Whole-home water softener

Ouch. I grew up with hard water, have hard water and prefer hard water, but I've never seen scale like that. I still say it may be particulate, easily caught by inlet filtration.

And why is is on the outside of plastic tubing?
 
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one piece crank said:
Ouch. I grew up with hard water, have hard water and prefer hard water, but I've never seen scale like that. I still say it may be particulate, easily caught by inlet filtration.

And why is is on the outside of plastic tubing?
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I dunno, i guess it was leaking slightly. Called appliance repair guy because spout had a slow drip and button would sometimes stick. Dudeman made 2 prior trips where he replaced the microswitch in the fridge spout, then the one-way valve inside the fridge before pulling the fridge out to find and replace this. Needless to say i was not happy with Dan Marc Appliance after 3 trips to fix same problem. When i get the water softener, looks like most companies perform a free water test first so i'll find out if particulates are a problem as well and will fix that too if needed. At least my fridge has all new parts now.
 
Finally got @MadisonDan 's guy to the house today. Test came back 7.2ph and 28 grains per gallon (3 is considered "hard water"). Quoted me $1,495 installed with drain to the slop sink. Seem reasonable?
 
gmb3 said:
Finally got @MadisonDan 's guy to the house today. Test came back 7.2ph and 28 grains per gallon (3 is considered "hard water"). Quoted me $1,495 installed with drain to the slop sink. Seem reasonable?
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I can't remember, but I think that;s the ballpark.
 
Santapez said:
Madison is all well water, so yeah it makes sense it's hard water.

If your water stops flowing to your house, sorry I broke something.
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@Santapez , why would you be responsible? Do you work for Madison, the water company, the softener company or Aquatec?
 
gmb3 said:
@Santapez , why would you be responsible? Do you work for Madison, the water company, the softener company or Aquatec?
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Did a lot of the automation controls for the water & wastewater for the town over the years. Madison interestingly does it's own water/wastewater/electric.

I'm joking about being responsible. My stuff works. :)
 
Santapez said:
Did a lot of the automation controls for the water & wastewater for the town over the years. Madison interestingly does it's own water/wastewater/electric.

I'm joking about being responsible. My stuff works. :)
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haha ok nice. Yes, when i moved here i thought it was weird Madison has their own water/electric, billed together monthly. Though last month i got 2 separate bills, hope that stupidity doesn't continue.
 
gmb3 said:
haha ok nice. Yes, when i moved here i thought it was weird Madison has their own water/electric, billed together monthly. Though last month i got 2 separate bills, hope that stupidity doesn't continue.
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If it's any consolation, I've found dealing with the town that they have less waste (both purchasing and labor) than other places I've worked. I don't know if it's actually cheaper/better the way they do things, but they certainly aren't doing a bad job of it.

But then again, just like EVERY other place I work at, they're one minor issue away from the entire system not working.
 
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