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Hi Geofd, Thanks, it's just as a single female resetting a toilet is kind of hard but maybe I'll give it a try.

So starting about a month ago I started noticing that when flushing my upstairs toilet I'll get a sewage smell coming from the bowl area. From what I read it sounds like this could be a few things... 1) bad wax seal....which I don't think would apply to me for several reasons because my toilet...

So I had a company out today to clean my air ducts as I have been finding black stuff coming out of our vents. Well the company also does plumbing work and the guy from the company informed me today that he checked my water softener and said it isn't regenerating. Now I put in a new Fleck 5600...

okay I dug more into the valve on the back side of the wall and it appears as though I have a GOBO faucet? Never even heard of it....is it weird that Delta stems seem to work okay? Are they even in business anymore lol..

do you have any recommendations on where to find either a new set of handles or a whole new trim kit?

Do you think I could spray paint the trim pieces then? I've attached some pics, and one is a part of the packaging of a cartridge I replaced. thanks!

So my tub and shower currently has the 1980's clear cheesy handles and the silver trim pieces finish have been wrecked by some cleaners that I was unaware would eat the finish off them. So I'd like to freshen & update the look of the shower a bit. Question is how do I know what new knobs I can...

I purchased this unit about a year ago and I'm still getting relatively hard water after doing water tests. I tried changing settings on the dial however I'm not exactly sure I did it right. The company I bought it from told me to basically line up the number of people with the hardness...

Camaroderrick I have no idea what you're talking about lol

So redo the PH, hardness and Iron test before the softener? Not to sound dumb but how do I access the water before the softener? Or do I just put the softener into bypass? thanks!

Hey Speedbump- I finally got around to picking up another test kit.. Here are the results: ph: 6.5 total alkalinity:240 total chlorine: 1 total hardness: inbetween 120 and 250 iron: 0 Copper: 0 Nitrate: 1 Nitrite: 0 granted I just noticed now that you said to test the water before the...

speedbump, I'll test the water and let you know! As far as the iron Filter is that a while separate system and is that something that I could possibly install myself, and how much are we looking at in cost? THANKS

Ever since I bought my house about 3 years ago I've had issues with hard water, etc. Originally the house had a Kenmore water softener which from what I've read aren't that great. So I replaced it with a brand new Fleck Ecominder 5600. Well the new model seems to be doing better with the...

So I'm going to order a water softener this week and have it narrowed down to the Fleck 5600 Meter Water Softener and the Fleck 5600 SXT On Demand 32,000 Grain Water Softener. There's about a $40 difference, just wondering if it would be better to have the nonelectronic head? Also is the normal...

Here's a 2nd pic of the pipes coming down the wall.

Speedbump, thanks for again for your advice. One last question, how would I go about plumbing for my new softener, as the new softener is going to be a bit taller as far as I can tell. That was the reason I went with a used Kenmore in the begining was so I wouldn't have to do any new plumbing...

Hi speedbump, which Clack head do you have? Just wondering if anyone has any feedback or opinions on the Fleck 5600 or Clack head? Anyone, Anyone? :)

Hey, so I purchased a water analysis test kit last night and I believe I've gotten to my issue. So even with my water softener I'm still getting very high levels on the Alkalinity test and still between "hard 120 and harder 250" on the hardness test. I believe this also contributes to the fact...

So i bought a house about a year ago and the old softener that was there was dead and filled with a solid block of salt, boy was that fun to get out of the house. Anyway, it became obvious very quickly that our water is very hard and that I would need to replace the softener. So since I had just...

And just for the record, I'm a female ;) So one more question. the one cartridge i bought was a Danco product, the 2nd I got off Amazon because it was a lot cheaper. However I've noticed the Amazon cartridge turns a lot harder than the Danco replacement, it works fine doesn't leak or anything...