Water softeners in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Supplied and fitted.

How hard is the water in Clonmel?

Clonmel is an odd one, and worth explaining. The town sits on the Suir with the Comeraghs behind it, and its public supply has always been a mix: upland stream water from the hills, which is soft, and borehole water from the limestone of the Suir valley, which is hard. Which one reaches your tap depends on where in the town you are and which part of the network is feeding you that week. The regional figure for Tipperary is around 235 mg/L of calcium carbonate, which is hard, and the borehole-fed parts of Clonmel run harder than that.

The practical test is the kettle. If yours has a white floor and the shower screen never comes clean, you are on the hard side of the town and a softener will earn its keep. If you are not sure, put your Eircode into the checker above, or ring us and describe what you are seeing.

What hard water does in a Clonmel home

• Immersions and hot cylinders. Scale on the element and coil, slower heating, higher bills and an early failure.
• Electric showers and mixer valves. The heater can and spray plate block, pressure drops and the shower cuts out.
• Combi boilers. The plate heat exchanger furs up and the hot water fades.
• Dishwashers, washing machines and kettles scale and get replaced early.

Which AquaSilk suits a Clonmel house

Most of what we fit around Clonmel is family homes in Glenconnor, Cashel Road, Heywood, Marlfield and the estates off the Cahir and Fethard roads, usually four or five people and two bathrooms. That is AquaSilk Midi territory, with the Maxi for five or more. Apartments and smaller houses in the town suit the Mini. The size picker below marks the right one.

Private wells around Clonmel

Between Clonmel, Cahir, Fethard, Kilsheelan and Carrick-on-Suir a lot of houses are on their own borehole in the Suir valley limestone. The water is hard and can carry iron, manganese or bacteria that a softener alone will not deal with. 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 Clonmel

We fit nationwide with our own technicians, and Clonmel, Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir, Fethard, Cashel and Tipperary town are covered on the same run through south Tipperary. 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. The fitted price shown is the full price for Clonmel. For a quote first, use the quote form; the full range is on our main water softener page.