Recent content by DarrenCarter

Thanks for the replies. We get our water from the Farmoor reservoir near Oxford because on one occasion it got contaminated by cryptosporidium from cattle slurry that had leaked into it and believe me, you do not want to get cryptosporidiosis as I did. Knocked me sideways. I've never felt so...

Thanks bathstyle. I found that very thread during a search on this subject. I'm convinced it's some sort of iron fouling. We went on holiday for a week this summer and I switched the softener off to save on salt for the week. It's set to regenerate every three days. When we came home and...

No, we don't have any kids. Just me and the missus. Thought about an extractor fan but there dosen't seem to be a problem without the softener installed. Perhaps I need to get to the resin tank and give it a good clean and disinfect but this has been happening from when the softener was new.

Hi All, Living in Swindon in Wiltshire, we are well known for being in a hard water area. I invested in a water softner about eight years ago and all has been working fine apart from some pink slimy residue that keeps appearing on the shower curtain, tile grout and plug holes. We never had this...