Charlees Larrabee
New Member
Hi, I'll start off by giving thanks to all that can help me with my problem. I'm a new home owner and looking to find the best, most cost effective solution to ridding my well water of Iron, Manganese and possibly Sulfur. Back when I first bought the home I was recommended a GE under cabinet softener and while that worked for about 6 months the resin is now fouled and will need replacement. In my home I have two toilets that have been here for around 10 years. I've cleaned out one of the retaining tanks and left the other one as is to keep track of the slime build up. On the tank that I cleaned there is no new buildup however on the uncleaned tank there is a good layer of a dark brown/black slime. There is a possibility I'm assuming that this could be IRB and I plan to have a test done in the next week. The Sulfur smell that we are experiencing is VERY weak, the softener seems to reduce it where it's almost unnoticeable and when there is a small it is only out of the cold water. We have a 40 gallon tank heater and there is never any odd odor coming from the hot water. I'm thinking the Sulfur smell might be IRB?
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2iiuwnTSWz5ZDFSTFlSYUhsMlU <--- Water test results from 1 year ago when I bought the home. The well was sitting for 12 months before the sample was taken. I'll be getting a new test done soon. I had a local shop come to my home last week and they tested the Iron on-site as 1PPM from raw water now.
Sorry for the long winded post but I'll do my best to wrap it up! My budget is $2,000 and I've got a limited amount of space to work with, probable 6ft by 6ft being the absolute max. I'd like to keep the current softener and replace the resin inside rather than get a new one. I know what I've got isn't the best and when the valve eventually fails I'll jump for a better model.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that my flow in GPM has been confirmed at 9.8
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2iiuwnTSWz5ZDFSTFlSYUhsMlU <--- Water test results from 1 year ago when I bought the home. The well was sitting for 12 months before the sample was taken. I'll be getting a new test done soon. I had a local shop come to my home last week and they tested the Iron on-site as 1PPM from raw water now.
Sorry for the long winded post but I'll do my best to wrap it up! My budget is $2,000 and I've got a limited amount of space to work with, probable 6ft by 6ft being the absolute max. I'd like to keep the current softener and replace the resin inside rather than get a new one. I know what I've got isn't the best and when the valve eventually fails I'll jump for a better model.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that my flow in GPM has been confirmed at 9.8