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Rural setting, on a well, with gravel driveway leading up to our detached garage. It's the garage approach and entrance area where we have an ugly weed and grass infestation. We do not use commercial weed/grass killers, mostly for wildlife concerns. Nearest tree is 40' away and slightly uphill...

Quick background: we built our house (6 yrs), including electrical and plumbing (PEX). When it came time for appliances and fixtures, in our exhausted state and ignorance of water softeners, we said to the big box store, "we'll take that $395 job." A less than 1 cu. ft. cabinet style, hyped at...

Recently on this forum, I received advice that I could forgo a sediment pre-filter for our new CK10/WS1EE twin tank (2 x 2 ft3) softener. That was great news, due to our severe space limitations, the regular servicing of a cartridge type filter would be a major PITA. Some background. We have a...

Returning here with situation recap and update. Recap: previous tests of our 21 year "virgin" mountain terrain water well (7,000 ft) included the original "basic" test of the freshly dug well that showed 38 gpg hardness, 1,100 gpg TDS, PH7.7, no odor, and no iron or other metal concerns. Six...

Anyone put their brine tank on a roller platform? I have a tight closet space for our water system components, and had previously ruled out a new twin tank 64k grain softener over a single 96k grain due to the system footprint of the twin. But by putting the 18" dia. brine tank on a platform...