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| I have really hard water in my townhouse, and no room to put a water softener. The shower head needs to be replaced because the water that comes out of it is rusty (the water from other faucets is fine though). So I want a shower head that filters the water. Any recommendations or caveat emptors???? |
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I'm not sure they make any...
I use the waterpik showerheads with adjustable settings and the hose, helps for bathing the dogs. We have really hard water, and no matter what I've tried to clean them out, they eventually get buildup and need to be replaced. They're not that expensive so I just buy a new one every couple of years. |
| I have a plastic shower head in my shower. We have the same problem with hard water, only ours is lime deposits. Not that surprising, considering our water table sits on the ancient limestone banks of the mississippi. I didn't pay much for mine, about 12$, and it stay looking much nicer, because the lime isn't as noticeable on the plastic, and I don't think it adheres as badly either. I got mine from Menards ( a local big box home improvement store) |
I soak them in Lime Away, scrub with a brush, pick at them with an ice pick........but eventually just throw them away. No use in getting an expensive model, they clog as fast.
I'm having quite a time with my kitchen faucet. Since the Kyoto Accord where all plumbing fixtures are mandated low flow, the kitchen faucet has been a nightmare. Between the pump, lower flow as the well is old, the old pipes and now this #$%^! head, some days I have to remove the screen to get water to come out at all.
ARGH! |
It's likely that your hot water heater needs to be drained (and flushed) to remove sediment, but beware that if it's near the end of it's warranty period, it will need to be replaced and the action of flushing it can very slightly hasten the need to replace them.
In this case it's true; they are designed to fail a year after their warranty is up. |
You can almost make that failure date on the hotwater heater if you remember to replace the anode rod every few years. They are designed to self destruct and should be replaced. Problem is what is usually sold in Big Box stores isn't well suited to high mineral hard water hotwater heaters. A $70 rod is cheaper than a new hotwater heater.
susan |
Replacing my anode rod requires disconnecting the heater from it's lines and tilting the heater onto it's side, replacing the rod and then reconnecting the water lines. It's basically just as expensive as installing a new heater  . |
