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Originally Posted by cquick
I would like to get a water softener just so the tiles and toilets are easier to keep clean....there's some hard water residue I have to keep at all the time.
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We got a water softener because the grout in our shower was turning red-orange and no cleaner could get rid of the color. The softener did not make any difference and the grout kept turning darker. The softener also made no difference in the water stains in the toilets. So, if these are the things you're noticing, make sure whatever softener you get will help what you're experiencing.
Our softener just died and we got resin into our tap water and it tasted terrible. The softener company told us the problem was accelerated by the amount of chlorine in our water and we would need a filter added. It was going to cost about $1K to repair the softener and add the filter. We got a hard water test kit and our water tested as only slightly hard. So we decided to not repair the softener and will add a heavy duty filter system instead. In the meantime we have noted no problems with laundry or showering.