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And a very tall dual fuel towel rail is what I finally went for - it is truly WONDERFUL! Now all I need to do is to work out how to replace the quite useless "hot water" towel rail in my other bathroom without major construction work . . . Many thanks for the replies.

I wonder if anyone could answer some fairly basic questions on shower pumps and towel rails please? In the past I have had a towel rail supplied with heat via the domestic hot water supply. This means that I have warm, dry towels throughout the year and don't have to rely on having the Central...

No, I don't. I have had a look at the Wikipedia entry and Googled extensively (e.g. HERE and HERE). None of that really helps but it does suggest that water softeners work by substituting salt for hard minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and iron. What I have heard is that they work reasonably...

I have just had a look at the Combimate [http://www.combimate.co.uk/]. So far as I can see, its mechanism for reducing limescale is even less clear than that for the AmbiBion - e.g. "Combimate adds Combiphos to your water. This 100% safe food-grade natural material stops scale build-up on taps...

How much DOES a good Water Softener cost - purchase price AND genuine running costs?

I know that this thread is a few years old but a plumbers merchants recommended the AquaBion to me today. I have spent some time browsing their website (LINK) and have viewed some of the videos. I just wondered if anyone has any recent experience of these devices?

Thanks for these replies. I suspect that you are 100% right that the only way to deal with limescale buildup is by cleaning and drying the shower surfaces after every use. The various treatments may help with run-off but I can't believe that they are worth the money. A water softener is not on...

I am redoing my 20 year old bathroom in London. Limescale deposits on the corner shower enclosure glass walls and metalwork has been a recurrent problem since day one. Reading brochures I have seen references to such things as Showerlux "Glass Shield", Kudos' "Lifeshield" and Phoenix...