Susanna
New Member
Hi all.
After 9 years in our new build mountain home we had to put in a new stainless steel boiler and tank for our hot water and the radiant floor heating. The original boiler was the wrong one for our 8,200’ elevation and had quit working. It also had a pinhole leak.
We are on well water and septic. We are fortunate that our well is over 400’ down through solid granite. They don’t call them
the Rockies for nothing!
The taste of our water is fine. It’s basically just the 2 of us with occasional company in the summers. 2 1/2 baths. We have indoor plants and have to adjust the ph down for them.
I’ve attached a recent Pentair water test result.
We want to protect the new heater and older appliances from scale. We have scale on faucets and need to scrub toilets with pumice every 2 weeks. A few years ago we attached a Scale Blaster to the pex tubing after the pressure tank and after the 5 micron whole house filter. It may have helped a little bit. Hard to tell.
We are getting way too old to be lugging salt and I really hate the feel of softened water. We are also in a drought and that’s a lot of water to waste. Not to mention the negative effects of salt brine on the septic system. A saltwater softener would sit in a finished mechanical room on a concrete floor that has radiant heat tubes embedded in it so logistically we can’t really discharge the brine outside of the septic tank. Even though we know it would probably be the best scale prevention option, it just isn’t for us.
So we are looking at a TAC system as probably the best option for our situation. Thoughts on other systems are welcome.
As for TAC, we would appreciate recommendations as to best brands and reliability of companies. Seems like companies just want to hard sell their products. One company wanted to sell us everything they make. I know that finding a water treatment specialist is best, but in our neck of the woods that is unlikely.
I’ve always gotten solid, unbiased information from Terry’s forum. Hope you can help.
After 9 years in our new build mountain home we had to put in a new stainless steel boiler and tank for our hot water and the radiant floor heating. The original boiler was the wrong one for our 8,200’ elevation and had quit working. It also had a pinhole leak.
We are on well water and septic. We are fortunate that our well is over 400’ down through solid granite. They don’t call them
The taste of our water is fine. It’s basically just the 2 of us with occasional company in the summers. 2 1/2 baths. We have indoor plants and have to adjust the ph down for them.
I’ve attached a recent Pentair water test result.
We want to protect the new heater and older appliances from scale. We have scale on faucets and need to scrub toilets with pumice every 2 weeks. A few years ago we attached a Scale Blaster to the pex tubing after the pressure tank and after the 5 micron whole house filter. It may have helped a little bit. Hard to tell.
We are getting way too old to be lugging salt and I really hate the feel of softened water. We are also in a drought and that’s a lot of water to waste. Not to mention the negative effects of salt brine on the septic system. A saltwater softener would sit in a finished mechanical room on a concrete floor that has radiant heat tubes embedded in it so logistically we can’t really discharge the brine outside of the septic tank. Even though we know it would probably be the best scale prevention option, it just isn’t for us.
So we are looking at a TAC system as probably the best option for our situation. Thoughts on other systems are welcome.
As for TAC, we would appreciate recommendations as to best brands and reliability of companies. Seems like companies just want to hard sell their products. One company wanted to sell us everything they make. I know that finding a water treatment specialist is best, but in our neck of the woods that is unlikely.
I’ve always gotten solid, unbiased information from Terry’s forum. Hope you can help.
