We are looking at a whole-house water softener. I called Kinetico after the advice from Razl
here.
A quote with water test results from Kinetico was received today.
Test Results:
Water Hardness - 7gpg (grains of hardness per gallon)
5grains is equal to an aspirin tablet. Your water is in the HARD category on the edge of the VERY HARD category. Over 7 is very hard.
pH - pH is measured from 0-14 with 7 being
normal. Below 7 is acidic and above 7 is akaline. Above is okay but
normal is best. Yours is 7.0 ppm(parts per million). Perfect
Chlorine- is used to treat the water at the
plant but serves no purpose whatsoever in the home. Your chlorine level was 0.2 ppm which barely registers on the test. However, it is enough to give you the odor and affect the taste of your water.
Iron - your iron was less than 0.5 ppm and
which is the least measurable on our test. For all practical purposes you are iron free.
Pressure - your pressure this morning @ 8
a.m. was 40psi. That is on the low side and as we discussed you will need to address this issue. The unit will work between 15 to 125 psi
but it's optimum pressure is between 50 and 75 psi.
TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)- this test
measures the number of TDS in your water. Yours was 180ppm. Dissolved Solids are in-organic substances that are in your water. Salt,
minerals, vocs, etc. An RO (reverse osmosis) system can remove all the TDS in your water as well and any fine sediment and completely remove
any trace residual chlorine. The DWS Plus system has all of the features.
To address the hardness (dissolved rock) and the working water in your new home, and to address the TDS and residual chlorine in the drinking,
cooking, ice, coffee, tea, etc. water, we recommend the following:
Whole house conditioning system - Mach 4040s, OverDrive (carbon) w/ 18x35 brine drum includes initial fill of regenerant (250#), pre-filter kit, mach overdrive control valve, installation, set-up test, running of drain line, labor, parts. $3950.
Drinking, cooking water issue - DWS Plus Deluxe VX QF 3 Gallon includes installation, santization of system, 3 gallon quick flow tank, designer faucet of your choice installed on
sink, drain line installed and set-up test, all parts and labor. $1500
If purchased together - $3950 + $1500= $5450 -$150= $5300
Terms: Half down at purchase and balance due after installation.
Our plumber will install the system so that should knock some off. We will purchase & install all the piping & faucet. What do you think?