Supplied and fitted in Carrickmacross by our own plumbers
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AquaSilk water softeners, fitted by CPS Plumbing & Electrical

Water softeners in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Supplied and fitted.

A CPS plumber fitting an AquaSilk water softener under a kitchen sink

Carrickmacross drinks well water from its own wellfield, and it's hard. We supply and fit AquaSilk softeners across south Monaghan with our own plumbers.

Carrickmacross water is hard, around 250 mg/L. Scale forms in every cylinder, shower and kettle.
Three sizes, from an apartment to a five-bathroom house
Fitted in two to three hours by our own plumbers, not a subcontractor

Find my size Ring a plumber: 01 554 6266

From €549 supply only, or €899 fitted in Carrickmacross.

10-year parts warranty with annual service.

How hard is the water in Carrickmacross?

Type your Eircode and your area's hardness reading appears right here, with a straight answer on whether a softener is worth it for you.

Readings are from Uisce Éireann supply-zone data. Just the first three characters will do, and we don't store your Eircode.

5.0 From 140 Google reviews

“Our entire home is now limescale free, which has made such a noticeable impact.”M.C., Google review

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Where Carrickmacross water comes from

Carrickmacross is one of the few towns in Monaghan that doesn't run on lake water. The public supply is pumped from a field of production wells and treated at the Nafferty plant, built on the site of the old reservoir above the town. Groundwater picks up calcium and magnesium as it moves through the rock, and our estimate for the town supply is around 250 mg/L of calcium carbonate, which is hard.

Hard water in a Carrickmacross home

Hot water cylinders. Scale on the immersion element and the coil, slower recovery and higher electricity bills.
Showers and mixer valves. Blocked heads, sticking thermostatic cartridges and electric showers that trip out.
Boilers. A furred-up plate heat exchanger in a combi means weak, uneven hot water.
Appliances. Dishwashers, washing machines and kettles all scale up and wear out early.

Softening the water where the main comes in protects the lot.

Which size for a Carrickmacross house

A typical three or four bed family home with two bathrooms suits the AquaSilk Midi. Apartments, couples and smaller houses in the town suit the Mini, and bigger houses with three or more bathrooms take the Maxi. The size picker below marks the right one.

Wells between Carrickmacross and Kingscourt

Plenty of houses around Inniskeen, Donaghmoyne and Magheracloone are on their own well. The ground between Carrickmacross and Kingscourt holds limestone and the gypsum beds that are still mined there, and wells near the gypsum can carry calcium sulphate as well as ordinary hardness. A softener takes out the calcium but leaves the sulphate behind, so we never guess on a well. We send a sample to an accredited lab and specify the system off the results. See our well water treatment page.

Getting it fitted in Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross is about an hour and a quarter from our Dublin base, and we cover Inniskeen, Kingscourt, Castleblayney and Ardee on the same run. Order the softener fitted online or ring us, send a photo of your stop valve and the space beside it, and we book a slot. Two to three hours and you have soft water. For a price first, use the quote form. Monaghan town has its own water softener page, and the rest of the county is on our Co. Monaghan page.

Three sizes. Pick by household.

Bigger house, more people or very hard water means a bigger tank. Tell us the household and we'll mark the right one for a Carrickmacross home.

How many people live in the house?

Recommended for you

AquaSilk Mini

8 litre resin. One to three people, one or two bathrooms.

Compact cabinet, fits under most kitchen sinks
Fully automatic regeneration
Quiet enough for a kitchen press
10-year parts warranty with annual service

Supply only€549

Supplied and fitted€899

Choose the Mini

Recommended for you

AquaSilk Midi

14 litre resin. Four or five people, up to three bathrooms.

Our most common fit for a family home
Handles morning showers and the washing machine together
Fully automatic regeneration
10-year parts warranty with annual service

Supply only€689

Supplied and fitted€999

Choose the Midi

Recommended for you

AquaSilk Maxi

21 litre resin. Six or more people, large or multi-bathroom houses.

Sized for very hard water and heavy daily use
Large salt store, so fewer top-ups
Flow rate for multi-bathroom houses
10-year parts warranty with annual service

Supply only€779

Supplied and fitted€1,150

Choose the Maxi

Fitted price covers the trip to Carrickmacross, the install, connection to your mains and drain, commissioning and a first fill of salt. Humm interest-free finance available at checkout. Free delivery on supply-only orders.

From order to soft water in Carrickmacross

We fit what we sell. The people who quote it are the people who plumb it in and come back to service it.

Choosing professional installation when ordering

Order it fitted

Pick your size and choose professional installation at checkout, or ring us and we'll do it over the phone. Supply-only ships free if you have your own plumber.

Two minutes online, or ring us

AquaSilk install by CPS Plumbing & Electrical

We confirm it fits

We call within three working days to book a slot and ask for a photo of your stop valve and the space beside it. If it can't be fitted, we say so before anyone drives to Carrickmacross and refund the installation charge.

One photo over WhatsApp

AquaSilk softener fitted by CPS Plumbing & Electrical

Fitted and set up

Connected to the mains and drain, set for your water's hardness, first salt added. Two to three hours, and you have soft water before we leave.

Then an annual service from us

What customers say on Google

5.0

5.0 from 140 Google reviews for CPS Plumbing & Electrical, home of EcoFilter Ireland. Read them on Google

Water softener and drinking tap done yesterday by an absolute gentlemen named Iggy, he was efficient, tidy, clean and punctual, called me before hand to let me know roughly time arrives, did the job really professional, we would highly recommend the company and Iggy.

Ting HuGoogle review

The difference in the water quality is amazing — softer water throughout the house and great-tasting drinking water straight from the tap. I'm very happy with both the products and the workmanship. Highly recommend EcoFilter Ireland to anyone thinking about improving their water quality!

Malgorzata TanskaGoogle review

We went for the complete setup: a whole house water softener, the Aplos Angel Direct Flow reverse osmosis drinking water system, and a spray hose triflow tap—and the difference has been amazing. Our entire home is now limescale free, which has made such a noticeable impact.

M.C.Google review

Questions from Carrickmacross customers

Anything else, ring 01 554 6266 or email info@ecofilter.ie. You'll get a plumber, not a call centre.

Do you actually come out to Carrickmacross?

Yes. Our own plumbers fit softeners in Carrickmacross and across Inniskeen, Donaghmoyne, Magheracloone, Corduff, Essexford, Kingscourt, Ardee. The fitted price on this page is the full price for a Carrickmacross install: the trip, the plumbing, the drain connection, commissioning and the first fill of salt. No mileage added on afterwards.

How hard is the water in Carrickmacross, really?

Around 250 mg/L of calcium carbonate (Regional estimate for the Carrickmacross wellfield), which is hard. Anything over 200 mg/L is hard enough to coat an immersion element and block a shower head within a couple of years; over 300 it happens faster. Type your own Eircode into the checker at the top of the page for your street's reading.

Where does it go, and what does it need?

As close as possible to where the mains enters the house: under the kitchen sink, in a utility room, a garage or a hall press. It needs a standard socket, a drain for the rinse water (we run it to the nearest waste or gully), and room roughly the size of a kitchen bin for the Mini, a bit more for the Midi and Maxi.

Can I drink softened water?

Softening swaps hardness for a small amount of sodium. On very hard water that sodium adds up, so standard practice, and what we do on every job, is to leave the kitchen cold tap on unsoftened mains for drinking and cooking. If you also want better-tasting drinking water, an under-sink filter on that tap covers it and we can fit both on the same visit.

I'm on a private well near Carrickmacross. Is a softener still the answer?

Often, but not always. Well water in this part of the country is usually hard, but it can also carry iron, manganese or bacteria that a softener alone won't deal with. We send your sample to an accredited lab and specify the system off the results, which might be a softener on its own or a softener with a filter in front of it. See our well water treatment page.

How much salt does it use and where do I get it?

Tablet salt in 25 kg bags, from most hardware shops and from us. A family of four on hard water gets through a bag roughly every four to eight weeks; a couple in an apartment, less. The unit only regenerates when it needs to, so light use means less salt.

How long does the install take?

Two to three hours for a straightforward fit. We ask for a photo of the stop valve and the space beforehand, so surprises on the day are rare. We connect it, set it for your hardness, add the first salt and show you how to top it up.

What about the warranty and servicing?

Every AquaSilk comes with a 10-year parts warranty, kept valid by an annual service. We do the service ourselves: a short visit to check the valve, the regeneration settings and the salt, and clear any build-up. We text you when it's due.

Can I pay in instalments?

Humm interest-free finance available at checkout. Cards and bank transfer are fine too.

We also fit water softeners in

Not sure which size for your Carrickmacross home? Ask a plumber.

Send us your Eircode and a photo of where the mains comes into the house. We'll come back with the right size, what it'll cost fitted, and whether a softener is even the right answer for your water.

Get a quote 01 554 6266

AquaSilk softeners, CarrickmacrossFrom €549, fitted from €899

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