Great forum. We've had some issues with dishes coming clean, buildup on shower heads, toilets and some pipes, rust color in the shower and I've started looking into the quality of our water. I've read through a few threads on here so hopefully I have the information you need to help. Here is what we have
2 adults 3 kids
3 showers/baths
4 bathrooms
We have an additional shower/toilet in the basement but they rarely get used.
Our non-lawn watering months it looks like we use between 10,000 gallons and 20,0000 gallons. *This is incorrect. The usage periods were for two months instead of one so we average 12,500 a month including lawn watering months. Late fall and winter months would be about half of that.
City numbers show total hardness as 180 or 10.5
Hach 5B test showed around 239.4 or 14
I also used a H2OOK test from Home Depot and it showed total hardness around the 250 area.
I guess the first question is based on those numbers would you recommend a water softener. Then it seems like the Fleck 5600 is the most recommended model. Based on our water situation do you think that is a good fit? What size would you recommend for our house and family? After that I might have a couple of installation questions.
Thanks!
2 adults 3 kids
3 showers/baths
4 bathrooms
We have an additional shower/toilet in the basement but they rarely get used.
Our non-lawn watering months it looks like we use between 10,000 gallons and 20,0000 gallons. *This is incorrect. The usage periods were for two months instead of one so we average 12,500 a month including lawn watering months. Late fall and winter months would be about half of that.
City numbers show total hardness as 180 or 10.5
Hach 5B test showed around 239.4 or 14
I also used a H2OOK test from Home Depot and it showed total hardness around the 250 area.
I guess the first question is based on those numbers would you recommend a water softener. Then it seems like the Fleck 5600 is the most recommended model. Based on our water situation do you think that is a good fit? What size would you recommend for our house and family? After that I might have a couple of installation questions.
Thanks!
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