Bypass softener for drinking water?

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Piperca

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I’m getting ready to do a repipe and will be integrating a water softener. I would like to run a bypass from before the softener to accommodate drinking water. The bypass line would service a refrigerator line and a pot filler. I am intending on running the non softened water line to a manifold for future expansion, if ever necessary. Would running two 3/4” lines - one before and one after the softener - be overkill?
 

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If your running to a manifold for future lines then you want 3/4" or you may not have the pressure you want.
 

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1/2 pex from unsoftened to the pot filler sound like more than enough. Fridge is a small flow, and could be disregarded I think.

However, being cold, using 3/4 would be fine. Just bigger and stiffer. So no harm from overkill.
 
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