The Homeowner Thread

[walrus]

Based on the water usage I think our water refiner is going to flush the system and "rebrine" it or whatever it's called about every 3 weeks.

The change in the taste of the water was immediate. My son-in-law has never had anything but hard water and he hates showering in soft water. I don't notice quite so much.

If you have high blood pressure/hypertension water softeners can elevate it.

 

[Kepler]

If you have high blood pressure/hypertension water softeners can elevate it.

Interestingly, and highly surprisingly, this appears to possibly be at least somewhat true:

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.119.012758

Twenty‐four‐hour urinary excretion concentrations of contributing cations were also measured, to reflect intake of these minerals. As might be hypothesized, higher urinary sodium excretion was associated with slightly higher systolic blood pressure; however, higher urinary calcium and magnesium were associated with lower systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Also contradictory to their hypothesis, mild‐salinity water consumption was associated with lower risk of stage 1 and 2 hypertension as compared with the freshwater category. The authors concluded that this somewhat unexpected finding was because of protective effects of higher calcium and magnesium concentrations in mild‐ and moderate‐salinity water.

The current literature is inconclusive with respect to these findings. Numerous studies have confirmed a link between high dietary sodium intake and blood pressure.3, 4, 5, 7 This link is traditionally explained by the Guyton Hypothesis, whereby increased sodium intake promotes increased blood pressure via extracellular fluid volume expansion.8 More recent literature also supports a key role of the vasculature to elevate blood pressure in response to sodium intake, independent of renal sodium excretion.9 With regard to calcium, the literature is controversial. Some research supports that high urinary calcium excretion is associated with elevated blood pressure.10, 11 Other evidence suggests that diets supplemented with calcium mildly reduce blood pressure, with a possible dose–response effect.12 It should also be noted that high dietary calcium consumption may increase cardiovascular risk via promotion of arterial calcification.13 The role of magnesium in blood pressure control is less clear. However, magnesium supplementation has been used to prevent eclampsia.14 Although not completely characterized, magnesium likely acts as a vasodilator to reduce peripheral vascular resistance or to relieve vasoconstriction.15

As always, the dosage makes the poison. But it is possible that entirely removing sodium, calcium and magnesium from your water is somewhat bad. High concentrations are obviously super badder.

 

[dxmnkd316]

The sulphates thing was also a big deal for perms iirc

Broke the bonds of the chemicals that hold it together again, I think.

 

[dxmnkd316]

If you have high blood pressure/hypertension water softeners can elevate it.

I mean, you have you be EXTREMELY sensitive. You end up consuming like a tsp of extra sodium a day if you drink 8 glasses of


Edit: my original edit didn’t take. It’s like 30 MILLIgrams per grain of hardness per gallon of water consumed.

That’s like, 150 mg extra per day drinking 8 glasses of water if your water is very hard.