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JerseyWiseguy t1_iwxekhj wrote

Reply to comment by Sreddit55 in Can I run a water line for a fridge off a washer dryer hook up? by SpicyyySalsaaa

Plenty of people have whole-house water softeners. I don't see your point.

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Varides t1_iwxgivy wrote

Just because you have one for your entire house, doesn't mean every line is ran off it.

You typically have standard hard lines taken off prior to a softener as long as it wasn't a retro installation. Things like an ice maker/fridge, and hose bibbs should always be run hard.

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Blearchie t1_iwyefra wrote

You are incorrect on ice maker/fridge. I had an industrial under counter ice maker that was a maintenance nightmare due to hard water. Once we had the softener installed on the house, it wasn’t a problem.

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TrekForce t1_iwy3w2m wrote

Why Ice-maker/fridge?

Some people even drink water from the TAP…. Are you suggesting drinking soft water is bad? And that people shouldn’t run it to their sinks either?

I’d be more worried about the piping for the washer not being “safe for drinking water” than anything else.

I have a whole-house softener. They did mess it up tho, my hose bibs are softened too… but that’s the only thing that wasn’t supposed to be. Everything inside the house was meant to be softened.

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Varides t1_iwz8gmx wrote

There is no added benefit to adding soft water to your sinks or fridge. It just forces you to cycle your softener more often resulting in more back wash cycles.

You run soft water to laundry and showers as it helps create suds over hard water.

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TrekForce t1_ix1ss37 wrote

The benefit would be hard water buildup/stains. Hard water will start clogging the tiny little tube for the fridge pretty easily. Same as sink, only less severe. Just much easier maintenance. Instead of buying nasty CLR or whatever to try to clean the sink periodically, I never need to worry about it. Just regular ol cleaning to get the food/etc cleaned out, don’t need to touch the faucet.

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