Cblsurfr
New Member
Hi,
I recently( about 2 months ago) moved in to a new house that has a well/septic system. I had the water tested prior to purchasing and it revealed that the water is hard. Here are the results I got :
Alkalinity mg/L 273
Baryum μg/L 239
Chlorides mg/L 93
Iron μg/L 362
Fluorides mg/L 0.6
Manganese μg/L 78
Sodium μg/L 68000
Sulfates (ES & EP) mg/L 51
Hardness mg/L 277
Bore μg/L 64
If I calculate right, I would have about 16 or 17 GPG. Also, we are getting a rotten egg smell from the hot water, so I'm guessing that we might need to look into treating for sulfur or would a softener be able to treat this ?
Another issue we have is a slight staining in the sinks, toilets and shower...didn't notice it at first as all the fixtures were cleaned(or had been on the home visit) and were grey...when we moved in, I replaced the toilets (20 years old) for 1.28GPF models and it's more apparent on white fixtures...kind of a brownish red and is easily cleaned, but the shower stall is another issue...seems like it's caked in...but this I will replace eventually.... right now I want to get a solution in place to fix the root cause.
Tomorrow I have a sales rep from Kinetico that is coming over to test the water and give me an estimate....but after going through this forum I'm thinking of going the DIY route and installing one on my own. I'm trying to find dealers from Canada...but perhaps some could be recommended? A few popped up.. Aquatell, Pelican, Hague, Culligan (which I was told to stay away due to proprietary heads...)
I've yet to find a local Clack dealer in my area (Ottawa Ontario) and was strongly considering a Fleck 7000sxt....but wanted some recommendations if possible for the optimum system... I'm thinking 48000 grains, but want to have something that I can grow into.
We have a 1.5 bath house, but in the future want to go to 2 full baths. 2 adults and a child, but want more...so I dont want to have to change the system in 4-5 years if another one or 2 add to the family..
I plan on digging a dry well for the backwash as I can't send it in the septic system as it did show a small saturation and don't want to kill it yet. I also want a system that will not be going through salt like crazy.
Any feedback you can provide me would be appreciated. Let me know if I forgot to provide some info.
Thanks
Dominic
I recently( about 2 months ago) moved in to a new house that has a well/septic system. I had the water tested prior to purchasing and it revealed that the water is hard. Here are the results I got :
Alkalinity mg/L 273
Baryum μg/L 239
Chlorides mg/L 93
Iron μg/L 362
Fluorides mg/L 0.6
Manganese μg/L 78
Sodium μg/L 68000
Sulfates (ES & EP) mg/L 51
Hardness mg/L 277
Bore μg/L 64
If I calculate right, I would have about 16 or 17 GPG. Also, we are getting a rotten egg smell from the hot water, so I'm guessing that we might need to look into treating for sulfur or would a softener be able to treat this ?
Another issue we have is a slight staining in the sinks, toilets and shower...didn't notice it at first as all the fixtures were cleaned(or had been on the home visit) and were grey...when we moved in, I replaced the toilets (20 years old) for 1.28GPF models and it's more apparent on white fixtures...kind of a brownish red and is easily cleaned, but the shower stall is another issue...seems like it's caked in...but this I will replace eventually.... right now I want to get a solution in place to fix the root cause.
Tomorrow I have a sales rep from Kinetico that is coming over to test the water and give me an estimate....but after going through this forum I'm thinking of going the DIY route and installing one on my own. I'm trying to find dealers from Canada...but perhaps some could be recommended? A few popped up.. Aquatell, Pelican, Hague, Culligan (which I was told to stay away due to proprietary heads...)
I've yet to find a local Clack dealer in my area (Ottawa Ontario) and was strongly considering a Fleck 7000sxt....but wanted some recommendations if possible for the optimum system... I'm thinking 48000 grains, but want to have something that I can grow into.
We have a 1.5 bath house, but in the future want to go to 2 full baths. 2 adults and a child, but want more...so I dont want to have to change the system in 4-5 years if another one or 2 add to the family..
I plan on digging a dry well for the backwash as I can't send it in the septic system as it did show a small saturation and don't want to kill it yet. I also want a system that will not be going through salt like crazy.
Any feedback you can provide me would be appreciated. Let me know if I forgot to provide some info.
Thanks
Dominic