Do It Myself
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I have done a bunch of reading on this forum but I am wondering if my house size and having forced hot water heating impacts the size system I need.
My wife had Culligan over the other day to diagnose our water softener. The head would get stuck during cycles and it's 25 years old. He said it wasn't worth rebuilding or replacing the head as the media needs replacing also. $850 to replace media. He put the tank on bypass as the media was making our water worse.
House is:
-5600 sq. feet
-forced hot water with on demand hot water furnace
-2 full baths
-2 people
-1 inch pipe
-washer, dishwasher, 5 sinks
-hardness <4
-sinks, tubs, toilets and close turn yellow quickly
I'm thinking the Fleck 7000SXT with 48k grain but the 5600SXT may be ok also.
I have attached a photo of what I currently have. The previous owner said he installed a two phase tank because it was on sale and cheaper than a single chamber tank. I'm looking for a single take and Culligan man recommended the same. I haven't received written quote from Culligan yet and I can't remember which size Culligan he recommended but it was $2,100 installed. He did do a bunch of tests including gph.
Thanks in advance for the help.
My wife had Culligan over the other day to diagnose our water softener. The head would get stuck during cycles and it's 25 years old. He said it wasn't worth rebuilding or replacing the head as the media needs replacing also. $850 to replace media. He put the tank on bypass as the media was making our water worse.
House is:
-5600 sq. feet
-forced hot water with on demand hot water furnace
-2 full baths
-2 people
-1 inch pipe
-washer, dishwasher, 5 sinks
-hardness <4
-sinks, tubs, toilets and close turn yellow quickly
I'm thinking the Fleck 7000SXT with 48k grain but the 5600SXT may be ok also.
I have attached a photo of what I currently have. The previous owner said he installed a two phase tank because it was on sale and cheaper than a single chamber tank. I'm looking for a single take and Culligan man recommended the same. I haven't received written quote from Culligan yet and I can't remember which size Culligan he recommended but it was $2,100 installed. He did do a bunch of tests including gph.
Thanks in advance for the help.