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What system did you get, and I know it's rude, but what was the cost... Installed.
We had an Ecowater system installed back in 2008 and it was something like $3,200. Also priced Culligan but ended up with the Ecowater system and have had no problems with it.

If you do decide on a whole house water filter system I would offer an opinion of staying away from the door to door water filter sales people. Do not have a lot of faith in those systems.
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If you do decide on a whole house water filter system I would offer an opinion of staying away from the door to door water filter sales people. Do not have a lot of faith in those systems.
I absolutely agree! And the issue is definitely the hard water. We had originally bought a resale where the first owner had spent some $4,000 on--no matter what they called it--a water softener. Outrageous! The last water softener we ever bought and had installed cost under $1,000; that was a number of years ago, so it might be a bit more now. Is there a Sears around here? That would be a good place to price them.
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Back home in NY I have to do the vinegar and Tang thing. Here in TV our glasses come out sparkling clean (I sound like a commercial) Our glass shower doors are clean and no residue on the tiles either.
The previous owner had a water filter installed but took it with her when she moved. We don't have a softener or filter. We use Cascade Complete gel pacs for the washer. A very unscientific way that I judge water hardness is by the amount of suds I get when I wash my hair in the shower. Suds galore! We're in Duval.
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Ditto what philnpat said. Our place is in Duval and we've been very happy with our water quality. No filter, no softener.

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Ditto what philnpat said. Our place is in Duval and we've been very happy with our water quality. No filter, no softener.

Bill

Do you all get water from different places?
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I had a softener in NJ because I had a well. I like the feel of the soft water and the reduced cost of soaps, etc.

I have a softener down here and am very happy. No chlorine taste and everything is clean and I use less soap.

That is my story and I am sticking to it.
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Do you all get water from different places?
The potable water comes from several wells which feed the above ground storage tanks. So the water all comes from the various supply wells but can vary in initial quality given that the wells are in different locations. It would be logical to think that the treatment facilities would all provide equal quality water as an end product but that doesn't seem to be the case based on everybody's feedback.

zcaveman mentioned the chlorine............and that's one thing we notice about our water too is the faint chlorine smell. Forgot to mention that in my prior post. The chlorine smell doesn't really bother us.

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The potable water comes from several wells which feed the above ground storage tanks. So the water all comes from the various supply wells but can vary in initial quality given that the wells are in different locations. It would be logical to think that the treatment facilities would all provide equal quality water as an end product but that doesn't seem to be the case based on everybody's feedback.

zcaveman mentioned the chlorine............and that's one thing we notice about our water too is the faint chlorine smell. Forgot to mention that in my prior post. The chlorine smell doesn't really bother us.

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Angie!

Ruth's hair turned Orange. Mine turned from brown/gray to blond. Had way to much Chlorine in it.

And you use 30 - 50 Gallons of water on the average to shower, That's alot of Chlorine to be exposed to.

Some are more sensitive to it. Seems the ones that are not have more fun jabbing the ones that are?

Bottom line is there is to much Bleach in the water. It's legal but still to much for my taste and health.
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It's my understanding that an ordinary water softener does not remove chlorine from water. A reverse osmosis or carbon filtration unit is needed to properly remove this chemical. Water softeners sold at big box stores and Sears use salt to soften the water. I believe that an additional filtration system would be needed to actually take care of the chlorine issue.
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Correct!

New systems have Internal charcoal filters that also backflush themselfs.

Looking into the Water Boss City. A model sold for that condition. Chlorine.

Any one using this system in the Village. Sears also has a similar system.

I believe Mr. Fixit installed several.

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When I was there for the lifestyle stay.... it bleached my hair three shades lighter. Just sayin.....
You're makin' that up Angie Fox

You sure do look like Barbra though... You are stylin! And you also look like you are too young to live here.

OH the thread. Up in Harmeswood while renting we had film on glasses, no film in Hadley or Laurel Valley.

Different dishwashers? I thought I might be using too much dishwashing soap and it was etching my plastic glasses so I cut back...Who knows?
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It's my understanding that an ordinary water softener does not remove chlorine from water. A reverse osmosis or carbon filtration unit is needed to properly remove this chemical. Water softeners sold at big box stores and Sears use salt to soften the water. I believe that an additional filtration system would be needed to actually take care of the chlorine issue.
I had to turn off my softener for a few weeks due to a medical problem. The chlorine taste and smell returned. When I turned the softener back on, the smell and taste went away so I think my softener removes the chlorine from the water.
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