Combi care water softener

[John.Stitch]

I had the annual maintenance carried out on the Worcester Bosch 12-14 combi and the engineer reminded me to replace the water filter softener, and also he kindly told me to drill the two holes clear of scale when I did so. So off I trundled to the plumbers merchants to buy a new cartridge and was surprised at the price of £18.50. This is one made by Culligan International and its a cylindrical push fit item onto the brass coupling. As far as I know these things are fitted with salt to liberate scale from the pipework. The cartridge appears to be sealed, but it is over priced big time, I used to buy the salt by the ton for water treatment systems in a hotel so this is silly prices.
Can any one recommend a cheaper manufacturer or approach?

 

[corgiman]

nope thats about the price of all of them

and I dont think they use salt to treat the water as they are not water softeners but rather water treatment that inhibits scale build up in the heat exchanger

better 18 than a new boiler but Hey what do I know

 

[John.Stitch]

Thanks for your advice. I now know.

 

[Nige F]

nope thats about the price of all of them

and I dont think they use salt to treat the water as they are not water softeners but rather water treatment that inhibits scale build up in the heat exchanger

better 18 than a new boiler but Hey what do I know

Sylphos, not salt Hey I don`t know much more than you