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I would expect a 6 inch well casing to be about 6.6 inches OD. If you have over 3 inches or more intact pipe sticking up out of the concrete, I expect you could trim the top even, and put a connector fitting atop the PVC. Then another piece of 6 inch schedule 40 PVC would glue into that. But...

Did you clean the brine tank? There are some flex connector lines that are woven stainless steel over rubber. The rubber decomposes, making black stuff, which may seem a bit oily when you rub the black particles. These connectors can be to and from the water heater.

A backwashing filter before the softener can be aimed at different things. Simplest would be to remove sediment. It could be to remove odors (H2S). It could be to remove manganese (your most irritating contaminant listed in your test). That has a taste. But softeners can remove that. Same for...

What is the original media? What is the purpose of that backwashing filter? Looking at your test report, those are things that I think a softener should be able to deal with. Are you having symptoms when the filter and softener are not bypassed, and if so, what?

Drain flies normally stay on their own side of the traps, so unless you are pulling a toilet or removing a trap, you may never see them. If you think you have them, and you don't have open plumbing, you may have fruit flies. I think they have benefits...

1. A two-bowl sink often only needs one trap. 2. You may be able to feed that trap over to under the left part of the window. Need a picture? I don't know how long a 1.5 or 2 inch trap arm is allowed to be in WI.

1. A two-bowl sink often only needs one trap. 2. You may be able to feed that trap over to under the left part of the window. Need a picture? I don't know how long a 1.5 or 2 inch trap arm is allowed to be in WI. 3. If you will have a disposal, putting that under the right bowl may be best.

Descale a WH? Not sure. I added some phosphoric acid to try to delime some. But I have no measure of how successful that was. I did get some colors to rinse out. I have wondered if you could put a pressure washer wand in thru an open nipple or full port valve into the bottom of the WH, and...

Non-electrics have fewer thing to go wrong. I went with the https://www.homedepot.com/p/Brondell-FreshSpa-Comfort-Ambient-Temperature-Non-Electric-Bidet-Attachment-in-White-FSR-15/312808256 because it was in stock. Cold only. There are others that have you tap into the hot line of the nearby...

I was thinking 9.2.10 -- restrictor combined with aerator. If you inspect that part, is there a little o-ring captured in there? If you omit that part temporarily, what happens?

I think a partial clog DOWN the line is probably the cause. I don't think the problem is either disposal. I am not a plumber. For your photo to be attached, maximim size is 900 pixels either way, and 200 kBytes size. Somebody might help you shrink one of your photos, or post on a different...

That pictured device would be a crown vent. The Rectorseal magic trap is similar without the crown vent thing. https://rectorseal.com/magic-trap-kit/

Softener drain line is not limited to downhill before the air gap and trap. You could probably bring the drain line up to a standpipe on the floor above. Air gap, and then standpipe.

1. Was this drawing what was given to the plumber? 2. What does 4'-1/2" on the left refer to?

In schedule 40 size PVC drain pipe, there is foam core which is most often used. Solid dual rated PVC is stronger but costs a little more... or a lot more, depending on how much you are buying. Schedule 40 is a size. I don't know if all of the ABS pipe is schedule 40 size, or has additional...