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This is exactly what you asked for if you have schedule 40, but does not elevate things: https://www.supplyhouse.com/Sioux-Chief-875-4P-4-Cleanout-Bushing-w-Plug These would give some elevation: If schedule 40...

Suppose you dig down 12 inches, glue on a coupling, and glue a pipe into the coupling... The pipe would be whatever length you need to set the level.. I would put the cleanout at grade. I would take measurement notes to help me find it later. I painted mine instead of leaving it white.

I don't think so. With plain wax, 1/16 would be enough clearance. Wobbling is not necessary from rocking on the closet flange. If it rocks on the closet flange, you have negative clearance, which is not good. It is normal to need shims to prevent rocking due to toilet bottoms and maybe floors...

What is the hardness? Well water or city water? If city water, the resin may have degraded. You could compensate with the settings, but replacing the resin would restore the capacity.

There is more than one size of 4 inch PVC pipe. If this is 4.500 inch OD, that would be schedule 40. Schedule 40 ID would be 4.026. There are also smaller OD sizes. Removing a glued fitting from schedule 40 pipe is possible, but that takes a special tool and skill. Digging down may be easier.

Yes. That unshielded flex coupling in the area should not have been there, but I would let that ride.

Could have been used as a standpipe for the softener drain. Not a proper standpipe, however.

Yes.

You can. But softeners are nice if you have hard water.

That bottom picture has two red pipes connected to a bypass valve that would have been connected to a water softener or a backwashing filter. Usually red PEX is used for hot water, but not this time.

9 would give better salt efficiency, but would not get the water quite as soft. Worth a try. You would move the white dot to 21.5

Are you sure the leak is not from farther up than the plug? About the height of the O and the ® symbol, assuming the recessed plug is below that. Also, why a recessed plug? Maybe wrap a tissue or paper towel strip or cloth strip a bit above the bottom, and see if that gets wet.

I presume that 4.8 gpm is measured. That looks like a nice rate to me. How old is the media? City water? I think you could set more gallons on the softener. ===================================== ECONOMINDER System info salt lb/cuft = 8.0 ; A choice ( efficiency vs capacity) cubic ft resin...

I had not been aware of the potential need for preventive changing on MOVs. In looking at stuff, it seems to me that the degradation is caused by repeated spikes the MOV deals with. On the other hand, electrolytic degrade with time and temperature. What is the failure mode for aging MOVs? If...

CFM or SCFM is the number that matters-- not PSI. You will not make use of high pressure. Your max pressure would be about 50 psi I would think.