FranchisePlr
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I heard about Nuvia $3,500, SoCal Water $2,900, anyone else have any suggestions...
FranchisePlr said:I heard about Nuvia $3,500, SoCal Water $2,900, anyone else have any suggestions...
mms2020 said:Does SoCal Waters's quote include the whole house filter i.e. Big Blue Carbon Filter (http://www.socalwater.com/whole-house-filtration/)?
I am also looking to get the water softener and RO system installed and was quoted similar price. It seems that some people also got the carbon filter installed from SoCal Water in the past. When I asked Scott, he stated that it is not needed in Irvine
FranchisePlr said:I heard about Nuvia $3,500, SoCal Water $2,900, anyone else have any suggestions...
FranchisePlr said:
eyephone said:
FranchisePlr said:
Paris said:eyephone said:
I do think the water softner system is important and worth investing in. A good friend in Turtle Ridge (their house was built in 2002 I believe) did not get a water softner system. The hard water build up caused multiple pipe leaks and it cost them $20k to fix that problem, not including the fixing of the water damage that resulted which was additional $$$ on top of that. After they got a new piping system they joined the Kinetico club. Just something to think about if you will be staying in your home long term.
I don't think hard water is going to cause leaks in houses. Presume the leak was caused by other things. If builders built homes in which the piping couldn't handle SoCal's hard water, then they should be sued for building faulty homes. I don't think that is the case. I do know there has been a number of slab leak issues on newer builds (especially in south orange county)...some people believe that it is due to certain minerals used by the water company. Not certain whether that same issue has existed in Irvine (lots of slab leaks).Paris said:eyephone said:
I do think the water softner system is important and worth investing in. A good friend in Turtle Ridge (their house was built in 2002 I believe) did not get a water softner system. The hard water build up caused multiple pipe leaks and it cost them $20k to fix that problem, not including the fixing of the water damage that resulted which was additional $$$ on top of that. After they got a new piping system they joined the Kinetico club. Just something to think about if you will be staying in your home long term.
Ready2Downsize said:I would never ever ever ever in my life get a place with a flat roof, no matter what anyone tells me about how they have changed.
Bullsback said:I don't think hard water is going to cause leaks in houses. Presume the leak was caused by other things. If builders built homes in which the piping couldn't handle SoCal's hard water, then they should be sued for building faulty homes. I don't think that is the case. I do know there has been a number of slab leak issues on newer builds (especially in south orange county)...some people believe that it is due to certain minerals used by the water company. Not certain whether that same issue has existed in Irvine (lots of slab leaks).Paris said:eyephone said:
I do think the water softner system is important and worth investing in. A good friend in Turtle Ridge (their house was built in 2002 I believe) did not get a water softner system. The hard water build up caused multiple pipe leaks and it cost them $20k to fix that problem, not including the fixing of the water damage that resulted which was additional $$$ on top of that. After they got a new piping system they joined the Kinetico club. Just something to think about if you will be staying in your home long term.
New builds in coto had gotten crushed by these leaks and last I saw there was a lawsuit on the water district in the area regarding the problems.
Yep...that was the stuff.peppy said:Bullsback said:I don't think hard water is going to cause leaks in houses. Presume the leak was caused by other things. If builders built homes in which the piping couldn't handle SoCal's hard water, then they should be sued for building faulty homes. I don't think that is the case. I do know there has been a number of slab leak issues on newer builds (especially in south orange county)...some people believe that it is due to certain minerals used by the water company. Not certain whether that same issue has existed in Irvine (lots of slab leaks).Paris said:eyephone said:
I do think the water softner system is important and worth investing in. A good friend in Turtle Ridge (their house was built in 2002 I believe) did not get a water softner system. The hard water build up caused multiple pipe leaks and it cost them $20k to fix that problem, not including the fixing of the water damage that resulted which was additional $$$ on top of that. After they got a new piping system they joined the Kinetico club. Just something to think about if you will be staying in your home long term.
New builds in coto had gotten crushed by these leaks and last I saw there was a lawsuit on the water district in the area regarding the problems.
Chloramine is the problem - not minerals. It's added to the water supply to make it potable. There's some weak science linking copper pipe failure to presence of chloramine in the water supply. Some say it is used because it is cheaper than chlorine by itself; others claim that it is required to reduce the carcinogenic byproducts of water disinfection. In any case, if this is what you are worried about you need to filter the water coming into your house (not just soften it).
Ready2Downsize said:No. Soon as I saw the first homes with flat roofs my mom's chronic issue with her roof came to mind. Lots of the homeowners in her neighborhood had a pitched roof installed to remedy the problem. My mom kept repairing the roof which I'm sure cost her more in the long run than getting a pitched roof installed (not cheap. The framing is different for a pitched roof).