ChiScouter
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First of all I want to thank you all for the knowlege you are sharing here. I wish I could have figured out what I should do by reading numerous threads, but frankly the more I read the more confused I am getting.
I recently moved in with my mom, she is in her 80's and her health is failing. Her house is in NW Indiana. It is still using the original well and pump from the early 1970's. I installed the larger Waterboss model about 10 to 12 years ago. The reason for the waterboss is it had a favorable review from James Dully who was writing a home improvment column in the paper. I also liked the fact that the waterboss was the only softener advertising a built in sediment filter that flushed itself when the softener cycled. Previously I had a whole house filter ahead of the softener and it had to be replaced often and it built up a lot of iron in it that was a pain to clean out. Several years into the waterboss it was overflowing the brine tank. They sent me out a valve which I replaced, but the water level was always higher than specified in the owners manual. It never overflowed though. The tank on the waterboss is deforming and I fear that it it will crack soon. It doesn't seem to be working as well as it used to. We are getting water spots on the glasses, I am getting black sediment in the toilet, and my mom says the whites arent as white as they used to be. I like the idea of the built in filter, waterboss seems to be the only company advertising as having it. After doing research I have read much bad about the waterboss as well as the other brands sold at the big box stores. I have a undersink charcoal filter for drinking water that improves the taste.
I have taken water samples to 4 different local softener companies including Culligan and Hicks. Everyone of them gives me different numbers from the samples. The highest reading given are 32 hardness and 2.75 iron, the lowest 24 and 1.5. The prices I was quoted ranged from $950 installed to Culligans $1245 installed. Warranties ranged from 3 years parts 1 year labor to cullignan who said their warranty was 10 years parts and labor.
The box stores are selling whole house filters that are self cleaning. Are these even necessary with a softener? I installed a new water heater last summer, it had very bad sulphur odor until I replaced the anode with an aluminum one. I was told by one of the softener companies that I should use 1 bag of iron remover salt every 3 bags, is that a good idea?
Thanks for your patience, sorry if I gave too much info, but I figured the more I give the more accurate any answers may be. Please give me some recomendations on how to proceed.
I recently moved in with my mom, she is in her 80's and her health is failing. Her house is in NW Indiana. It is still using the original well and pump from the early 1970's. I installed the larger Waterboss model about 10 to 12 years ago. The reason for the waterboss is it had a favorable review from James Dully who was writing a home improvment column in the paper. I also liked the fact that the waterboss was the only softener advertising a built in sediment filter that flushed itself when the softener cycled. Previously I had a whole house filter ahead of the softener and it had to be replaced often and it built up a lot of iron in it that was a pain to clean out. Several years into the waterboss it was overflowing the brine tank. They sent me out a valve which I replaced, but the water level was always higher than specified in the owners manual. It never overflowed though. The tank on the waterboss is deforming and I fear that it it will crack soon. It doesn't seem to be working as well as it used to. We are getting water spots on the glasses, I am getting black sediment in the toilet, and my mom says the whites arent as white as they used to be. I like the idea of the built in filter, waterboss seems to be the only company advertising as having it. After doing research I have read much bad about the waterboss as well as the other brands sold at the big box stores. I have a undersink charcoal filter for drinking water that improves the taste.
I have taken water samples to 4 different local softener companies including Culligan and Hicks. Everyone of them gives me different numbers from the samples. The highest reading given are 32 hardness and 2.75 iron, the lowest 24 and 1.5. The prices I was quoted ranged from $950 installed to Culligans $1245 installed. Warranties ranged from 3 years parts 1 year labor to cullignan who said their warranty was 10 years parts and labor.
The box stores are selling whole house filters that are self cleaning. Are these even necessary with a softener? I installed a new water heater last summer, it had very bad sulphur odor until I replaced the anode with an aluminum one. I was told by one of the softener companies that I should use 1 bag of iron remover salt every 3 bags, is that a good idea?
Thanks for your patience, sorry if I gave too much info, but I figured the more I give the more accurate any answers may be. Please give me some recomendations on how to proceed.