Sreddit55 t1_iwxe9c9 wrote on November 19, 2022 at 2:00 AM

Reply to comment by JerseyWiseguy in Can I run a water line for a fridge off a washer dryer hook up? by SpicyyySalsaaa

Not necessarily… if you have a water softener, the washer is probably getting softened water which you prob don’t want in the fridge. At least I wouldn’t…

JerseyWiseguy t1_iwxekhj wrote on November 19, 2022 at 2:02 AM

Plenty of people have whole-house water softeners. I don't see your point.

Varides t1_iwxgivy wrote on November 19, 2022 at 2:19 AM

Just because you have one for your entire house, doesn't mean every line is ran off it.

You typically have standard hard lines taken off prior to a softener as long as it wasn't a retro installation. Things like an ice maker/fridge, and hose bibbs should always be run hard.

Blearchie t1_iwyefra wrote on November 19, 2022 at 8:29 AM

You are incorrect on ice maker/fridge. I had an industrial under counter ice maker that was a maintenance nightmare due to hard water. Once we had the softener installed on the house, it wasn’t a problem.

TrekForce t1_iwy3w2m wrote on November 19, 2022 at 6:06 AM

Why Ice-maker/fridge?

Some people even drink water from the TAP…. Are you suggesting drinking soft water is bad? And that people shouldn’t run it to their sinks either?

I’d be more worried about the piping for the washer not being “safe for drinking water” than anything else.

I have a whole-house softener. They did mess it up tho, my hose bibs are softened too… but that’s the only thing that wasn’t supposed to be. Everything inside the house was meant to be softened.

Varides t1_iwz8gmx wrote on November 19, 2022 at 2:40 PM

There is no added benefit to adding soft water to your sinks or fridge. It just forces you to cycle your softener more often resulting in more back wash cycles.

You run soft water to laundry and showers as it helps create suds over hard water.

TrekForce t1_ix1ss37 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 2:11 AM

The benefit would be hard water buildup/stains. Hard water will start clogging the tiny little tube for the fridge pretty easily. Same as sink, only less severe. Just much easier maintenance. Instead of buying nasty CLR or whatever to try to clean the sink periodically, I never need to worry about it. Just regular ol cleaning to get the food/etc cleaned out, don’t need to touch the faucet.