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A seven-step plan landlords can follow to protect rental properties from hard water damage. If you manage rental units in the Twin Cities, hard water damage protection is not optional. Minnesota's average statewide water hardness is 278.3 PPM, classified as very hard, according to USGS Water Quality Portal. That mineral load eats water heaters, clogs […]
Follow these steps to test water hardness at home and decide if your softener still works. Your water softener is 12 or 15 years old. Maybe it still runs. Maybe it just started leaking on the basement floor, or the salt in the tank has not gone down in weeks. Before you decide whether to […]
A side-by-side look at how hard water and soft water compare across the key deciding factors in this guide. If you own a home in Minneapolis, you are living with hard water or soft water, and the hard water vs soft water question comes down to what you are willing to pay for and what […]
These are the seven warning signs a water softener is failing, as covered in this guide. Most water softeners do not die overnight. They fade. The signs your water softener is failing show up months before the unit quits for good, and if you catch them early, you can plan a replacement on your own […]
Follow these steps in order to stop the leak, find its source, and decide on repair or replacement. It is 9pm, there is water on your basement floor, and you need two answers fast: is the softener the problem, and can it wait until morning. When you need to diagnose a water softener leak, most […]
The three-number math this guide uses to estimate how often a water softener should regenerate. If your softener is 15 years old and you can't remember the last time anyone checked its settings, the question of how often a water softener undergoes regeneration and at what frequency matters more than you might think. Regenerate too […]
Follow these steps to find and stop the most common water softener leak locations. Water on the floor at 9pm, and the softener is the first suspect. Before you panic, know this: most water softener leak locations come down to three spots, the brine tank, the control valve on top of the resin tank, and […]
A step-by-step maintenance schedule for keeping a water softener running in Minneapolis’s hard water. If you just moved to Minneapolis, or your softener is old enough to drive, this water softener maintenance checklist gives you a schedule you can actually follow. Twin Cities water is hard. According to HomeWater 101, the metro draws mineral-heavy water […]
Installed cost estimates for salt-based softeners and salt-free conditioners in the Minneapolis metro, per this guide. If you are pricing water treatment for a Minneapolis home, the first fork in the road is deciding between a salt-based softener vs. salt-free conditioner. The two systems cost different amounts up front, cost different amounts to run, and, […]
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