Whole House Filter advice (any good alternatives to Culligan?)
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Question about whole-house water softeners/filters (servicing)
Comments (1)Question #1... Quality softeners that are sized properly require very little maintenance. Keep enough salt in the brine tank to cover the water and check it every week. Add salt as necessary to keep the water covered. Too much salt in the tank in not as good as just enough. Clean out the brine tank every year and that is pretty much it. As far as "the tank now appears dry", does it usually have water in it? What brand and model softener? A picture would be very helpful. Question #2... the "scale" you mention sounds very much like calcium which is the hardness in your water. If you have a softener and you have scale then the softener is not operating properly. Conventional filters do not remove hardness....See Morewater softener & whole house filter?
Comments (7)Here is the site of the system that you presently have. http://www.lifesourcewater.com/about-lifesource/ For a point of reference, you used the words 'purifier' and 'purfied'. Let's take a look at that: "PURE" used in water treatment is a marketing tool not a technical description. It is used to catch the eyes and ears of the consumer to incite purchase and a false sense of accomplishment. Pure H20 is practically impossible, even in laboratory conditions, to exist on this planet. If it is ever acheived, it will last that way but for the briefest moment only. Don't be misled by marketing tools. Secondly you made the statement:...it is not an RO but rather a water purifier." Well, an RO can far better 'purify' the water than the Lifesource ever can. Hands down, no comparison. The membrane technology removes dissolved solids to slightly larger than the molecule of H20. This is an incredible, albeit, common water treatment. Your statement that you are seeing stains, calcium build up and other evendence of water damage, is testimony that the Lifesource, is no way making your water 'pure'. Would adding a softener to the already installed Lifesource work? Well, that depends. Are you on city or well water? The Lifesource will act as a prefilter to the softener and can be recommended for city water applications but on most well water sources, it may be unnecessary. I would seriously considering learning more about ROs and other factors in water treatment. Just go ahead and ask and someone will get bak with you. Please excuse my wanting to make purifyingly clear a few terms as this is cause for many disappointed consumers. Andy Christensen, CWS-II...See MoreWhole house water filteration system
Comments (5)dunno about that. Look harder at EWS's site and you'll see they sell softeners, just the same as any other company that sells softeners. The hard (forgive the pun) truth is that if you have hard water, an ion exchange softener is the most practical and cost effective way for a homeowner to remove calcium from their water supply. What is hard water? 1-3 grains/gal is slightly hard water, anything over 20 grains is ludicrously hard water. Really, if your water is apt to make soap scum rings on your tub, spot your glasses and dishes and leave white powdery deposits on plumbing fixtures, your water is hard and you need a softener. Here is a link that might be useful: water softener...See MoreCulligan HE vs Kinetico Premier vs Fleck
Comments (35)We just bought a home that had an existing Culligan water softener system installed. We had a technician (and yes, you will be married to a Culligan dealer for ANY issues/repairs/service) come out and check to ensure the equipment worked properly and was at the correct setting for our water & our usage. My husband said the guy was in & out before he knew it. The technician told him the equipment was working fine. He never even checked our water quality which cough, cough I'm not sure why hubby didn't insist it be done. We used to have well water & a very good softener years ago, and we never had the issues we have with using this Culligan system. I taste salt in the water, our faucets all have white scale on them, 3 months into moving here our brand new fridge ice maker doesn't work, toilets are lined with orange, our white laundry is dingy and my daughter & I use tons! of shampoo and soap in the shower and our skin is not soft at all. My husband adjusted the ? I'm not sure what to try to correct, but I'm not even sure he's done it right. Hate to call the technician again and get their $250 charge for nothing. Wish I could remember the brand of the old unit we had. After reading several sites, I am leaning towards the Fleck brand. But, like other readers have stated, it's not about the cost of the unit initially, it's more important to LOVE our water!...See Morehendricus
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