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Years ago, when I had my water checked and it came in, I think, at 11 grains of hardness.. In fact I've had to replace my water heater in under 5 years because the copper was done... Had to fix a few other copper pipes over the years too. Thank God most of the house was done with CPVC. I...

I've been living with hard water, which i like, but i don't like the hard water stains.. Let's say I need a size x softener to fully soften my water... if I only want to reduce by 1/2, should I get a softener thats half the capacity or can most water softener be setup to run at 1/2 its...

I really need a water softener and I've been hesitating for years now because I wasn't sure how to setup a proper drain. I'm on well water, don't want to drain to the septic or sump pump, and the location of the softener will be under ground in a basement with 10ft walls. Not sure if this is...

Here's what I'm wondering.. in my area, you can't have a hot water heater with a plug. It has to be hardwired. The only exception to this is if the water heater came corded with a plug form the factory. And I've never seen a full sized hot water heater that came with a plug. Ok... to the...

I hope someone can answer some questions for, in regards to using a generator that's normally used to power RVs. RVs are setup for 120v, usually 30 amps. They usually use TT-30. Let's say the house has a L14-30 for the connection. Because of this, an adapter (TT-30p to L14-30r) will be...

I have never seen a well pump failure before, but when I check the voltage at the pressure switch, I'm seeing 240 going out... So now I'm guessing it's the pump. My question is, is this something I can replace myself? I think the well is around 200 ft deep. What pump would I need? It's 2...