Hello all.. I am interested in whole house water conditioning. I have a water softner, but it doesn’t seem to do much at this point. The city I live in has VERY hard water, so I’m kind of doomed from the start. I have called a water conditioning contractor, but they want nearly 5K for there product. Is that worth it? They have a 10 year warranty and a 1 year no-questions-asked return policy. And supposedly the water will be so clean that we can drink it and also want to bottle it because it’s healthier than most bottled water. Any idea’s? The name of the filter system is natures miracle. Any input would be appreciated.
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EXACTLY what in the water needs conditioning?
Get a full test from an independent laboratory.
Then you can start shopping for systems, more importantly parts, that will fix whatever is needed.
Are you on city or well water?
Can't offer much advice without knowing what's wrong with the water. If it's just hard with maybe a dash of iron, a regular softener should do the job. (If yours isn't doing a decent job it may be broken.)
If there's a lot of iron a separate iron removal system may be needed.
If the water is acid then a neutralizer tank may be required.
Sulfur requires a special system.
Taste/odor can be removed with a carbon filter, but whole-house treatment is pretty expensive -- better done with a separate tap at the kitchen sink.
If you're on a well you should get the water tested. If on city water then reputable softener dealers will be able to tell you how the water tests out.
Re "Nature's Miracle":
http://www.betterwaternow.com/scalebuildup.aspx
"The Nature's Miracle Scale Patrolâ„¢ Process utilizes an electronic process that actually de-crystallizes the calcium bicarbonate and magnesium bicarbonate, the minerals that cause scale build up, that are found in hard water,"
That sounds to me like one of the bogus "electronic" water softeners. That and the fact that the web site gives no technical information would make me want to run the other direction.
Our last house had very hard water. The place that tested water for the area was one town over. Maybe you could ask the test place when you get the report? Any good water conditioning companies around here?
I had a local plumber install a water softener but I wasn't very impressed with him. I ended up knowing about as much as he did about the unit.
Being on a well with very hard water with a water softener and a reverse osmosis filtration system for drinking water was a pain in the butt.
I felt like I was running a water plant at times.
We are on our second Water Boss softner and really like it. I got the electronics wet on the first one and it was never the same. It was less than $500 at Menards for the larger size.
I have three water filters,, five if you count the softner and the reverse osmosis system for drinking water.
My town has very good tasting water according to all those who drank water straight from the taps before I put my systems in. However I still buy bottled water from the grocery store because it's better. (tastes better anyway) Most bottled water tastes like my tap water to me, however Perrier and Buhl water has a cleaner more refreshing taste. Now Perrier is horribly expensive,, too expensive for mere mortals like me but the Buhl water costs 89 cents a gallon.