Whole-home water softeners and filtration
A whole-home system treats water where it comes into the house, so every tap, shower and appliance gets the same water. This is the equipment that deals with hard water and chlorine.
Five systems
Standard Whole-Home Softener + Filtration
48,000 grains. Softening and chlorine filtration in a single tank.
Handles the two things almost every home around here has going on at once.
Hardness that scales up your pipes and water heater, and chlorine that you can taste and smell. One tank, one valve, and the install is free.
Best for: Most three- and four-bedroom homes on city water
XL Whole-Home Softener + Filtration
64,000 grains. The same system, with more between cleanings.
The hardware is identical to the Standard. The difference is real capacity, not a trim level.
It’s for bigger houses, more people, or water hard enough that a 48,000-grain system would be cleaning itself more often than you would want.
Best for: Larger homes, bigger households, or harder water
96,000 grains
Dual Tank — City Water
Our largest system. A carbon tank that cleans itself.
Two tanks instead of one, running off a single control valve.
A dedicated softening tank and a dedicated carbon tank, so neither one is sharing space with the other and each does its own job properly. The carbon tank cleans itself.
Best for: Large homes, heavy usage, or water you can smell the chlorine in
Dual Tank — Well Water
Built for iron, sulfur, and the rotten-egg smell.
Well water is its own problem. A city-water system does nothing for it.
A softening tank paired with a filtration tank, for the three things well water does to a house: the orange staining in the toilet tank, the metallic taste, and the rotten-egg smell. Each tank gets its own control valve.
Best for: Homes on a private well — common across Geauga, Portage and Medina
Salt-Free Water Conditioner
No salt, no drain, no maintenance — and the minerals stay in the water.
A conditioner, not a softener. The difference is worth being straight about.
It keeps hardness minerals from sticking to your pipes, water heater and fixtures, so you get the scale protection without adding any salt to your water. The trade-off: it prevents scale, it doesn’t remove hardness. You won’t get the slick, soap-rinses-clean feel a softener gives you.
Best for: Households avoiding salt, or homes with no drain
What a whole-house system does
It protects the expensive things
Water heaters, dishwashers, washers and the pipes themselves. The scale builds for years before anything fails.
You notice it in the shower first
Soap actually rinses off in soft water. Most people feel it within the first week.
Chlorine goes at the same time
Softening and coconut-shell carbon in one tank. You keep the utility-room space.
Hard water questions
How do I know if I have hard water?
Look at your shower door and your kettle. White chalky film that comes back after you clean it’s the giveaway. Soap that won’t lather, spotty glasses and stiff towels are the others. A test tells you how much, which decides the size of the equipment.
Do I need a water softener?
Only if it’s hard enough to be doing damage. Plenty of homes on city water here aren’t. We test first and tell you, even when the answer is no. On a well it’s far more likely to be yes.
Is hard water bad for you?
No. The minerals in it are the same ones in bottled mineral water. What it damages is your plumbing, your water heater and your appliances. It’s a maintenance problem, not a health one, and anybody who says otherwise is selling something.
Is city water hard here?
It depends on the town, and the difference is bigger than people expect. Akron runs moderate. Barberton runs very hard. Cleveland Water tells customers a whole-house softener isn’t necessary. We read the report for your address before quoting.
Find out what’s in your water
We test it at your kitchen sink. It takes about half an hour and it’s free. You keep the numbers on paper, and nobody pushes you to buy.
- Free water test
- Free installation
- Lifetime warranty
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