Don Roberts
New Member
Hi all,
Been following a bit, and figured i'd drop a post for some advice. It's been a while since i've looked around for water softener's after we got ours installed 8 years ago. Here we are again though and have been having issues with our unit etc.
8 years ago we had a salesman friend of the family who came and installed a system, at the time I wasn't too knowledgable but I knew things like I wanted a Fleck, etc. Since that install, water pressure was bad, but then over the last 8 years, it got worse and worse, until now our system has died (bad board). On inspection it is a Fleck 7000, which is a discontinued model. I found a site from here, which has a Fleck 5810 to replace it with, etc, but I know i'm going to need to also replace media, resin all that good stuff because of the water pressure loss for years... also we always had bubbles in the line since day 1 that never went away.
We're on city water, with pretty high chlorine levels, and hard water, but I haven't tested the water since 8-10 years ago and really don't remember what it was at.
My question and dilemma, since i'm having to replace media, valve, etc, is should I go with something else?
We also have a Reverse Osmosis under the sink which we've typically paid to have filters replaced, etc, which get expensive. I've read about whole house carbon, should we go this route?
We had a plumber come out, but in turn he wanted to just sell us a Puronics system for $4,000, and I really don't wanna go for something that pricey. Should I replace the fleck, and then learn how to replace the resin and such? Should I go water test and rebuild from scratch? Is our Reverse osmosis necessary and should we go some other route? All in all just looking for some advice.
Thanks in Advance,
Don
Been following a bit, and figured i'd drop a post for some advice. It's been a while since i've looked around for water softener's after we got ours installed 8 years ago. Here we are again though and have been having issues with our unit etc.
8 years ago we had a salesman friend of the family who came and installed a system, at the time I wasn't too knowledgable but I knew things like I wanted a Fleck, etc. Since that install, water pressure was bad, but then over the last 8 years, it got worse and worse, until now our system has died (bad board). On inspection it is a Fleck 7000, which is a discontinued model. I found a site from here, which has a Fleck 5810 to replace it with, etc, but I know i'm going to need to also replace media, resin all that good stuff because of the water pressure loss for years... also we always had bubbles in the line since day 1 that never went away.
We're on city water, with pretty high chlorine levels, and hard water, but I haven't tested the water since 8-10 years ago and really don't remember what it was at.
My question and dilemma, since i'm having to replace media, valve, etc, is should I go with something else?
We also have a Reverse Osmosis under the sink which we've typically paid to have filters replaced, etc, which get expensive. I've read about whole house carbon, should we go this route?
We had a plumber come out, but in turn he wanted to just sell us a Puronics system for $4,000, and I really don't wanna go for something that pricey. Should I replace the fleck, and then learn how to replace the resin and such? Should I go water test and rebuild from scratch? Is our Reverse osmosis necessary and should we go some other route? All in all just looking for some advice.
Thanks in Advance,
Don