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Water softener talk
December 3, 2018 at
03:43 PM
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My new home doesn't have a water softener yet. I see there are less traditional options now, such as this [aquasana.com] as compared to this [amazon.com]. Have any of you gone to something besides the traditional "dump salt in a bin and let the soft water magic happen"?
Not well water, but I am sure I'll want a softener. I won't say money isn't am object, but I am not opposed to spending a little more now and saving more later.
Not well water, but I am sure I'll want a softener. I won't say money isn't am object, but I am not opposed to spending a little more now and saving more later.
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I spliced into the copper pipes and put in 3 shutoff ball valves that way I could work on the rest of the softener without turning off the water.
I spliced into the copper pipes and put in 3 shutoff ball valves that way I could work on the rest of the softener without turning off the water.
Big thing is the lack of salt. Seems about a two year payback, not bad at all. After four years I will nearly be making money to shower!!!
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It's pretty much been issue-free, only needing yearly servicing and a bag of salt here and there. I usually get salt at around $3-4/bag thanks to SD (about twice that price retail), but I buy 15-20 bags at a time. I have to clean out the brine bin every now and then - over time, insoluble "stuff" in the salt accumulates at the bottom, it's not absolutely required to clean, but that's how I am.
Something to note depending on your situation, is that some municipalities have unique discharge codes around the brine effluent - I'm on septic, and it's against code to discharge into it (although I am not sure why you'd want to since I wouldn't think it'd be good for the bacterial balance); and of course you can't simply discharge into the woods
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https://www.consumerrep
And information here
https://www.uswatersyst
It's pretty much been issue-free, only needing yearly servicing and a bag of salt here and there. I usually get salt at around $3-4/bag thanks to SD (about twice that price retail), but I buy 15-20 bags at a time. I have to clean out the brine bin every now and then - over time, insoluble "stuff" in the salt accumulates at the bottom, it's not absolutely required to clean, but that's how I am.
Something to note depending on your situation, is that some municipalities have unique discharge codes around the brine effluent - I'm on septic, and it's against code to discharge into it (although I am not sure why you'd want to since I wouldn't think it'd be good for the bacterial balance); and of course you can't simply discharge into the woods
I purchased mine here https://602abcwater.com/ I can't recall if I purchased thru Amazon or direct with them to tell the truth.
Overall, we're happy that we installed the water softener. Note, when speaking to water softener salesppl and watching their pitch, they'll often show you a demonstration of how much more sudsy it'll get with a little soap with softened water. HOWEVER, it's a bit of a lie because they will use totally softened water from a reverse osmosis system. Water softeners do NOT remove all minerals from the water like a reverse osmosis system. It just replaces the "hard" minerals with NaCl or KCl instead which is easier to clean.
Just wanted to make sure you keep that in mind. So, we still have water spots on our shower glass doors. But, it comes right off with a little wipe (we usually just squeezee the glass after each shower though). Whereas, before the water softener, the water spots needed CLR to come off.
City water, no well or discharge issues. I buy at least 8 bags at a time myself, because I hate dealing with it.