Not the most exciting idea for a thread I realize...
I am pretty sure that our 18 year old Ecowater Water Softener is in need of replacement. We had it repaired a few years ago and I do not think it makes sense to spend possibly hundreds of dollars to repair it again considering the age of the unit.
In another thread I documented that we have been having some weird drain issues and at least part of the problem relates back to our water softener. I think the bypass is a big messed up and I theorize that it is pulling water in and maybe pushing it into the drain that our furnace and AC unit discharge into). I think the bypass was somehow pulling hot water from the hot water heater and pushing it into this drain which is probably not designed to take that volume of water.
The solution may well be a new water softener and then possibly a plumbing service or me snaking the drain myself.
Okay so very long winded...
Any newer technology with water treatment in the past better part of two decades I should know about? Guelph has so-so water quality to say the least and the water is very hard. There is a Culligan rep who lives one street away from us and there is one of those The Water Stores here in Guelph who sell water softeners and other water solutions.
Any suggestions or recommendations?
I am pretty sure that our 18 year old Ecowater Water Softener is in need of replacement. We had it repaired a few years ago and I do not think it makes sense to spend possibly hundreds of dollars to repair it again considering the age of the unit.
In another thread I documented that we have been having some weird drain issues and at least part of the problem relates back to our water softener. I think the bypass is a big messed up and I theorize that it is pulling water in and maybe pushing it into the drain that our furnace and AC unit discharge into). I think the bypass was somehow pulling hot water from the hot water heater and pushing it into this drain which is probably not designed to take that volume of water.
The solution may well be a new water softener and then possibly a plumbing service or me snaking the drain myself.
Okay so very long winded...
Any newer technology with water treatment in the past better part of two decades I should know about? Guelph has so-so water quality to say the least and the water is very hard. There is a Culligan rep who lives one street away from us and there is one of those The Water Stores here in Guelph who sell water softeners and other water solutions.
Any suggestions or recommendations?