descaling

[Bootleg]

Hi all
New to all this so please bear with me.

We live in an extremely hard water area and go through appliances like they are going out of fassion

Is there a descaling chemical that can be added to the water tank in the loft to occasionally flush our pipes that is safe to use in the household water system?

I wouldn’t know the first thing about how else to deal with this problem without spending hundreds of pounds on fangled water softeners etc.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Bootleg

 

[kevplumb]

calgon

 

[chrishutt]

Apart from proper water softeners, there are lots of "scale inhibitors" available which are a lot cheaper - as little as £30 upwards. The cheapest seam to be magnetic, others electronic. They may not be as effective, but even if they reduce your problem by say 50% (just a wild guess) it has to be worthwhile. No doubt others on this forum will have strong views on this. Try a search to find examples and suppliers.

 

[sandwell]

There are quite a lot of products that claim to be Scale Reducers, any Plumbers Merchants should be able to advise you.
Combimate is an example.
Type Scale Reducers into Google, and you will find plenty to choose from.

 

[Bootleg]

calgon

Is that really safe to put into the drinking water system?

 

[sandwell]

Normally drinking water does not come from the tank in the loft, but usually direct from the rising main supply.

You could contact your Water Supplier, they are usually very helpful in providing the information you require.

 

[kevplumb]

Apart from proper water softeners, there are lots of "scale inhibitors" available which are a lot cheaper - as little as £30 upwards. The cheapest seam to be magnetic, others electronic. They may not be as effective, but even if they reduce your problem by say 50% (just a wild guess) it has to be worthwhile. No doubt others on this forum will have strong views on this. Try a search to find examples and suppliers.

maggy scale inhibitors aint worth a toss as soon as the water hits the tank and stops moving
and to be honest wouldnt be the first combi i went to with one fitted that was scaled up big style

BTW your reply awaits you on ARGI

 

[ChrisR]

Normally drinking water does not come from the tank in the loft

Not really safe to assume that. Bathroom basins are usually off the tank and people clean teeth with, and drink from, that.
Loft tank water us supposed to remain Class 1 water - that's the point of the Reg 16/ old Byelaw 30 kit, etc

 

[Bootleg]

BTW your reply awaits you on ARGI

 

[chrishutt]

It was a message to me. We play little games with eachother!

 

[kevplumb]

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