How to Install a Whole-House Water Softener

How to Install a Whole-House Water Softener | Ask This Old House

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This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey visits New Jersey to install a water softener. (See below for a shopping list, tools, and steps.)
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Shopping List for Installing a Whole-House Water Softener:
- Water softener
- Solder
- Copper pipe and valves
- 3/8-inch-diameter plastic tubing
- Compress fittings
- Hose clamps
- Air-gap fitting
- Salt
Tools List for Installing a Whole-House Water Softener:
- Tubing cutter
- Soldering iron
Steps for Installing a Whole-House Water Softener:
1. Turn off the water at the meter.
2. Use a tubing cutter to tap into the existing cold-water pipe.
3. Connect the water softener's resin tank to the cold-water pipe by soldering on an assembly of copper pipe and three valves.
4. Run a length of 3/8-inch-diameter plastic tubing from the resin tank to the salt tank; connect each end of the tubing with compress fittings.
5. Use a hose clamp to attach the drain line to the drain elbow on the resin tank.
6. Install an air-gap fitting to the drain that leads to the sewer pipe.
7. Attach the water softener's discharge hose to the air-gap fitting with a hose clamp.
8. Hook the discharge hose from the washing machine onto the air-gap fitting.
9. Fill the salt tank with salt.
10. Turn the water back on.
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@bf5938 Жыл бұрын

Love the opening scene with the husband in the suit awkwardly holding his coffee. 😂😂

@snicks50 Жыл бұрын

LOL he was wondering if he needed to stay home lol?

@Scrapla1 Жыл бұрын

lol I love learning from these videos but also watching the awkward interactions

@snicks50 Жыл бұрын

She could give a guy hard water for sure lmao

@Jabberjaaw 2 жыл бұрын

You're going down to the basement with my wife?... I'm off to work!

@vido4x4 3 жыл бұрын

Richard: I figured out what your problem is . . . Husband: What’s that? Richard: You bought your suit at K-mart

@21boxhead 5 жыл бұрын

1:57 SHE IS THINKING WTF THEY TALKING ABOUT

@joep1739 4 жыл бұрын

2:12 😂

@storrance 4 жыл бұрын

There wasn't enough of a pause for laughter when he said "my pleasure" after being thanked for coming to New Jersey.

@terencef8812 6 жыл бұрын

I feel that’s the first time that guys worn a suit.. ..and acted.

@no-yl3cj 6 жыл бұрын

Terence Floen i thought i was watching a porn intro

@jamesz3846 5 жыл бұрын

he cute tho

@justinbrah627 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesz3846 gay

@brandonmullins5865 3 жыл бұрын

hole show comes across as scripped like most american TV shows

@sbrave 3 жыл бұрын

@@no-yl3cj Right? I tried everything to clean the toilet bowl... Oh, I guess we better have sex, then.

@4our5ive61 3 жыл бұрын

home owner: Thanks you Richard for coming to New Jersey Richard: That is why the bill will be double.

@TheTerminator1919 4 жыл бұрын

His wife totally ignored him haha

@blackhillsoutdoorsman5487 3 жыл бұрын

Honey I'm home from work, what did the water guy say? Honey, it was crazy, he kept talking about how "hard it was" and said my "clothes could be cleaner".... it was messed up!

@daakrolb 2 жыл бұрын

@@blackhillsoutdoorsman5487 and she was worried about something tasting salty.

@AgentOffice 4 ай бұрын

She's too hot

@moshindeiru809 2 жыл бұрын

Man I use to think trades were complicated, but the more I learn about trades the more I see things overlapping and it really just bigger cooler Legos.

@flagfootballhighlights 6 жыл бұрын

"I'm off to work" 0:51 ... crickets

@jamesavery6671 5 жыл бұрын

Plumber proceeds to stiff the wife.

@steveo1574 3 жыл бұрын

lol he's like SEE YAH!!

@8252001Maverick 3 жыл бұрын

LOL off to work! Hilarious 🤣

@claudiot8431 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you guys used your video to install a unit this weekend.

@adamwilkin2510 8 ай бұрын

Richard is the man.

@aprev039 3 жыл бұрын

Richard: You have hard water. Husband: *WHAT’S HARD WAHTER*

@Danielle-nz9tn 10 ай бұрын

It’s funny how they keep thanking him “for coming to New Jersey”!! 😂

@ETOOHUGO 2 жыл бұрын

Wife: " 1:57 wtf is he talking about, just fix my water"

@poeticthoughts06 4 жыл бұрын

Glad he went off to work.

@christianruvalcaba5332 6 жыл бұрын

thank you Richard for coming to New Joysy lol

@KenJamesJr 6 жыл бұрын

That Girl is Gorgeous!

@1Alphaofallalphas 9 ай бұрын

This Old House, a classy classic outfit organization with the right stuff of knowledge in a man's (family) castle!!! Hey @thisoldhouse at home I have a hot water heater with a large 2ft filter prior to the input of the heater. I change the filter every June & December, religiously. Every time my white filter comes out brown. I have tested my house water. The results from a stick method are within normal parameters. Advise?

@JohnSmith-to8lq 2 жыл бұрын

We had Culligan water give us a huge price to install a water softener I ordered one online for half the price of a Culligan unit and installed it myself and had to add salt at least every month

@PhanoftheShow Жыл бұрын

husband looks so handsome in his big boy business suit

@axelfoley1406 10 ай бұрын

With his big boy cup of coffee.

@HowardSantiago-qn4kv 8 жыл бұрын

Water or Woooader

@XzTS-Roostro 8 жыл бұрын

+H Santiago Jersey or JoiZee

@j0nasguy 7 жыл бұрын

1:58....umm do I have to listen to all of this?!?!?!? lol

@DuderofDudeness 6 жыл бұрын

lather up

@robcotnam47 4 жыл бұрын

Could use an update on the status of Pam's "lathering up".

@bbtank3000 2 жыл бұрын

LOL a little freudian slip there. "You be able to lather up....ahem....your DISHES will come out cleaner..."

@bradforddenton6630 Жыл бұрын

How did richard catch them off gaurd in the kitchen?

@user-ty4no7ps6h 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings to you. Do you have an institute or school to teach people this craft? Please reply and thank you for a wonderful job

@allegory7638 6 жыл бұрын

What we can't fix is that your house is still in New Jersey.

@5tonyvvvv 6 жыл бұрын

Forgetabout it!

@flyjarrett 2 жыл бұрын

(Fist pumps)

@MegaJoshie1 6 жыл бұрын

In the UK you’d still need the kitchen tap to be fed by mains water as the water being treated is no longer classed as wholesome/ potable according to many water companies

@timhendley1950 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe they need more fluoride added to your water over there...

@LESLASLESLAS 3 жыл бұрын

I just replaced the softener in my house and plumbed the kitchen faucet water back on the softener. (Previous owners bypassed it, like you’re referring to). We have a water purifier for drinking water and saw no use to run nasty contaminated water through the kitchen faucet. There is barely enough sodium in the water to affect your diet, unless you’re on a low sodium diet.

@oldtwinsna8347 2 жыл бұрын

most newer construction homes have dual inlets for cold water to the kitchen sink for this purpose.

@jamedlock83 2 жыл бұрын

That's why the UK is dumb

@davidchillton1744 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamedlock83 That’s why the UK is a tiny island and the the USA was created

@KakarotytApexlegend 2 жыл бұрын

Watching the first few minutes caught me off guard… the guy in a suit and woman there getting approached by service worker and then the husband leaves… looked like the beginning scene from a porno haha 😂 …. Watched it still and overall good video . And made me laugh a few times lol.

@nashorn07 5 жыл бұрын

How about the lawn, Is the plants, flowers, and grass will kill with this salt water when use? Also, can i use it to my aquarium? Im actually using regular water for my aquarium.

@flybyairplane3528 4 жыл бұрын

Nashorncare Support stop telling lies about water softeners , and for those IDIOTS whom think they will drink SALT WATER NEED TO GROW UP, MY DR tolmy wife NOT TO USE SALT, so she did, have you any idea what happened to her, she damned near DIED with no salt, called 911, her sodium level was 109, W A Y TO LOW, even while we had a SOFTNER, THERE IS ZERO SALT IN THEBDRINKING WATER they loaded her up until it got to 140, now she puts 1 tbst salt in a glass of water., so stop the LIES

@thomasrechenmacher8093 Жыл бұрын

Yes, salt water will kill your plants that is why softeners only treat interior water lines, and not the outside water in hose bibs. I wouldn't use it in a fish tank, but have read you can use deionized (DI) water in an auarium. Also hot tub companies don't like softened water. Be safe :)

@HankBlockOG 3 жыл бұрын

"OOF To WORK"😂😂😂😂😂

@robertmikita5745 4 жыл бұрын

Can you pit in this unit if you have a well pump no basement and crawlspace

@Cynthia_Cantrell 3 жыл бұрын

My softener is in my crawl space. The hard part is getting everything through the 2'x2' square entry hole for the crawl space. Appliances in my crawl space sit on top of paver bricks rather than the dirt floor though. Also, my crawl space is NOT open to the outside. You don't want water appliances in an open crawl space that can get below freezing.

@AxcelGamer97 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, hey! Culligan! That's the water filter company I use.

@genesmay6589 5 жыл бұрын

Some cities don't allow these. It's going to be more than twice a year adding salt at 17 hardness level also.

@GiddieUp20 4 жыл бұрын

Gene Smay I put salt in mine every month lol

@joshtheld 4 жыл бұрын

@@GiddieUp20 Yeah when he said twice a year I was like umm no...I put salt in mine every month also!

@GiddieUp20 4 жыл бұрын

Josh Aguirre iron is so bad where I live I have to put 4 bags a month in it lol. I go through 10lbs a day

@Cynthia_Cantrell 4 жыл бұрын

@@GiddieUp20 If your iron is really that bad then you probably want to look into an iron removal system - the softener wasn't designed for that.

@curts5508 3 жыл бұрын

not necessarily. that brine tank holds 6 bags. that system should use around (depending on water usage) 12 bags of salt per year, so two fills, although it's not recommended to fill the brine tank completely as it can promote salt bridges

@johnsushi2007 3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing to me that they used copper to plumb this in, especially when the laundry is already using PEX. Made for a pretty install though!

@gallihyde 2 жыл бұрын

Doesnt pex cause cancer it really should only be hooked up to toilet lines with a back-flow preventer i would assume

@johnsushi2007 2 жыл бұрын

@@gallihyde Nope, PEX is perfectly safe for potable water. When the lines are new, some residual of MTBE is sometimes detected, but that generally flushes out.

@Lolatyou332 2 жыл бұрын

@@gallihyde I looked up information regarding pex and cancer, it seems like there is only a risk initially and after a period of time it would be cleaned of the chemicals when it was manufactured. So after about 30 days of use there should be no risk, cleaning the pex pipes beforehand with soap would likely also eliminate the risk.

@jamedlock83 2 жыл бұрын

And that's WHY you are not a professional

@johnsushi2007 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamedlock83who are you referring to?

@jamescc2010 7 жыл бұрын

What is typical cost per year?

@mikef6706 5 жыл бұрын

Hello I have a Northstar water softner. The unit will only fill the brine tank for 2 minutes. Ref: 0-100% When the unit reachs 20-25% of the regen I hear a sucking air noise. Like the unit is NOT filling enough water. Brine tank is clean. Any thoughts/suggestions? Thank You

@crazyhass84 5 жыл бұрын

Call a repaur man. This is a u tube video not a service hotline lol

@itzbishop5256 5 жыл бұрын

Depending on the size, it may not need to refill for longer, the sucking sound is a draw cycle sucking up the brine, totally normal

@tracydiller4492 6 жыл бұрын

Great video guys until next time PEACE.

@aaronmerkel5216 3 жыл бұрын

I watch stuff like this and it reminds me how I got screwed by the contractor who remodeled my home and the driveway paving company. I do not trust anyone anymore. I'm getting a water softener installed next week and I am just waiting for the bullshit to happen.

@SF-sl7fi 2 жыл бұрын

Update?

@echoserenade Жыл бұрын

THE worst trying to find a decent contractor that's not gonna rush through the job carelessly

@David-qm8xm 4 жыл бұрын

I have two drain lines coming from my water softener. I have a floor drain near the softener that my condensate line from my ac/heater runs to. Can I tap the two drain lines into this line?

@curts5508 3 жыл бұрын

into s condensate line? no

@chipmhandle Жыл бұрын

You can seprate to a floor drain with a floor drain air gap clamps

@dorothyandrews8872 3 жыл бұрын

I have replaced my softener in my home. I replaced one toilet about a year ago and am finding a ring where the water sits. I redid my main bathroom about 4 yrs ago and no rings in the toilet i am wondering whether the toilet with the ring is actually hooked up to the water softener and that is why I am getting the ring in the bowl? How can I check this?

@sykcobra 2 жыл бұрын

Have someone flush the toilet with the ring while you check the softener to see if its counting water

@WRsdO0djebeuR_WY7bllWqzfmo 6 жыл бұрын

this fake actor couple is too attractive for an home improvement video

@no-yl3cj 6 жыл бұрын

untitled thought i was watching a porn intro

@dovmeisel2445 5 жыл бұрын

you are clearly an idiot. peanut butter and jealous!

@slick9454 5 жыл бұрын

She is a cutie

@thealchemist... 4 жыл бұрын

You'll be able to lather up 🤔

@johnb6014 3 жыл бұрын

because of the minerals in the water you're not able to lather up with soap as easy when you have hard water. Meaning you have to use more soap to get a lather. when you soften the water you get a lot more of a lather when you're using soap in the shower or in a dishwasher and washing machine

@mbe102 8 жыл бұрын

Wish there was a way to do this, and with an inline water filter for my apartment :(.

@colinwoodward4947 6 жыл бұрын

Stadium ARTs h

@trevordoeshalloween5994 5 жыл бұрын

@JulesLilly04 5 жыл бұрын

I have a home built in 1964, can a water softner ve installed?

@curts5508 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely, I'd advise you to find a local treatment professional other than Culligan as repair and maintenance are proprietary to Culligan, making you beholden to them

@bbtank3000 2 күн бұрын

"You're going to be able to lather up...." Yeah, we know what he was thinking.

@bigtredunzo 10 күн бұрын

I'm here for the comments 🤣

@steve87ish 6 жыл бұрын

You can lather up those sweater puppets baby! oh yeah....MEOW>

@rosalindasaludo4513 4 жыл бұрын

i think patrick is from the slap chop commercial

@juancarloslopez8919 6 жыл бұрын

At what level should the salt be in the tank?

@rafon. 5 жыл бұрын

Top

@Cynthia_Cantrell 4 жыл бұрын

I keep mine less than half way full, otherwise salt bridges form and I have to break them up with a poker to get salt back where the water can reach it again.

@moazzemhossain1235 6 жыл бұрын

Can a ro system soft the hard water????

@GGs319 6 жыл бұрын

RO systems are typically installed only at the kitchen sink because you don't need to shower or flush the toilet with "pure" water. Typically speaking, people install a water softener to treat the water that goes on you (shower/dishes/etc.) and install a RO system for the water that goes in you (drinking/cooking.) You can put in a RO system without a softener, however your filters are likely to see more wear.

@oldtwinsna8347 2 жыл бұрын

Whole house RO would be extremely expensive in installation and upkeep, plus take up a lot of space, and waste a lot of water. Hence it is not commonly done.

@thomasrechenmacher8093 Жыл бұрын

@@MrRivethead1001 Our water guy for the kitchen R/O said a unit for entire house would start at 30K , YIKES!!!

@peter_smyth 7 жыл бұрын

How much water is used in regeneration?

@25566 4 жыл бұрын

around 1l for every 2l of clean water

@flybyairplane3528 4 жыл бұрын

# that must be a crappy old system given those figures!

@213gixxer 4 жыл бұрын

I want to come out on the show.(

@darkwaters1010 6 жыл бұрын

Green rings are from copper pipe corrosion, not magnesium or calcium hardwater.

@gallihyde 2 жыл бұрын

Usually the green is an idicator of a high iron content lol whick is what causes corrosion to copper piping. The water softener with absolutely stop the green stain from forming

@alext2963 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of only adding salt twice a year. I stopped selling softeners because a lot of people were going through bags of salt per month!. I do feel sorry for Richard though. He has been though many of the softener installs and always has to act like he knows nothing about how they actually work.

@raymondjr.1080 2 жыл бұрын

Acting at it's best

@derektestorff1900 2 жыл бұрын

That guy really asked "what's hard water?"

@twocentproductions5326 7 жыл бұрын

it's wadda

@cbalano 7 жыл бұрын

will the water softener reduce the max gpm of the water in the house?

@CrazyRoadblockisbae 7 жыл бұрын

cbalano Most likely.

@timhendley1950 5 жыл бұрын

@JM-zu2pd 3 жыл бұрын

He kind of paused on that lathering didn't he?

@RikerLovesWorf Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't you?

@lovetrain442 7 жыл бұрын

Pam is a cutie!! 😀🌹

@itech301 6 жыл бұрын

Literally.

@judahryan 6 жыл бұрын

Plus she is married grow up

@nighthawkj30A4 6 жыл бұрын

tom collins that’s facts

@axelfoley1406 10 ай бұрын

After the husband peaces out, the plumber hands the wife an invoice demanding the deed to the house, on top of the installation cost. After all, the best way to get rid of hard water stains and deposits, is to just dump it, like they did with the toilet.

@AZOffRoadster Жыл бұрын

When I visited relatives with soft water, in the shower I always felt too slick and not yet clean. Now I'm in the midst of a crisis because this house MAY have had a softener in it by design, and because of that, some PEX plumbing is under the garage slab and leaking up thru the hole in the slab and flooding a bedroom instead of just going up into the attic and being noticed immediately.. I might have noticed sooner, but most of the water was soaked up by my vinyl collection, audio equipment, camping gear, boxes, etc. Storage room. At least it's PEX. Could be much worse, right? No. Property manager is considering this whole screwed up system. Laundry room hot on right. Ice maker might be hot, also. The plumbing could have been extremely simple and all contained it the attic, straight down the centerline of the building. Easy peasy, even WITH a softner. Shyt contractor/designer. '95 btw Edit: Forgot part of the story. Most of the water/mold was around the air return duct and got aerosolized and fed back to me constantly since last November at least. Mostly same symptoms as covid.

@massamba1361 5 жыл бұрын

My salt level has been the same for the past 7 to 8months now.. idk what to do.

@jonathanw11 5 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about your softener or your personality?

@curts5508 3 жыл бұрын

you need a water treatment professional to look at it

@Big-Wonka 2 жыл бұрын

So, how is Pam doing nowadays? Asking for a friend.

@geo745don Жыл бұрын

I Want her, Lol

@CloseYetFar 8 жыл бұрын

I would say its Wuda. But seriously, why cant you just use large filters at the water inlet?

@Cynthia_Cantrell 4 жыл бұрын

A regular filter isn't going to stop calcium and magnesium ions. The plastic beads attract these ions and they stick to them, until they're washed away by the salt water.

@JaredStevenson 6 жыл бұрын

HEY CULLIGAN MAN

@TheSlipperyNoodle 3 жыл бұрын

The hot water line sitting the cinder block is bad news.

@pinomarino8917 4 жыл бұрын

So this is what Vince Offer advertises for now.

@fletch5215 3 жыл бұрын

What about power?

@frizzby-x 2 жыл бұрын

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@craftsman89d92 5 жыл бұрын

Is this gonna affect water pressure ??

@sptrader6316 5 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't affect water pressure. The only way you'll notice that it's installed is when it's running. It makes some slight noise occasionally.

@tommack5451 Жыл бұрын

Where is the hot water heater?

@n8mike 5 жыл бұрын

So wait a second here are you telling me that she's gonna water soften her lawn. I thought you're supposed to bypass your outside sprinkler or outside water lines

@TwoTall1988 4 жыл бұрын

If the house wasn't plumbed with this in mind, it's a huge cost to do this. In my house the original owners conditioned both spigots and when I'm done replacing the softener only one of them will be conditioned. To get both of them off the softener I would have to tear up a bunch of dry wall and re-plumb it.

@christophermartin2130 9 ай бұрын

Most homes irrigation systems are on a separate water meter connection.

@robertjohnson9118 3 ай бұрын

I thought that was Monica from Yellowstone at first

@charles-ih7zp 5 жыл бұрын

Did i miss it but i didnt see anything about a water heater.

@3110luigi 5 жыл бұрын

The title doesn't mention a water heater, so...

@nicholasnyholm7505 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know the problem too who wears a suit with no tie

@liamk15 7 жыл бұрын

Warder

@Eric_thedisciple 2 жыл бұрын

That’s his mama house 😂😂

@iPickBadUsrnames 5 жыл бұрын

That guys soldering is far more neat and clean than Richards.

@bg147 8 жыл бұрын

Hmmm. As a kid, I know we had the hard water running to the sink. I assume it bypassed the softener while all other water flowed through the softener.

@youdagoob 7 жыл бұрын

You are correct. In my last house I installed a softener bypassing the kitchen-sink-cold and outside faucet runs. Why would you want to drink salt water or use salt water to sprinkle your lawn and garden? And no, softened water doesn't "taste the same" as stated in the video. It's salty.

@GGs319 6 жыл бұрын

if it tasted salty, your equipment was malfunctioning. The taste is a preference, however and some people don't like the taste of soft water.

@geo745don Жыл бұрын

@@youdagoob so won't your Dishes have Residue Since you bypass the Sink, and mess up your faucet with Calcium, Hard water

@darrellbarton5972 11 ай бұрын

Twice a year to add salt? That's a looooooooong time. Pretty sure that was mispoken.

@itzbishop5256 5 жыл бұрын

17 grains is not extremely hard water lmao I work for culligan and in my area extremely hard water is 40+ but cute scheme

@jsixamore 4 жыл бұрын

That softener was massive for 17. People forget you want the resin to backwash at most every two weeks, even that is long.

@chipmhandle Жыл бұрын

I didnt see any bonding clamps to properly ground the copper before the softner to after the softner. Very dangerous without.

@ManWander 8 жыл бұрын

would have been nice if they had left the outside hose connections untreated

@murrys5444 6 жыл бұрын

Wash a vehicle once on a hot day with hard water, and see just how fast water spots show up before you even get a chance to dry it off.

@cajoseph05 5 жыл бұрын

Ha.... I have 41 grains hard water!!

@aidanwoods1490 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm off to work"

@curts5508 3 жыл бұрын

brine line is way too long

@bigpencap 6 жыл бұрын

Wada

@ricardogranados130 4 жыл бұрын

They prolly hit that

@daakrolb 2 жыл бұрын

I think she made the water hard. Because when I saw her, I got…. Uh you know.

@gabecourson5492 2 жыл бұрын

I usually skip this part of the video

@youarehere1251 4 жыл бұрын

So this is a paid advertisement, anyway she is tight.

@youdagoob 7 жыл бұрын

This is overly simplistic. I've seen installations where hot water is softened, and only cold water in bathrooms and laundry. The softener is installed ahead of the hot water heater with branches elsewhere. Also, the kitchen sink facet is often times left hard with a bypass so you are drinking "mineral" water vs. softened water. Water to outside spigots should be hard too, otherwise you'll be watering plants with softened water. Some people wash cars with outside spigots, in which case you may want it soft. And while I know they say the exchange and flush gets rid of the salt... there is some residual sodium.

@XzTS-Roostro 8 жыл бұрын

The location of our house's shut-off valve isn't where it would be, so installing a water softener or whole house water filter is pretty much impossible.

@Icutmetal 5 жыл бұрын

XzTS Why? You don’t have to install it near your water shutoff.

@flybyairplane3528 4 жыл бұрын

XzTS that sounds like a bullshit story, never ever heard of such an excuse

@davidm7824 3 жыл бұрын

yes it does make the water slightly salty, not good for people on a low sodium diet!!! i have a single faucet for cold drinking that has a charcoal filter for chlorine removal, water tastes awesome. the rest of my house is soft water.

@zbsbd 5 жыл бұрын

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@jeffm.8134 Жыл бұрын

When he said “it’s not dangerous to drink the water it’s only cosmetic” that’s entirely not true. The minerals are inorganic and your body has a hard time processing them. My blood calcium level was always high until I stopped dring tap water because of high calcium levels. If it can clog your pipes it can also clog your arteries.

@thomasrechenmacher8093 Жыл бұрын

Best to install an reverse osmosis (R/O) filter system under kitechen sink for drinking or use a salt free water conditioning unit if applicable to your area.

@reidsimonson 3 жыл бұрын

Oh god, this is not how you connect a water softener. Pretty scary, any time a plumber even mentions “hose clamp” immediately kick them out and get a new plumber.

@SF-sl7fi 2 жыл бұрын

So the video is inaccurate???

@reidsimonson 2 жыл бұрын

@@SF-sl7fi don’t use hose clamps on any plumbing.

@aarr1647 2 жыл бұрын

@@reidsimonson Dude, he used a hose clamp on the drain line. Its a line that has no pressure. Nothing wrong with that.

@reidsimonson 2 жыл бұрын

@@aarr1647 no, that isn’t even close to what happened. That said I encourage you to do everything he did in the video. You’re local plumber is going to love you $$$$…..

@bfsgman 5 жыл бұрын

Did anybody else notice that the woman was wearing flats at the beginning of the video and sandals at the end? Seems strange that she would change shoes during the segment.

@genesmay6589 5 жыл бұрын

Most be her basement shoes..lol