Kinetico sale on right now at Trail

[codetrap]

Originally posted by G
The rough in is just a builder cash grab. If you find an installer on your own they will do it all for you. Or you can do it yourself if you rent the crimper.

Or you can talk nicely to me and I'll lend you mine. I got tired of renting one and finally bought an interchangeable size one so I'd never have to rent another one.

[benyl]

Ok, I built with Shane homes... so mine is nowhere near as pretty as 89coupe's setup. haha.

So this is how the rough-in should look approximately.

Main waterline comes up from the bottom left.

The first 'T' is for the boiler system with the red shutoff valve.
The second 'T' is to split the cold city water from your softened water.

The next pipe goes to the softener. This was connected to the one above it. I cut that to put the softner in-line. The top most pipe on the left is the cold water for the rest of the house.

The second pipe (from the left) going up with the yellow shutoff is for the kitchen taps. The next is for the exterior cold hose bibs. The next is for the fridge water line. The next is for the cold garage taps.

The red lines are softend and are shut offs for the hot water lines in the garage and the hot water exterior hose bibs (for filling the kiddy pool).



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Here is a fuller view:


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The other angle:


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Brine tank next to the softener from Aquatell:


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Here is the craziness that is the boiler system. 6 Zones. All washroom floors, basement floors and most importantly, the garage floor. It also heats the domestic hot water. The boiler is powerful enough that it provides endless hot water. The 70 gallon storage tank is a bit redundant. It's also 96% efficient as it is a condensing boiler.


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[Sugarphreak]

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[redevil]

Wow that's intense! Just wondering if the floor drain for the water softner is roughed-in under the concrete floor or is it just above the concrete floor placed towards a floor drain with a pipe?

[benyl]

There is a pipe that was roughed in, but I never used it. I needed another $30 - $50 in plumbing supplies and adapters to make a trap, reducers, etc. I just let it drain on the floor.

My two humidifiers, the condensate from the furnaces and from the air conditioner all drain into the floor drain.

[benyl]

Saw this at Costco yesterday. Deal and a half.

[rob the knob]

is this deal?

for all you crazy water guys above, do you work in power fail?

Originally posted by benyl
Saw this at Costco yesterday. Deal and a half.

[benyl]

The only thing that won't work in a power failure is regeneration (unless you have kinetico). the system will continue to soften even with a power failure.

You will probably run out of hot water before you run out of softening capacity as your hot water tank won't work without power either.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by benyl

You will probably run out of hot water before you run out of softening capacity as your hot water tank won't work without power either.

Not everyone has a baller expensive tank though. Mine is a basic old school style gas one, with no elec. connections.

[benyl]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Not everyone has a baller expensive tank though. Mine is a basic old school style gas one, with no elec. connections.

Aren't most pilot lights kept on by electricity? I remember having to light up my parents everytime the power went out. fucking pain in the ass... haha

[blitz]

I think they're piezoelectric igniters. My hot water tank doesn't have an electrical connection.

I might pick up that Costco one. Just got a glass shower door installed and that should help.

[ipeefreely]

Originally posted by benyl


Aren't most pilot lights kept on by electricity? I remember having to light up my parents everytime the power went out. fucking pain in the ass... haha

Mines from 2000; it just has a gas line, chimney and water lines... nice to still have hot water when the power goes out!

I'm not looking forward to when it dies...

PS: Nice setup benyl!

[Sugarphreak]

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[silvercivicsir]

Dumb question, can you drink "soften" water ?? I don't think my house has "seperate" cold water lines for the kitchen, so if I put in a softener, all the water in the house would be soften.

[suntan]

Originally posted by silvercivicsir
Dumb question, can you drink "soften" water ?? I don't think my house has "seperate" cold water lines for the kitchen, so if I put in a softener, all the water in the house would be soften.

Yes, you can drink it. It adds a very slight amount of sodium (10mg per 250ml).

[silvercivicsir]

Originally posted by suntan
Yes, you can drink it. It adds a very slight amount of sodium (10mg per 250ml).

Great thanks for the update !!.. Do you know which Costco had the sale ?? I might try to swing by after work and have a look at the unit.

[suntan]

Sorry, no idea about the Costco water softener. I got mine from aquatell.com (Fleck 5600SXT + 48000grain + dechlorinator). I love it.

[streetdreams]

i might have to get one of the costoc ones also North Haven has really hard water in the winter. I can already notice it now.

[Takemetoothemoo]

What Costco did you see that water softener at?

[blitz]

I just bought one at the NW Costco. I bet it will be at all of them, it's on their website too, although $130 more due to delivery.