The well water here at Castle Welling is hard. How hard? When I had it tested years ago, the technician whistled as he saw the results. All he had to report was 'higher than'. Higher than his test materials could show.
We live with it. Water softener, as painful as they are. It occasionally moderates the problem, but never all the way to zero.
So, we live with it. Many cases of bottled water to drink, and sometimes for coffee when I feel bougie. Keep the softener filled, with my back aching as much as my wallet, and we learn some tricks.
#1 on the trick parade is vinegar. It's cheap, safe, plentiful, and melts away mineral scale buildup, given time.
Here we see an outside hose nozzle getting it's bi-monthly treatment in vinegar. It will soak for roughly two hours, which will clear the scale from the tiny holes in it's selecta-spray device. It will once again flow as designed. Our only choice to fix the blockage is replacing it at $15 a pop. I'm going with 'No', one of my favorite words.
Once that quart of vinegar is done at the hose nozzle, it will find the kitchen sink nozzle thrust into it overnight. Once that is done, it will service the shower nozzle (on a hose). Once done that chore, it gets saved for the dishwasher as a cleaning agent mid-cycle.
If the coffee maker is due a cleanse, it is the first patient before even the hose or sink nozzles. Coffee is important. Still ends up in the dishwasher though.
$3.94 in vinegar can keep all these things functional for months on end. That makes sense.
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