Hello everyone,
First I would like to apologize for my lack of knowledge, I honestly have read through alot of this forum and I think it has made me more confused then when I first arrived here. So my dilemma is my Kenmore all in one water softener unit does not appear to be operating correctly. This week I have had multiple people out to my home and each has said that there is no difference in my water either bypassed or non bypassed hardness rating. I have gotten some extremely high quotes on units to have installed and decided I am going to try to do this myself. Here is what I need that water softener to cover.
People in home: 2-3 depending on our kid if they are at home
Hardness: 28
Iron: 1.6
Chlorine is anywhere from .4-1.0 according to our report, but you can smell it when the faucet is turned on
We have 2 showers, 2 toilets, 1 kitchen and one dishwasher
I am pretty sure our copper piping is 3/4 of an inch. Right now we have a plastic bypass on the back of the Kenmore water conditioner. We have been experience scaling on our fixtures and shower glass is getting spots. We had Sears install the current unit 5 years ago, and they had to return the next day because when we ran some water, resin came out into our water. They crossed the plumbing and had to come back to fix it. They didnt replace the unit and it never ran properly after that. As everyone is, we are on a fixed budget and trying to get our dollars to stretch. Which unit should I look for, what is the correct size. 2 salesman from different companies tried selling us a 32000 grain unit. One is a Kinetico 2060 which he wanted 1947.00 plus 175.00 for the install. The other was a Hellenbrand E3 32000 unit for 700 plus 150 for the install. The calculations I made say we should be using a 48000 unit. Any help provided is greatly appreciated. Thanks
First I would like to apologize for my lack of knowledge, I honestly have read through alot of this forum and I think it has made me more confused then when I first arrived here. So my dilemma is my Kenmore all in one water softener unit does not appear to be operating correctly. This week I have had multiple people out to my home and each has said that there is no difference in my water either bypassed or non bypassed hardness rating. I have gotten some extremely high quotes on units to have installed and decided I am going to try to do this myself. Here is what I need that water softener to cover.
People in home: 2-3 depending on our kid if they are at home
Hardness: 28
Iron: 1.6
Chlorine is anywhere from .4-1.0 according to our report, but you can smell it when the faucet is turned on
We have 2 showers, 2 toilets, 1 kitchen and one dishwasher
I am pretty sure our copper piping is 3/4 of an inch. Right now we have a plastic bypass on the back of the Kenmore water conditioner. We have been experience scaling on our fixtures and shower glass is getting spots. We had Sears install the current unit 5 years ago, and they had to return the next day because when we ran some water, resin came out into our water. They crossed the plumbing and had to come back to fix it. They didnt replace the unit and it never ran properly after that. As everyone is, we are on a fixed budget and trying to get our dollars to stretch. Which unit should I look for, what is the correct size. 2 salesman from different companies tried selling us a 32000 grain unit. One is a Kinetico 2060 which he wanted 1947.00 plus 175.00 for the install. The other was a Hellenbrand E3 32000 unit for 700 plus 150 for the install. The calculations I made say we should be using a 48000 unit. Any help provided is greatly appreciated. Thanks