DIY Water Softener Installation Made Easy: Step-by-step Guide

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11 ай бұрын

How to install a Rheem water softener for your whole house.
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@scoot77777 Күн бұрын

Nicely Done! Very educational 🇺🇸🫡✅thank you

@sohailahmad200 2 ай бұрын

What a great tutorial, thank you. Will attempt installing my this weekend!

@jefferymccaleb7536 4 күн бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks

@sojourner842 Ай бұрын

Excellent !!! I have to replace an old unit and I feel like I'm going to be able to do this. Thank you so much.

@LWYOffGridHomestead 11 ай бұрын

Very detailed...great info...thoroughly explained thanks😅

@chrisswofford5757 Ай бұрын

Great video! Not too long but just the right amount of information!

@d.j.robinson9424 11 ай бұрын

Ours is around 14ppm out here in the corn and bean fields of illness of nois. Great video Pete.👍👍💙🌧🙏

@creamconcrete 4 ай бұрын

We just bought a Morton elite Water softener, I would think is about the same than yours, so that the installation should be a piece of cake, thank you for the Video!

@tarakhamvongsa4384 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video! Helped me out!

@eliasa7919 6 ай бұрын

Hello. I think the test strip needs to be dipped into stationary water. Running may have rinsed off the indicator chemical.

@stevewatne7006 6 ай бұрын

Very helpful! Thanks sir!

@ailtoncorreia5628 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a great video

@Willypepe 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video Sr Thank you so mucho

@williamlloyd854 3 ай бұрын

Ok. I have lived with hard water all my 67 yrs. When we travel and hotel has soft water, it seems u can never get the soap off

@danfigac8918 6 ай бұрын

I sample water from wells for a living and 1) the strips could be bad but 2) let your well run for a bit. Those minerals could have fallen out of suspension. You won’t get an accurate reading unless you purge the well

@judyindisquise5883 7 ай бұрын

Great job thanks

@thesrobinson848 Ай бұрын

Amazing video Tysm!!

@francodiaz2534 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you very much. Question, does you water softener came with a floater on the float stem or just a plastic with cap on top of the stem? Thank you again.

@craigpierson7675 6 ай бұрын

Do you need to install an airgap where the brine drains into the laundry drain?

@jakeschisler7525 11 ай бұрын

We had one installed when we first moved in with a new water heater. The water was hard and we could see it in the bathtubs and sinks. Our plumber is very hard to get a hold of, and could never get him to come back. We also had them put in new toilets. They were nasty. A few times the water softener doesn't run and then the water gets hard again. So had another plumber come to fix it. Sometimes I have to set it to recharge myself. With only 2 people in the house it doesn't use much salt. Ours is a North Star.

@ameerbacchus3732 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Im looking to have mine installed in the garage, but I don't have a floor drain. I was thinking to either run the discharge up to the attic, and then over to the laundry box, or to poke it outside the garage and then bury it to the road. Any suggestions?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 11 ай бұрын

It has to drain in a drain or the last tank in an aerobic septic system. It's very high in salt so it will kill all the grass and destroy the concrete if you drain it by the house.

@Addicted_2_Cresties 7 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t it dramatically extend the life of your filtration system if you softened it first? Just wondering.

@SiDPT15 5 ай бұрын

How does the Rheem water softener compare to more expensive ones like Springwell and Culligan? I am interested in buying a Rheem but I don't know how it will fare long term... Can you share your experience?

@dercas79 8 ай бұрын

Just got the same model Rheem today. I don't have a drain option anywhere near my water heater. The condensate drain from the A/C (which is in the same room as the softener) runs from the small collection tank, up into the ceiling, all the way across the basement and then into the floor drain in the laundry room. I'm trying to find out how often the softener recharges and what quantity of brine is discharged during the recharge cycle in order to determine what size container I'll need to have it purge into and how often I'll need to empty it until I can find a better option........but having no luck.

@redpower9165 7 ай бұрын

You need to run that line to a proper drain it has a lot of pressure

@Mr06ahmedw 9 ай бұрын

Hi Pete, great video. I see that you put 3 gallons of water and then the bag of salt, then pulled the lever to put it in service mode. How do you when to stop and put it back into normal drain mode? Also, any way i can get in touch with you to show you photos and best possible location to set up the softner?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 9 ай бұрын

The water softener needs to be in service mode all the time to get softened water. Bypass mode will bypass the water softener and not soften the water. My email is on my About KZfaq page but the best place to put the water softener is where your water first comes into your house and near a drain for the discharge tube to go.

@johndawkins6325 8 ай бұрын

So it water line come in right on top the water heater it that the first water line Pete ?

@SallowDawn 7 ай бұрын

I'm installing my water softener in an unfinished basement. There's a french drain about 20 feet away. Should I plumb my own PVC pipe to that french drain, or should I just use a really long vinyl tubing?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 7 ай бұрын

I think the PVC would look cleaner.

@Phil-D83 6 ай бұрын

I prefer the more traditional 2 tank systems using clack valve

@jonzuber7193 11 ай бұрын

The water softener also extends the lifespan of the domestic water system by 15 to 20 years longer; however make sure your ice maker is connected before the water softener due to the bad taste it causes in your water drinking system.

@petebeasttexashomesteading 11 ай бұрын

We have to connect our water softener before anything because the water would taste like you swallowed iron and dirt. 🤮

@genevelis6075 11 ай бұрын

Pete, Why softener goes after filtration? I would put softener first and then filtration.

@petebeasttexashomesteading 11 ай бұрын

Our filter is also an iron and manganese filter. If I were to put the softener before this filter, it would overwhelm the water softener with iron and manganese.

@genevelis6075 11 ай бұрын

@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thank you. What brand and model of water filter do you have? I think softener is more generic and water filter is bare a heavier load and more multifunctional to filter everything, including minerals. I could be wrong.

@petebeasttexashomesteading 11 ай бұрын

@@genevelis6075 Our water filter is from www.cleanwaterstore.com/iron-and-manganese-filters-for-well-water.html they have manual and automatic backwashing filters of different sizes. Water filters filter out impurities in the water except minerals. Water softeners are not filters but have these small beads that pull minerals out of the water and have to be cleaned or backwashed every so often.

@thecaffeinatedsysadmin 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. How many times do you put bleach?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 7 ай бұрын

Only when new or if it gets contaminated for some reason.

@thecaffeinatedsysadmin 7 ай бұрын

@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thank you for the very quick response! :)

@ZER0o10 3 ай бұрын

Does a waster softner make fridge ice cubes taste weird? Thx

@petebeasttexashomesteading 3 ай бұрын

No it shouldn't

@johndawkins6325 8 ай бұрын

Would you please tell me why you were add 3 gallons of water in the softener before you added salt ?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 8 ай бұрын

Actually I wasn't going to add the water, but the instructions said to add the 3 gallons to the tank.

@ROYKN6WBK 5 ай бұрын

Did you encounter any pressure drop in your plumbing system?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 5 ай бұрын

@Phxdaily 5 ай бұрын

What’s the brand you’re using? Thank you

@petebeasttexashomesteading 5 ай бұрын

It's a Rheem water softener. You can get it at Home Depot.

@ceciliapalmer79 3 ай бұрын

Can a water softener be installed on the outside of the house?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 3 ай бұрын

Yes but it has to be protected from freezing and the elements of the weather, so not recommended.

@emaguigad 7 ай бұрын

Do you need a water filtration system to connect to your water softener?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 7 ай бұрын

It would be a good idea to have a water filter before the softener.

@averageguy1261 4 ай бұрын

How is the Rheem holding up?

@petebeasttexashomesteading 4 ай бұрын

Great 👍

@simonsays6557 11 ай бұрын

The water in my village has a water hardness of 0 or 11 ppm Incredible

@petebeasttexashomesteading 11 ай бұрын

That's incredible 👍

@aaronb8988 11 ай бұрын

My water is so soft that I have to take pills to make it harder.

@petebeasttexashomesteading 11 ай бұрын

😂

@alexgutierrez9699 4 ай бұрын

Can you change the bypass valve to a metal one? I don't have much confidence in those plastic ones

@cinemaipswich4636 7 ай бұрын

Perhaps a filtration system immediately after the "Town Water Tap" is a proper filtration system. Every other belated system is a waste of money.

@user-pc1kp4eo3c 4 ай бұрын

holy shark bite