water softener installation The modern water softener is designed to fit into an under counter cupboard. Typically sited in the kitchen or utility room, but the garage and a few other places downstairs are also possible.

The usual installation involves softening all the water in the house from the rising main stopcock with the exception of a new hard water mini tap at the kitchen sink and the garden tap. This means finding a site that has space for a water softener and satisfies four other things:

A route for diverted water that needs to be softened, from the rising main stopcock to your water softener via new plumbing.
You’ll also need to make access to a drainage point, much smaller than a washing machine or dishwasher, but still a point to put waste water down during the cleaning or regeneration process.
You'll need to find a suitable location for the remote system monitor. The example below is in an entrance hall about 8m from the water softener.
Finally, the electronic controller will require an electrical power source. This is reduced down to a safe 12 volts via a transformer for the softener.

Remote system monitor, click here

	Put the machine where it is easy to get to for filling with salt and run all the pipes back to the rising main stopcock. A slightly harder installation is better than a hard to access water softener. Salt filling with 10Kg bags has to be done every four weeks or so.	There is a lot more involved in a water softener installation than most people realize and it is best to allow a whole day to complete the work. The Marlborough factory has accumulated an unparalleled depth of installation knowledge since 1982. We have often shown prospective customers how it can be done when others have said it can’t be done. We would be pleased to advise on suitable softener sites as part of our home site survey service.
	In a kitchen or utility room environment, it is better to run all the pipes out of sight under the cupboard plinths.
	In plumbing terms, if the line between the softener and the rising main stopcock crosses a doorway it is better to look for an alternative location as it won’t look good.
	If sited in a cupboard with a dummy draw front, joining the door and the draw front greatly improves access to the water softener without spoiling the looks of the closed door.
	Where space is very limited, we can fit softeners outside in a special frost proof enclosure. Click here for example.

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