Westinghouse
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I know there are articles here for oversizing softeners but I have a special situation...
I have an Estate that has a large well that produces a minimum of 75 gpm with a 2" pipe going to the rest of the property.
The pipe goes from well to the carriage house - which has 3 people there. Then it continues on to the main "mansion". This large house has 14 bathrooms, 12 bedrooms. Currently I only have 6 people in there. In the near future, I will turn my house into a B&B and let's just say when open I will have 12-15 people at any one point (and up to 20 people when full). There will be some months where I will have a minimum amount of people - my core 9 people for the whole property
My water hardness is at 12 grains and I have 2mg/l of iron and 2mg/l of sulphur (bacterial), and I have a Manganese issue (unknown amount). While I can set up a small system, this is getting a bit out of my comfort zone so I called in a water company and they recommended doing a Chlorinator, carbon filter to a softener. I originally picked up a dual 3 cu ft. tank system for the softener a couple years ago (not installed) but they told me it's way too small (even if I pump treated water to a 1000 gallon holding tank to await demand). Large systems that will handle 2" supply lines are quite expensive so I was very happy when I found a cheap dual 10 cu ft. tanks with the valves that have 2" fittings (he says that it is set for 300,000 grains). Now after re-thinking this, this MIGHT be WAAAY too large for property - especially in the months when I have minimal occupation in the houses.
I have the pressure and I have the flow to support these big tanks. However if I don't have the water demand during the low months, will extending the regeneration time be detrimental? I'm hoping that I could get away with keeping the 10cu/ft tanks and fill with new resin. What are your thoughts??
I have an Estate that has a large well that produces a minimum of 75 gpm with a 2" pipe going to the rest of the property.
The pipe goes from well to the carriage house - which has 3 people there. Then it continues on to the main "mansion". This large house has 14 bathrooms, 12 bedrooms. Currently I only have 6 people in there. In the near future, I will turn my house into a B&B and let's just say when open I will have 12-15 people at any one point (and up to 20 people when full). There will be some months where I will have a minimum amount of people - my core 9 people for the whole property
My water hardness is at 12 grains and I have 2mg/l of iron and 2mg/l of sulphur (bacterial), and I have a Manganese issue (unknown amount). While I can set up a small system, this is getting a bit out of my comfort zone so I called in a water company and they recommended doing a Chlorinator, carbon filter to a softener. I originally picked up a dual 3 cu ft. tank system for the softener a couple years ago (not installed) but they told me it's way too small (even if I pump treated water to a 1000 gallon holding tank to await demand). Large systems that will handle 2" supply lines are quite expensive so I was very happy when I found a cheap dual 10 cu ft. tanks with the valves that have 2" fittings (he says that it is set for 300,000 grains). Now after re-thinking this, this MIGHT be WAAAY too large for property - especially in the months when I have minimal occupation in the houses.
I have the pressure and I have the flow to support these big tanks. However if I don't have the water demand during the low months, will extending the regeneration time be detrimental? I'm hoping that I could get away with keeping the 10cu/ft tanks and fill with new resin. What are your thoughts??