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Limescale in water in Flemington Lane, Balbriggan

  • 09-05-2009 11:47am
    #1
    Carlow52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭


    Just wonder has anyone addressed this problem and if so what solution did you use, at what cost?.

    Thanks: specific company names by PM only due to charter rules:)


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  • #2
    Eoineo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Eoineo


    Hi Carlow,
    I think you will find that water hardness is something that is quite normal in the Balbriggan area and it's not just limited to Flemington Lane.
    We use own brand (german supermarket) softeners for our washing machine and increase the rinse aid setting in our dishwasher apart from that it's not something we have experienced difficulties with.


  • #3
    Carlow52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭Carlow52


    thanks: the problem I see is with the immersion and/ or HW coil in cylinder as well as the hot taps


  • #4
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    If you do a bit of googling it comes up in the council minutes.
    Balbriggan has 2 sources of water supply.
    We have some of the hardest water in the country.


  • #5
    Gillo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    Balbriggan water tough as nails!!!

    If it's for the immersion etc, there are large filters you can get fitted to the inlet pipes for the house, relative of mine has one, no idea what difference it makes as I never tasted the water beforehand.

    A quick search on google should throw up a few companies, sorry I've no idea of price to get one or maintain it.


  • #6
    Nelson Muntz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭Nelson Muntz


    Hi,

    We got the Aqua soft water filter in Balbriggan. It cost just under €2000 18 months ago. They put an extra tap in your sink for pure drinking water & to fill the kettle. The normal water for the sink & tank is also so the limescale is taken out.

    We used to go through a kettler a month. Since the filter we have the same kettle without a trace of limescale on the element.

    They came out & changed our filters under the sink & they were black from the crap in the normal water.


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  • #7
    NorthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭NorthDub


    am out in balbriggan over 5 years now and in the flemington lane area, i find the limescale really bad and use the aformentioned german water softners in my washing machine and every so often clean my kettle by boiling it with water and vinegar, have to soak the shower head in vinegar once a month to stop the limescale building up, the limescale also wrecks the grout around my shower tray and i have to constantly repair that


  • #8
    Carlow52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭Carlow52


    Thanks for all the answers:)
    We have confirmation of the issue and some suggested solutions: hope to get some more:)
    Thanks again.


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