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PH level of Water

  • 11-03-2010 6:27pm
    #1
    dedaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭


    HI all,

    I have had the water tested (it was leaving blue residue on sanitary ware), and the results have shown that the water is quite acidic.
    My options are as follows, and any advice concerning these would be appreciated.

    1. Leave as is and just change the hot water copper cylinder every 6/8 years @ €450 plus labour costs. (Minimmal copper anywhere else)

    2. Install a Dosing unit to input a solution in the water to balance and neutralise the water @ €800 with additional €85 per year for the solution.

    3. Install a stainless steel hot water cylinder @ €1000 plus labour costs.

    Which would remove the problem, or at very least reduce the most?
    Anyone any experiences of the dosing units? Any problems with them?

    Many Thanks,
    Pádraig


Comments

  • #2
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    You can put in a normal cylinder but use a sacraficial anode I am sure. This can then be changed every 2 years at min cost.


  • #3
    aah yes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭aah yes


    hi dedaw,

    pH correction systems or more technically systems which adjust for pH and Langelier Saturation Index are the way to go if correctly specified and installed.

    The recession has helped to stimulate a new breed of water specialists around the country that offer highly developed solutions to water problems at extra keen prices with the backing of recognised water industry qualifications and certified products.

    pH dosing systems with langelier control (see link) can be bought from as low as 200 euros supplied DIY, easy to fit, for whole house protection from 50 euro for top ups that generally cover a 5 year period.

    These systems now have around double the capacity of previous systems on the market at around a quarter of the 800 euros quoted.

    langelier

    Buy from a top end WQA (Water Quality Association) member with Certified Water Specialist training and qualifications and you can't go far wrong.

    Check out - http://www.wqa.org/ - and click on "Find A Water Professional".

    Select Ireland from the country list and you will see all current Irish members and Certified Water Specialists. Ireland now currently has the highest number of WQA Certified Water Professionals in Europe, with the highest levels of professional certification in Europe.

    Top end products like Clack Corporation 10" x 54" pH correction cylinders with calcite and magnesium based mixed medias can often cope with some the toughest pH drops or LSI imbalances and should not cost more than 500 euros, otherwise smaller 8" x 35" and 8" x 44" systems from 200 euros supplied should do the trick.


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