Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Thunder and lightning, and rainy like crazy here now. Strange. Hopefully put out our wild fires.

Same here this evening. The good news is my new door is sealed like a sieve.

[Sapphireho]

Supposed to be a beautiful 85° day today.

Well, I made it to 60.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Supposed to be a beautiful 85° day today.

Well, I made it to 60.

Happy birthday?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Well, I made it to 60.

Sweet action.

[spcmafia]

Home owners; Water Softener or Water Conditioner. I have a water well and the piping is PEX.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

Home owners; Water Softener or Water Conditioner. I have a water well and the piping is PEX.

I don't have a well, but I have tons a friends and family that do. It depends entirely on your water and what issue you are trying to resolve as a conditioner and softener do different things. My uncle uses both at his house as he has a softener for hard water and it smells like sulfur really bad without the conditioner.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

Home owners; Water Softener or Water Conditioner. I have a water well and the piping is PEX.

Lol, this reminds me of one of those threads newbs start that ask "should I go turbo or supercharger" with no details.

My parents had a softener for their well, but I've never had either, just town water.

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I don't have a well, but I have tons a friends and family that do. It depends entirely on your water and what issue you are trying to resolve as a conditioner and softener do different things. My uncle uses both at his house as he has a softener for hard water and it smells like sulfur really bad without the conditioner.

Originally Posted by Spuds

Lol, this reminds me of one of those threads newbs start that ask "should I go turbo or supercharger" with no details.

My parents had a softener for their well, but I've never had either, just town water.

So, where I live, all houses have some sort of well and use a septic for waste water. Generally well water is great because it is naturally filtered, but it can be chemically hard, which is our issue. It leaves red gunk stains over long periods of time. It doesn't smell, which is good, just hard.


The overall goal I want to achieve is to install a filtration-Conditioner/Softener system between the water pump line and the water heater. That way the showers, sink, washers, fridge can benefit from it.



So I was just curious if anyone else out here has a well system and if they recommend either a filter-conditioner or filter-softener, as you cannot use both conditioner and softener at the same time, or so I have read.

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Lol, this reminds me of one of those threads newbs start that ask "should I go turbo or supercharger" with no details.

My parents had a softener for their well, but I've never had either, just town water.

TBF this is my first home lol, so Im definitely a newb when it comes to home projects.

The biggest DIY I've done is replace the toilet float and paint the whole house.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

Home owners; Water Softener or Water Conditioner. I have a water well and the piping is PEX.

Softener

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

TBF this is my first home lol, so Im definitely a newb when it comes to home projects.

The biggest DIY I've done is replace the toilet float and paint the whole house.

Welcome to the adulthood, I wish this kind of stuff was better taught in schools

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

TBF this is my first home lol, so Im definitely a newb when it comes to home projects.

The biggest DIY I've done is replace the toilet float and paint the whole house.

I'm on my second house and I'm still a newb lol.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

So, where I live, all houses have some sort of well and use a septic for waste water. Generally well water is great because it is naturally filtered, but it can be chemically hard, which is our issue. It leaves red gunk stains over long periods of time. It doesn't smell, which is good, just hard.


The overall goal I want to achieve is to install a filtration-Conditioner/Softener system between the water pump line and the water heater. That way the showers, sink, washers, fridge can benefit from it.



So I was just curious if anyone else out here has a well system and if they recommend either a filter-conditioner or filter-softener, as you cannot use both conditioner and softener at the same time, or so I have read.

Have you tried one of the well water test kits? Most everyone I know that has a well has a softener over here at minimum except one guy I work with, he just has a conditioner and doesn't have hard water issues. Maybe my uncle doesn't have a conditioner and a softener, but he for sure has a softener and some other crazy filtration setup. I know he paid a lot of money for it to make his coffee taste normal. .

[Spuds]

Every time my customer says something stupid and stops me from helping them out of the mess they made, I am going to add an extra hour to my time sheet.

No, I'm not, but I really want to make that a rule.