For what's it worth, try checking out whether just boiling the water wouldn't soften it somewhat because of limescale depositing in the kettle.Thanks. I looked into RO systems, and was advised that the water is too hard for RO. I've bought a couple of litres cheaply from the local supermarket, and will do some tests with and without!
I have a dehumidifier in the cellar. I have things there that I don't to rot or rust. The water it produces saves my wife having to buy water for her steam iron.Thanks. I looked into RO systems, and was advised that the water is too hard for RO. I've bought a couple of litres cheaply from the local supermarket, and will do some tests with and without!
A three stage RO system would make shower work of the water hardness.Thanks. I looked into RO systems, and was advised that the water is too hard for RO. I've bought a couple of litres cheaply from the local supermarket, and will do some tests with and without!
You could come live in Scotland - we have no such problems. - cheers - I.an area with extremely hard water - 489 mg CaCO3/L.
... but in the grand scheme (and a long way round of saying), it most likely does not matter. Simple as that. Use whatever is dispensed from your tap and don't sweat it.
Some years ago we compared our waters (oo-er!) to find who had the hardest and the softest examples (oo-er, indeed!) ... and off the back of that, being in one of the softest water areas myself I procured a sample of the hardest to conduct such a test. The soap in question was Mitchell's Wool Fat and actually I found that the hard water sample produced a stable lather more quickly.
Granted, MWF was one of those soaps that foamed up if you used too much water and guess the hardness helped to combat that ...
... but in the grand scheme (and a long way round of saying), it most likely does not matter. Simple as that. Use whatever is dispensed from your tap and don't sweat it.