Hello all. I am new to the forum and to soft/hard water in general. I will continue to read the past posts but wanted to throw out my situation for any advice.
Just built a home in Upstate NY. New well at 144 feet. Very hard water with iron. No sulfer smells. I have been working with my well driller as well as a local contractor building supply house for testing. I also bought my own test kit. I will be installing the unit myself.
The numbers:
pH: 7
Hardness: 134 gpg
iron: 2.5 ppm (ferrous; water is clear from the tap)
Pumping rate of pump: 13.25 gpm (draw down/cycle time*60)
House: 1 bathroom (hope to install a second bath in a few years)
People: 2 (wife and I; kids are grown and on their own and down south)
I have been given two different options. The well driller wants to go with a 110k twin alternating softener. The supply house uses Charger Water products and sent them my numbers directly for recommendation. They suggested a 1 cuft iron filter plus a 2.5 cuft 64k softener. I believe the iron filter uses birm.
I am leaning toward the iron filter with softener. But should I be looking at a Katalox Light unit? Is the softener big enough for my hard water?
Thanks in adance for any help.
Just built a home in Upstate NY. New well at 144 feet. Very hard water with iron. No sulfer smells. I have been working with my well driller as well as a local contractor building supply house for testing. I also bought my own test kit. I will be installing the unit myself.
The numbers:
pH: 7
Hardness: 134 gpg
iron: 2.5 ppm (ferrous; water is clear from the tap)
Pumping rate of pump: 13.25 gpm (draw down/cycle time*60)
House: 1 bathroom (hope to install a second bath in a few years)
People: 2 (wife and I; kids are grown and on their own and down south)
I have been given two different options. The well driller wants to go with a 110k twin alternating softener. The supply house uses Charger Water products and sent them my numbers directly for recommendation. They suggested a 1 cuft iron filter plus a 2.5 cuft 64k softener. I believe the iron filter uses birm.
I am leaning toward the iron filter with softener. But should I be looking at a Katalox Light unit? Is the softener big enough for my hard water?
Thanks in adance for any help.