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City mains water, is it hard or soft

buzz11 · 2011-03-20 22:47:36

Is the city mains considered hard-water?

20-03-2011 10:47pm

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Is the city mains considered hard-water?

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#2 20-03-2011 11:33pm

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#3 20-03-2011 11:57pm

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The scale in my kettle says hard.

It's not the worst going though, my Granny's kettle had to be descaled weekly.

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#4 21-03-2011 12:28am

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I think the city is hard.

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#5 21-03-2011 2:32am

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Galway city has a mix of hard and very hard water.

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#6 21-03-2011 8:25am

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Seems a little hard in my experience. Soap just doesn't work quite right over here.

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#7 21-03-2011 9:12am

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I de-scale the kettle almost once a week.
Hardness varies between 160 and up to 400 ppm. The hardness of water becomes a problem at over 200 ppm.

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#8 21-03-2011 10:25am

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I've never had a problem with water hardness here, soap works fine, and never had problems with limescale.

Although I live in an apartment complex, so maybe it's filtered somewhere along the way.

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#9 21-03-2011 10:31am

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Yet another thrilling thread.

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#10 21-03-2011 11:38am

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yeehaw wrote: »

Yet another thrilling thread.

On a Ph scale of 1 to 14........ I give it a 3.

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#11 22-03-2011 12:23pm

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what about the chlorine smell, very strong at times to

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#12 22-03-2011 6:00pm

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I hate the water up here it's horrible. Hard water isn't an issue where i am.

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