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Ok noticed a post from 2008... but the OP never stated what he decided on for a solution... so I thought I'd re-ask.
Senerio:
County water which is from a very deep well field... then they add in the floride/chloride and whatever else to it. Personally I like deep good well water... grew up with it. But they do seem to get carried away with the floride/chloride (or what ever it is they add). Guess I am used to it, usually can't taste the florine... but others say its awlful.
My wife bought a new higher end SS dishwasher... and they've eliminated phosphates from the soaps now... so with they hardness off scale (she did a test, but I do not remember the number... in the high 20s I think... but I remember her commenting about it being clear off the high side of the scale)... we have to add in borax and other hard water products to make this washer clean...
So as with the other person... I have the same question... I'd like to treat the hardness... but not sure I can afford a whole house system. Ideas????
Thinking a small undersink system for just the hot feed to the dishwahser... shower and drinking doesn't matter to me... I could add it to the feed for the hot water near the hot water heater... there is more space there. I also want something serviceable by me (the home owner)... not a contracted service.
edit... Oh, I run the hot water heater at only just above a comfortable shower temperature... I tell the dishwasher to do "hi temp" which then heats its own pool before cycling. I do this as its only me here now (my wife passed away) and this old style bottom fire LP gas water heater cost a fortune to maintain a high temp just for me. I have considered re-building the hot water system using a solar pre heat and an inline on-demad electric heater... but it will still plumb through the old lp gas heater as a backup. I am a believer in multi-energy sourced homes... the power is out too often... LP units (range, furnace, and water heater) are all old pilot light non-electric dependent types and will remain so. Burn wood for our primary heat backed up by the LP furnace. (example, when the power was out in the big Christmas ice storm here (Ohio) a few years ago and water and power was out for 11 days with the outside temps below zero... we were warm, dry, and fed. Had to carry water from a artisan spring (deep old water) across the road to drink and flush... We had a normal Christmas dinner, but buy lamp light. By camparison Mom's all electric house had to go cold... which didn't take long at below zero and had to cut the main feed (from the water company) to drain the water system and put RV antifreeze in all the traps... she stayed with us.
Senerio:
County water which is from a very deep well field... then they add in the floride/chloride and whatever else to it. Personally I like deep good well water... grew up with it. But they do seem to get carried away with the floride/chloride (or what ever it is they add). Guess I am used to it, usually can't taste the florine... but others say its awlful.
My wife bought a new higher end SS dishwasher... and they've eliminated phosphates from the soaps now... so with they hardness off scale (she did a test, but I do not remember the number... in the high 20s I think... but I remember her commenting about it being clear off the high side of the scale)... we have to add in borax and other hard water products to make this washer clean...
So as with the other person... I have the same question... I'd like to treat the hardness... but not sure I can afford a whole house system. Ideas????
Thinking a small undersink system for just the hot feed to the dishwahser... shower and drinking doesn't matter to me... I could add it to the feed for the hot water near the hot water heater... there is more space there. I also want something serviceable by me (the home owner)... not a contracted service.
edit... Oh, I run the hot water heater at only just above a comfortable shower temperature... I tell the dishwasher to do "hi temp" which then heats its own pool before cycling. I do this as its only me here now (my wife passed away) and this old style bottom fire LP gas water heater cost a fortune to maintain a high temp just for me. I have considered re-building the hot water system using a solar pre heat and an inline on-demad electric heater... but it will still plumb through the old lp gas heater as a backup. I am a believer in multi-energy sourced homes... the power is out too often... LP units (range, furnace, and water heater) are all old pilot light non-electric dependent types and will remain so. Burn wood for our primary heat backed up by the LP furnace. (example, when the power was out in the big Christmas ice storm here (Ohio) a few years ago and water and power was out for 11 days with the outside temps below zero... we were warm, dry, and fed. Had to carry water from a artisan spring (deep old water) across the road to drink and flush... We had a normal Christmas dinner, but buy lamp light. By camparison Mom's all electric house had to go cold... which didn't take long at below zero and had to cut the main feed (from the water company) to drain the water system and put RV antifreeze in all the traps... she stayed with us.