thevictors51
New Member
Hi,
My current water softener has gave up the ghost so some information;
My house has 7 grains per gallon with an Iron hardness of 3 ppm on a well system. I do have a whole house filter before my softener.
I have two full baths with plans to add a 3rd. We currently have two adults and one child with plans on having one more child. So worst case we would have 4 adults living at our house in a given time. Pipe ID in our house is 3/4"
I know on average a person uses 70-80 gallons of water per day. So is I size a softener I get 75 * 4 = 300 gallons a day. 300 gpd * 7 grains per gallon = 2100 grains per day. So in my reading it looks like I need 1 ft^3 of resin material.
I also have been looking at different valves, I have narrowed it down to Fleck and Clack. However, I do not know which one I should go with. I am a DIY person so I think Fleck would be good due to there being parts available online (I have both Clack and Fleck dealers near me).
Like most I am try to get a good price on a softener but I have read a lot of thing being cautious about buying softeners online because you might get a good valve but everything else is cheap, or you will get a knock off fleck valve.
My local dealers quoted me $1750 and $1600 for a clack WS1 and $1250 for fleck 2510, that price includes install. However, when I am seeing fleck 5600SXTs online for $600-750 it makes me want to go with the online due to price.
So with that, I have a few questions I would like some help with;
1) Is 1ft^3 of resin appropriate for my application?
2) What type of resin should I get? 8% or 10% cross-linked?
3) Does anyone know of a good place online to get a good quality softener?
4) Any opinions on Fleck 5600SXT vs Clack WS1? Any other valve recommendations?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My current water softener has gave up the ghost so some information;
My house has 7 grains per gallon with an Iron hardness of 3 ppm on a well system. I do have a whole house filter before my softener.
I have two full baths with plans to add a 3rd. We currently have two adults and one child with plans on having one more child. So worst case we would have 4 adults living at our house in a given time. Pipe ID in our house is 3/4"
I know on average a person uses 70-80 gallons of water per day. So is I size a softener I get 75 * 4 = 300 gallons a day. 300 gpd * 7 grains per gallon = 2100 grains per day. So in my reading it looks like I need 1 ft^3 of resin material.
I also have been looking at different valves, I have narrowed it down to Fleck and Clack. However, I do not know which one I should go with. I am a DIY person so I think Fleck would be good due to there being parts available online (I have both Clack and Fleck dealers near me).
Like most I am try to get a good price on a softener but I have read a lot of thing being cautious about buying softeners online because you might get a good valve but everything else is cheap, or you will get a knock off fleck valve.
My local dealers quoted me $1750 and $1600 for a clack WS1 and $1250 for fleck 2510, that price includes install. However, when I am seeing fleck 5600SXTs online for $600-750 it makes me want to go with the online due to price.
So with that, I have a few questions I would like some help with;
1) Is 1ft^3 of resin appropriate for my application?
2) What type of resin should I get? 8% or 10% cross-linked?
3) Does anyone know of a good place online to get a good quality softener?
4) Any opinions on Fleck 5600SXT vs Clack WS1? Any other valve recommendations?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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