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Is there a best type of valve for hard water? runderwo@mail.win.org 06-17-2007
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Posted by runderwo@mail.win.org on June 17, 2007, 7:08 pm
I just got finished replacing all my toilet and faucet valves with 1/4
turn ball valves. Several of the gate valves had failed. A few were
leaking, and one would not even turn anymore. They did not look
"ancient". I have extremely hard water where I live. Is there a type
of valve that will resist hard water damage more than others? Or is
replacing valves simply an unavoidable ritual to be performed each
decade?


Posted by Lawrence on June 17, 2007, 8:04 pm
wrote:
> I just got finished replacing all my toilet and faucet valves with 1/4
> turn ball valves. Several of the gate valves had failed. A few were
> leaking, and one would not even turn anymore. They did not look
> "ancient". I have extremely hard water where I live. Is there a type
> of valve that will resist hard water damage more than others? Or is
> replacing valves simply an unavoidable ritual to be performed each
> decade?

Shit dude get a water softener already. Available at your local big
box, I have installed two with no prob. If you can replace your
toilet and faucet valves then a water softener is within your
abilities.


Posted by runderwo@mail.win.org on June 18, 2007, 12:43 pm
>
> Shit dude get a water softener already. Available at your local big
> box, I have installed two with no prob. If you can replace your
> toilet and faucet valves then a water softener is within your
> abilities.

>From realtor I've heard of maintenance problems with water softeners,
and also problems with the salt it adds into the water, not only
health problems in terms of sodium intake but also accelerated
corrosion e.g. of water heaters. Just not sure if the cure isn't
worse than the disease of having to replace valves and flush the water
heater and such...



Posted by dpb on June 18, 2007, 12:51 pm
runderwo@mail.win.org wrote:
>> Shit dude get a water softener already. Available at your local big
>> box, I have installed two with no prob. If you can replace your
>> toilet and faucet valves then a water softener is within your
>> abilities.
>
>>From realtor I've heard of maintenance problems with water softeners,
> and also problems with the salt it adds into the water, not only
> health problems in terms of sodium intake but also accelerated
> corrosion e.g. of water heaters. Just not sure if the cure isn't
> worse than the disease of having to replace valves and flush the water
> heater and such...

I tend to agree...

On valves, we also have quite hard water but all that is really required
is the discipline to exercise them on occasion ime. That, of course, is
another resolution that, like the New Years' type, is easier to make
than keep... :)

--

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on June 18, 2007, 12:54 pm

>>From realtor I've heard of maintenance problems with water softeners,
> and also problems with the salt it adds into the water, not only
> health problems in terms of sodium intake but also accelerated
> corrosion e.g. of water heaters. Just not sure if the cure isn't
> worse than the disease of having to replace valves and flush the water
> heater and such...

Your realtor is wrong. We use softeners for our boilers at work to prolong
their life, not because it shortens it. As for health problems, thee may be
trace amounts of sodium, but it is about the same as you get eating a slice
of bread. Far less than the fries you had at lunch.



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