Hard water - need advice

[buckbull]

Just got finished boiling some water and this is what I ended up with. Seems pretty bad. I ordered a hardness test so I can properly size a water softener. This seems excessive, even without a test. Wondering if I need some kind of filter before the water softener. This is city water. Thoughts?

 

[Nick87]

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Just got finished boiling some water and this is what I ended up with. Seems pretty bad. I ordered a hardness test so I can properly size a water softener. This seems excessive, even without a test. Wondering if I need some kind of filter before the water softener. This is city water. Thoughts?

I'd think so...but I've got no
Experience with city water. I thought it was pre softened? No?

 

[beaglegun]

We run rain water through a ceramic filter and only use that for drinking and cooking. We use city water for everything else.

 

[WyoCoalMiner]

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Just got finished boiling some water and this is what I ended up with. Seems pretty bad. I ordered a hardness test so I can properly size a water softener. This seems excessive, even without a test. Wondering if I need some kind of filter before the water softener. This is city water. Thoughts?

Your city should be able to tell you what hardness level they are sending your way. Compare this to your test to see if they are FOS. We did and they were.

 

[Bigjay73]

I thought this was an ice fishing thread

 

[Bigjay73]

We run rain water through a ceramic filter and only use that for drinking and cooking. We use city water for everything else.

Illegal to do where I live. Yeah, it's an incredibly stupid regulation

 

[Redmt]

We are on well water and it's very hard even though a softener. Potassium works better than salt but it's super expensive. Just keep turning up your softener until you get the quality your looking for.

 

[fmnjr]

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Just got finished boiling some water and this is what I ended up with. Seems pretty bad. I ordered a hardness test so I can properly size a water softener. This seems excessive, even without a test. Wondering if I need some kind of filter before the water softener. This is city water. Thoughts?

Wow, I thought we had hard water here in Vegas. Apparently it's not as bad as I thought after seeing this. If the calcium carbonate is that bad, you should see evidence of it around faucet openings. It it's that bad you likely have build up in your home's plumbing system as well. It'll be hell on your water heater too, shortens the life span of them a fair bit.

 

[Redmt]

Wow, I thought we had hard water here in Vegas. Apparently it's not as bad as I thought after seeing this. If the calcium carbonate is that bad, you should see evidence of it around faucet openings. It it's that bad you likely have build up in your home's plumbing system as well. It'll be hell on your water heater too, shortens the life span of them a fair bit.

Our 10 year high end water heaters last 6 years tops. I drain and flush about once a month.