Water Softener into Combi Boiler ?

[Starship1]

Its become clear that i now need a Water Sortener.
I'am looking at the Monarch Midi to run onto my Worcester Combi boiler.
I have two main feeds into the house, mains 1 feeds the bathrooms, kitchen sink and appliances.
Mains 2 which feeds only the combi boiler. Am i able to connect the water softener through this mains supply, as it feeds through the Heat Exchanger which as i understand feeds both the hot water and radiators...would this be ok ?.
Also whats the difference between Timer controlled & Meter controlled

Also can anyone direct me to an good online web site where i can purchase the Monarch, or possibly something similar...

If anyone is in doubt on the boiler workings, i can load an image of the of the boiler...

Thanks..

 

[Deleted member 2053]

You can certainly use the water softener on the mains feed that is cold water input to your boiler. The central heating is seperate - the only time that has connection with the tap water is when the filling loop is open to repressurise the system. Putting softened water into the heating system is not a problem.

The one problem here is that the softener will almost certainly reduce the hot water pressure which means that with your cold water coming from another feed the pressures will be more out of balance than the usual slight imbalance caused by a combi. This could give you a problem with mixer taps and shower valves.

 

[plumbnuts]

You would be better to fit the softener to the incomming mains as this will give you balanced pressure and also reduce limescale on hot and cold supplies. The kitchen tap should not be supplied by the softener as a tiny amount of salt can enter the water and is not good for your health. It is also best not to use softened water in the garden tap so as to reduce the amount of salt that you use and wear on the softener. The water is softened by being passed through a resin filter and this filter becomes blocked/full. The unit then flushes it with salty water to clean the filter and dumps this water to drain. This process is called regeneration. Metered units are much better as they only regenerate once a certain amout of water has been used. Timed models will regenerate once a day at a set time, wheather you have used water ofr not and therefore will use/waste much more salt.
Steve

 

[Starship1]

Thanks for the guidence Graham & Steve.
I have uploaded an image showing the top of the worcester 15/19 combi boiler, after thought, i do have a outside tap running off the mains.
Am i right in saying i can switch off the stopcock mains in, switch off the two off valves on the boiler, then cut into the Mains in as shown on the image, (would there be any pressure build up at this point ?), Then connecting the water softener at the Mains in point using a none return valve, ..
Can it be that simple ?????....

Regards...

 

[plumbnuts]

Not quite as simple but nearly. Turn the boiler power off and close the main incomming stopcock. Open all outlets both hot and cold and then cut the pipe having a contaier and rag ready to collect any water still left in the pipe. Why have you decided to install the softener on the hot only?
Steve

 

[ziqpy]

To soften our water we use a deionizer on the mains into the house. Also using a worchester.

 

[Dave]

Hve you tried Lenor...our lass swears by it...

 

[Starship1]

Not quite as simple but nearly. Turn the boiler power off and close the main incomming stopcock. Open all outlets both hot and cold and then cut the pipe having a contaier and rag ready to collect any water still left in the pipe. Why have you decided to install the softener on the hot only?
Steve

Thanks Steve.
All sorted now, got there in the end...