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Types of Water Softener Systems: 4 Technologies, What Each One Actually Does, and One to Skip

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Types Of Water Softener Systems

There are four types of water softener systems sold to homeowners. Two of them use ion exchange and genuinely remove hardness minerals, producing water that tests at zero to one GPG. One conditions the water to reduce scale without touching your mineral content or changing your GPG reading at all. The fourth claims to descale … Read more

Water Softener Before Tankless Water Heater: Why Installation Order Determines Whether Your Warranty Is Valid

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Water Softener Installation Tankless Water Heater

Hard water is one of the most common reasons tankless water heaters fail years ahead of schedule, and most major manufacturers will not cover that damage under warranty if you had no softener upstream. The installation order is non-negotiable: the softener must go before the heater, not after. Get that wrong and you are protecting … Read more