RE: It is worth it to have a hot shower and water softener installed for our home because it improved the quality of our life
The hard water from the tap ruins the tiles, it sometimes gets yellow when the water company cleans or flushes the main pipes. I don't want it to happen to the new tiles, faucets, the kitchen sink, etc. especially the hot water for the bathroom of the house which is why I had the idea of soft water system installed to solve it.
Our water softener system also had filters and UV light to kill the germs which can pass through the filters as shown in my photos above, it is located above the four filters.
We still don't drink it to be sure which is why we still purchase purified water for drinking. But what is good is that we can use the water from our filtered tap water for cooking and it makes the taste of the soup or hot water better because there is no more taste of chlorine anymore.
Like I mentioned, my skin feels better using the soft water, there are no more soap residue build-up on the webbing of my hand, arms, nails, and legs after taking a bath/shower.
That is why I do recommend using soft water if we can because it pays a lot for our health and it maintains the beauty of our house in many aspects as mentioned. 👍😀
…a sensible solution under your conditions. A small note for context: standards—and especially the reliability of the supply system—can vary a lot from country to country. In the EU and in Germany, drinking water is strictly regulated (German Drinking Water Ordinance / EU Drinking Water Directive). As I already mentioned, I live in an apartment building—more specifically, the building has 76 rental units. The building was constructed in 1959. A full renovation would be very expensive here in Germany, especially since we “only” have a limescale issue (hard water).
Yes I agree, actually the tap water here is also drinkable but we all prefer to purchase purified water for drinking to be safe since the cost is cheap for the reason that there are many commercial purified water stations around here.