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City mains water, is it hard or soft

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  • 20-03-2011 11:47pm
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    buzz11
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    Is the city mains considered hard-water?


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    Sponge Bob
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    Both :)


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    Das Kitty
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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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    ronnie3585
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    I think the city is hard.


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


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


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    biko
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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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    TotallyEpic
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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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    yeehaw
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    Yet another thrilling thread.


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    mikom
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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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    GY A1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭GY A1


    what about the chlorine smell, very strong at times to


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    zero19
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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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