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Old 04-18-2018, 04:22 PM
 
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Anyone experience with Culligan water softener? they bill you monthly and install your Water Softener and send you salt.
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Old 04-19-2018, 07:34 AM
 
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Anyone has water softener in their house? How much did it cost?
Thanks.
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Old 04-19-2018, 07:48 AM
 
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We have a Culligan softener that was here when we moved into the house. The softener had not been used for about 5 years after the house was an unused vacation home. With a one time repair when we moved in it has functioned well. The way I have it set, it back flushes ever three days. The salt cost $6 for a 40 lb bag every three weeks.
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Old 04-20-2018, 10:40 AM
 
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we rented a water softener from Aquatronics, in middlesex, nj. Think the rent is around $25/mo, or you can buy it outright (but the breakeven point it long).

The good side: top quality gear, computer controlled.
The bad side: you have to hire a plumber to install. That can cost a few $$.

I would trust independent treatment companies over anything at Home Depot or Lowes any day. Not sure if you are talking about Culligan directly
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Old 04-23-2018, 11:28 AM
 
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I measured the hardness of the water using this

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

it says I have 7 PGP, which's considered hard, but not very hard, not sure if a softener is really necessary, my plumber quoted me $1200 to have it installed. I think that's a great deal.
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Old 05-16-2018, 09:53 AM
 
Location: New Braunfels, TX
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I measured the hardness of the water using this

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

it says I have 7 PGP, which's considered hard, but not very hard, not sure if a softener is really necessary, my plumber quoted me $1200 to have it installed. I think that's a great deal.
Hmmm.....that one reads in mg/l (or ppm), so if it said 7, you really have NO need for a water softener, since that's less that 1 gpg (grain per gallon). There are three different ways of expressing hardness:

PPM or MG/L - the actual amount of CaCO3 in the water.

GPG - the amount of hardness expressed in grains. One grain = 17.1 ppm (mg/l)

From there, pH comes into play. Lower pH's generally mean less issues with hardness, but you can run into corrosion issues, especially with copper lines - "lower" meaning under about 7.0. Higher pH's tend to accentuate hardness effects - especially over about 7.8.

0-5 gpg - not much to worry about

5-10 gpg - room for SOME concern

10 - 15 gpg - a softener would be worth considering

15+ gpg - soften it

Again - a grain of hardness = 17.1 mg/l CaCO3, so 10 grains is 171 mg/l (ppm).

Hope that helps!
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