Derek Morgan Jr
New Member
Like others have found, the so called water softener calculators on the web are all over the place.
I used some test strips that indicate around 25gpg. I called the city and they were not helpful. There website says about 125PPM average through the whole city. There is no way, ours is much higher. We don't have iron or magnesium issues. The water lines in my home are PEX. 3/4" coming into the basement immediately turns into 1". In various areas the lines go back down to 3/4". PH is 7.6. First floor is 1474 Sq ft. Basement is 1424 Sq ft. 3 bathrooms with single shower heads.
Our family has 7 people. 2 adults and 5 kids. Age 10, 7, 7, 5, 2. So right now we don't use a ton of water but as the kids get older demand will surely increase. Our dishwasher runs 3 times per day (High efficiency but around 12 gallons per use). The softener will feed 2 outside faucets but those are only used in the summer for washing cars.
I talked to OHIO PURE and they were helpful but gave many choices so I would like some more opinions on what fleck system to buy. They recommended the new fleck 5000. Either a 48 or 64 single tank. Or a 40 or 48 twin tank system.
They said I could go 80 and that it wouldn't regenerate as often. They also recommend the vortech system but are not pushy about it.
I know potassium cost's 4x as much as the salt and would like to go that route but don't want to spend a $100 per month. How often would I need to put salt in?
Research online has told me anywhere from 64 to 110 grain system is needed. 48 single tank seems small.
What should I do or what do you recommend?
I used some test strips that indicate around 25gpg. I called the city and they were not helpful. There website says about 125PPM average through the whole city. There is no way, ours is much higher. We don't have iron or magnesium issues. The water lines in my home are PEX. 3/4" coming into the basement immediately turns into 1". In various areas the lines go back down to 3/4". PH is 7.6. First floor is 1474 Sq ft. Basement is 1424 Sq ft. 3 bathrooms with single shower heads.
Our family has 7 people. 2 adults and 5 kids. Age 10, 7, 7, 5, 2. So right now we don't use a ton of water but as the kids get older demand will surely increase. Our dishwasher runs 3 times per day (High efficiency but around 12 gallons per use). The softener will feed 2 outside faucets but those are only used in the summer for washing cars.
I talked to OHIO PURE and they were helpful but gave many choices so I would like some more opinions on what fleck system to buy. They recommended the new fleck 5000. Either a 48 or 64 single tank. Or a 40 or 48 twin tank system.
They said I could go 80 and that it wouldn't regenerate as often. They also recommend the vortech system but are not pushy about it.
I know potassium cost's 4x as much as the salt and would like to go that route but don't want to spend a $100 per month. How often would I need to put salt in?
Research online has told me anywhere from 64 to 110 grain system is needed. 48 single tank seems small.
What should I do or what do you recommend?