Hello everyone, great site:
I have been going through the process of getting a water softener for my home and I am at the point where I want to say to heck with it and forget about installing one at all. I have been reading through the posts on this site and I might have a little more understanding on th questions going through my mind, but not a lot. I thought I had made the decision on which softener, Kenmore hybrid elite, which is supposed to have a filter for drinking. But, doing more research the stats say it uses 54 gallons during the generation process. I had thought this unit was efficient, but 54 gallons doesn't seem very efficient to me. I had a plumber come out for an estimate and he said he would put the unit at the well. I mentioned I thought it would go inside and he told me there is not a way to do that. Upon my research people do have them inside, as long there is a loop to hook them up. Which I do not have a loop, this is a mobile home. Are mobile homes able to have the loop hooked up? Of course my well is outside and over my water supply. I am not comfortable having that regeneration junky water going over my water supply. And I also wonder if this unit is okay to go outside, with the digital part? I live in north east Florida and we do get freezing temperatures here, two years ago we were in the upper 20's for 4 straight nights. And we also have extreme heat at times in the summer.
So, plumber #2 has recommended a Fleck, and to be put out behind the house on the outside faucet line and there is an outlet right there, which needs to be fixed, so there's more expense. Anyway, Fleck L5600fm, I have searched for and cannot find. The 5600 with different last letters I have found. It seems this just means 5600 with the fine mesh, but I wondered what type, I asked him the grains were and he said 36,000. But, the step down in his L5600tc no mesh and he said it was 24,000 grains. There is only a $100.00 differnce between the two, does this seem right at only $100. difference? Also, these are not the meter. Are these better to put outside?
I had thought about ordering the softener and installing it myself. As my name says, I tinker around, I have replumed my shower and my other tub faucet. But, I still question if there is more little things that one should know before setting one of these up. Thoughts?
Florida-Well
Parts per million
Hardness 269.8 (grains per gallon of 16)
alcium 82.8-- magnesium 15.3-- iron .62 maybe higher-- manganese0.00-- sodium 16.6-- chloride 16.5-- ph 7.5--total carbonates 5.94-- electrical conductivity .54
Plumber #2 said there is only a small amount of sulfer.
The Kenmore hybrid, sounds great because it has a filter built right in that advertises as a never change filter. This sounds too good to be true because it is close to the same price as their hi capacity softener when they are on sale.
Are they okay outside, if they are, do they need a little building built around them or can I just put a cover it when we get our freezes? Is a resin tank cover a good idea?
Any help thoughts would be great?
Thank you
I have been going through the process of getting a water softener for my home and I am at the point where I want to say to heck with it and forget about installing one at all. I have been reading through the posts on this site and I might have a little more understanding on th questions going through my mind, but not a lot. I thought I had made the decision on which softener, Kenmore hybrid elite, which is supposed to have a filter for drinking. But, doing more research the stats say it uses 54 gallons during the generation process. I had thought this unit was efficient, but 54 gallons doesn't seem very efficient to me. I had a plumber come out for an estimate and he said he would put the unit at the well. I mentioned I thought it would go inside and he told me there is not a way to do that. Upon my research people do have them inside, as long there is a loop to hook them up. Which I do not have a loop, this is a mobile home. Are mobile homes able to have the loop hooked up? Of course my well is outside and over my water supply. I am not comfortable having that regeneration junky water going over my water supply. And I also wonder if this unit is okay to go outside, with the digital part? I live in north east Florida and we do get freezing temperatures here, two years ago we were in the upper 20's for 4 straight nights. And we also have extreme heat at times in the summer.
So, plumber #2 has recommended a Fleck, and to be put out behind the house on the outside faucet line and there is an outlet right there, which needs to be fixed, so there's more expense. Anyway, Fleck L5600fm, I have searched for and cannot find. The 5600 with different last letters I have found. It seems this just means 5600 with the fine mesh, but I wondered what type, I asked him the grains were and he said 36,000. But, the step down in his L5600tc no mesh and he said it was 24,000 grains. There is only a $100.00 differnce between the two, does this seem right at only $100. difference? Also, these are not the meter. Are these better to put outside?
I had thought about ordering the softener and installing it myself. As my name says, I tinker around, I have replumed my shower and my other tub faucet. But, I still question if there is more little things that one should know before setting one of these up. Thoughts?
Florida-Well
Parts per million
Hardness 269.8 (grains per gallon of 16)
alcium 82.8-- magnesium 15.3-- iron .62 maybe higher-- manganese0.00-- sodium 16.6-- chloride 16.5-- ph 7.5--total carbonates 5.94-- electrical conductivity .54
Plumber #2 said there is only a small amount of sulfer.
The Kenmore hybrid, sounds great because it has a filter built right in that advertises as a never change filter. This sounds too good to be true because it is close to the same price as their hi capacity softener when they are on sale.
Are they okay outside, if they are, do they need a little building built around them or can I just put a cover it when we get our freezes? Is a resin tank cover a good idea?
Any help thoughts would be great?
Thank you