Scale inhibitors?

[thatbloke]

Scale inhibitors , are these worth fitting?

Client wants a softener fitted but cant be doing with scale on the drinking tap (kitchen sink) so I am thinking an inhibitor as well as a softener.
Can potable water be put through an inhibitor?
And if so would it be best used just fore the drinking tap or should I put it in before the softener to inhibit the incoming main?
What do you think guys?

 

[mickyg]

no, useless.

 

[thatbloke]

Any recommendations?

 

[mickyg]

not really. I live in a very hard water area and find the only thing that works is a water softener. All the eloctronic and magentic devices do very little. I fitted one of those single stage cartridge type things for my dad as a test, and it did improve the water quality but didnt stop all the scale. You might have better luck with a 2 stage system closer to RO water, but not RO water as you lose mineral benefits. Better off just getting a Brita filter if you ask me !

 

[Charnwood]

Inhibitors should be fitted as soon after the stopcock as possible. Potable water through an inhibitor - no problem.

 

[mickyg]

Inhibitors should be fitted as soon after the stopcock as possible. Potable water through an inhibitor - no problem.

yeh thats great, but they dont work.

 

[Charnwood]

they dont work.

So you said. Care to elaborate?

 

[ianniann]

So you said. Care to elaborate?

Yeah, I'll elaborate. They don't work When one of them comes with a meaningful guarantee that you won't get any scale while it is fitted, then you should fit one. Until then you are most likely wasting your money.

 

[Happyplumber]

The cistermiser combimate works,all the other electrolytic and magnetic things are waste of time,we fit them because its bare minimum expected as part of benchmark

Fit the cistermiser combimate these things do work but obviously you will have to keep replenshing the silphos balls as necessary

http://www.cistermiser.co.uk/Combimate.aspx