Water Softener feeding drinking and cooking water

[chirpychippy]

Thought id check.

I took their kitchen and Utility out, in the utility there is a water softener. The incoming main supply is in the main kitchen, in its current configuration it looks like it was the cold supply to the kitchen sink but has since been capped. The main is Tee'd into a grey hep pipe which feeds the utility room the supply goes through the softener after which point there is Tee for the cold supply to the utility sink tap before it goes back through the wall feeding the main kitchen sink and everything else in the house.

My customer has high blood pressure, I checked this evening.

In the utility should i cut a tee prior to the softener to create a hard water cold feed and instal a double check valve between the Tee and the softener and in the kitchen reopen the hard water supply and cap the returning softened supply.

I think this is the right way to do it please?

First picture main kitchen, second Utility.

 

[dilalio]

Take off any non-softened feeds before the softener... Don't forget garden tap, if they have one.

Softener should have a check valve built in and should also have a bypass for when it is out of order or needs servicing.

 

[chirpychippy]

I capped the supply that was feeding the kitchen tap and dishwasher via the water softener and took a hard water cold supply out of the incoming main.

in the utility I tee'd into the hard water supply before the softener. This may of been a waste of time and money but I put a double check valve in between the new Tee and softener, for some reason I was thinking back flow.

Otherwise ball valves until the sinks are in.

Thanks for your guidance.

 

[dilalio]

Swap ball valves for levers.
The ballofixes leak for fun.