Although the hardness level of the tap water in the City of Edmonton and surrounding areas isn’t considered unusual or high by their province’s standards, at 9.6 gpg or 165 mg/L, it is still moderately hard. This makes it crucial to protect your home by investing in plumbing maintenance and water treatment services such as water softener installation.
Edmonton residents should call a professional plumber to handle the installation process and ensure no plumbing issues arise from their new water softener installation.
Edmonton plumbing professionals on our team are well-versed in water treatment system installation and will do their utmost to ensure you have a safe water supply following your water softener installation.
A water softener system will last around 10 to 15 years before it needs to be replaced. But this all depends on whether you invest in the proper upkeep of your plumbing system. Routine maintenance and annual inspections are highly recommended. However, you may find that even with proper maintenance, you may require occasional water softener repairs.
Here are some common telltale signs that call for a water softener repair:
- Change in taste or texture in your freshwater
- Limescale buildup in your water appliances
- White crust around faucets
- Yellowish stains around plumbing fixtures, including drains and faucets
- Lower water pressure
- Watermarks on dishes and cutlery
- Soap is not lathering
- Clothes feel drab, scratchy, and fading
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Edmonton Water Softener Installation: Types of Water Treatment Systems We Install
Depending on your plumbing needs and the type of plumbing system you have in your home, our plumbers may recommend different types of systems for your water softener installation. Edmonton homeowners can rest assured that our team can expertly install many different types of systems, including filtration systems:
- Reverse Osmosis: This system refines liquid via a semipermeable membrane and reduces hard minerals, including calcium and magnesium, providing you with clean sodium-free drinking water following your water softener installation. Edmonton homeowners will find that the great aspect of a reverse osmosis system is that it filters the most contaminants and provides better quality drinking water. The only downsides to these units are that they require annual filter replacement, and they waste some water during the purification process. They may not be the most eco-friendly option for some homeowners.
- Sodium-Free Softeners: Also known as salt-free softeners, these softeners are similar to conventional softeners, using potassium to regenerate rather than sodium. Otherwise these softeners are essentially the same as conventional units. Keep in mind that the potassium is approximately 5 times the price of salt.
- Combination Units: These units consist of two tanks, with one tank normally full of carbon to remove chlorine / chloramine as well as other contaminants, and the second tank is the softener. Removing chlorine from the water can really improve the taste and is also allows rubber seals in your fixtures to last much longer.
Types of Components Used in Water Softener Installation
Edmonton homeowners may be surprised to discover that three main mechanisms altogether form the basic water softener system and remove hard mineral deposits from their home’s freshwater supply, redirect the flow of water, and at times, even clean the system itself through a built-in regeneration process. Although our expert plumber cannot make these components more effective than they already are, they provide the basics for your water softener installation. The units consist of:
- Control Valve: This serves as an automatic gateway of sorts that controls the flow of liquid into and out of the resin tank. After the resin beads have been filled to their brim and exhausted by absorbing calcium and magnesium, it will launch the regeneration cycle following your Edmonton water softener installation.
- Resin Tank: Your freshwater will also roll through the resin tank. This is a standard part of any water softener system as it contains a bed of negatively charged resin beads. This will counteract the hard mineral deposits within the hard water, which are positively charged, thereby trapping the hardness onto the resin beads.
- Brine Tank: The regeneration process takes place in this component. The system tank generally contains a concentrated salt solution, which fills the resin tank through the control valve after the resin beads have been saturated. Because sodium has a negative charge, the overall goal is to restore the freshness of the resin beads. This way, both calcium and magnesium, which again are positively charged, are attracted and attached to them once more.
Choose Mr. Rooter Plumbing for Water Softener Installation: Edmonton
As a locally owned and operated business, the team at Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Edmonton takes pride in serving Edmonton and other communities in the Edmonton area, such as Sherwood Park or St. Albert, with superior plumbing services and products, quality workmanship, and an outstanding commitment to customer satisfaction, whether you contact us for draining cleaning, water heater repair, or water softener installation.
Edmonton plumbers on our team always strive to actively listen to our customer's pain points and offer reliable solutions for their plumbing issues, as our experienced team members are well-equipped with the skills, tactics, and know-how to resolve them effectively and efficiently.
Our professional plumbers always show up unified and prompt and even accommodate your busy schedules, especially our 7 days per week emergency services. We always clean up after ourselves after a work shift and dispose of the rubble at the proper facilities.
Whether it’s a complex plumbing repair or a routine water softener installation, Edmonton residents can trust us to get the job done right. In fact, it’s our Neighbourly Done Right Promise.
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