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Originally Posted by Rzepecki

We live south of CR466 and our irrigation water is separate from our house water. We are going to have a new shower surround installed, but because of our hard water we want to have a water softener installed first. Because we have a hot tub in which we can’t use softened water, we thought to have a filter installed.

Questions: Who have you used to install a softener and filter that you were happy with the function, installation and price?

Can we use softened water that’s been filtered in our hot tub?

Can a softener be installed in a way that the outside spigots don’t use softened water?

Thx for all your help.

First you CAN have a hot tub and a water softener, we have been doing for almost 10 years, you (or your spa care taker) will simply need to add some calcium to 'harden' the water, and we have found this only needs to be done when you completely empty the spa once or twice a year.

As for NOT using filtered/softened water on the outside spigots, this would depend a lot on how your house is piped. In our case not a possibility, but this makes washing the cars really nice.

We have both a water softener and a whole house filter, and great water.