We have had a water softener in our house for the last 6 years, and I don't believe it ever worked. So my wife asked me to either fix it or buy another one.
It was an old Kenmore Salt Save 80. It was really good at saving salt. It never used any. So I found troubleshooting help and ordered about $25 worth of parts and tried to fix it. I got the whole thing together, and was testing suction from the brine tank, and there was none.
So I hauled that bad boy to the junk yard and bought a new one.
It was a Beacon Water Systems softener. This is a small family business about 3 blocks away. It was $875 for a demand controlled system with separate brine tank. The owner told me that it would be $375 to install it. I said: "I'll install it myself". The owner then explained to me exactly what I needed to do to install it. He had it set to my water conditions prior to shipment.
I brought it home and installed it. It was pretty painless because I'm generally pretty good at plumbing, and the new "push on" fittings make it a breeze.
Now that the hot water heater tank has cycled I can really feel the difference in the water.
[Ob. Shaving Info]
The first time I whipped up a mug of lather with the new softened water, I almost overflowed the cup, but I wasn't able to easily get it to "peak" like merengue. I'm going to have to learn to adjust the wrist action on my "badger shake" to get the right amount of water in it to re adjust the consistency.
I am really pleased with it.
It was an old Kenmore Salt Save 80. It was really good at saving salt. It never used any. So I found troubleshooting help and ordered about $25 worth of parts and tried to fix it. I got the whole thing together, and was testing suction from the brine tank, and there was none.
So I hauled that bad boy to the junk yard and bought a new one.
It was a Beacon Water Systems softener. This is a small family business about 3 blocks away. It was $875 for a demand controlled system with separate brine tank. The owner told me that it would be $375 to install it. I said: "I'll install it myself". The owner then explained to me exactly what I needed to do to install it. He had it set to my water conditions prior to shipment.
I brought it home and installed it. It was pretty painless because I'm generally pretty good at plumbing, and the new "push on" fittings make it a breeze.
Now that the hot water heater tank has cycled I can really feel the difference in the water.
[Ob. Shaving Info]
The first time I whipped up a mug of lather with the new softened water, I almost overflowed the cup, but I wasn't able to easily get it to "peak" like merengue. I'm going to have to learn to adjust the wrist action on my "badger shake" to get the right amount of water in it to re adjust the consistency.
I am really pleased with it.