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Will be moving into a house with well water soon and looking for recommendations for whole house filters/softener.
Space is not a concern as it would be in a wide open basement
Unfortunately don't have TDS yet as I have not moved in yet, but have the following:
ph: 7.2
Na: 8.4...
Is it possible/safe to buy the ion exchange resin I find on amazon and just put some in a nylon mesh bag and throw that into my water tank to soften the water a bit?
I'm not asking if it's the best solution, but I want to know if there's a more budget friendly DIY solution than...
It seems that my Mavea C50 filter is not sufficient to take the hardness from 153 ppm down to 50 ppm. It is 84 ppm when set to 0% bypass. Can I buy another one and daisy-chain it?
I have a picture of what my Profitec 700 steam heating element looks like after one year at 93...
Going to be ordering my ECM machine this week. Was talking to the dealer who I'm buying it from and they are recommending I use a reservoir water softener so I don't need to de-scale. (not plumbing in yet) How do I know whether or not I'm removing too many minerals from...
I got a new Rocket Mozzafiato R I plan to keep for 10+ years. Rocket doesn't recommend to descale the machine. I would like to avoid scaling (and corrosion) issues. I don't know if this is just me making this hard but this seem complicated.
I decided I wanted to start playing around with Dr Pavlis' recipe so I won't ever need to descale.
I am currently mixing 500 grams of distilled water with 25grams of potassium bicarbonate for my concentrate and using 2ml of concentrate per 1 litre of distilled water.
Thanks for all your extensive input in the past, and I think I'm getting closer to a solution.
While the solution of using distilled water with potassium bicarbonate added is pretty neat (and cheap), I would like to avoid the activity of refilling the water reservoir....
To start off, I am looking at upgrading to a Linea Mini and am trying to really brush up on my water knowledge in order to try keep the machine in tip top shape. The machine is for my home where it will likely pull anywhere from 2 - 6 drinks a day depending on a variety of...
