mind living with.
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Problem is that a simple bypassing type arrangement will not result in a uniform mixture -- it'll be highly dependent on flow rate. Ideally you should have a pressure balanced mixing valve, but they seem to be scarce (aside from shower valves).
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Uniform or not, client was happy with the results. That's all I needed. Well, and the bill paid. Years later they're still asking for my time.PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Use much less soap because you'll need much less. The slimy feel is not really due to the soap but the water itself. The soap rinses out, it just doesn't feel like it does. You'll get used to it shortly.