We recenty purchased a home. We have found that the water (well water) has alot of iron in it. All the homes in this area have water softners,or conditioners. (Oddly enough the previous owners put up with it.) The water stains clothes and fixtures yellow. It also has a strong metalic taste and a kind of odd sweet metalic odor. I really wouldn't describe it as a rotten egg smell. We are in the process of shopping around for a water conditioning system. Any advice on what to purchase would be greatly appreciated. We have had one test at a plumbing place that had the results as follows. Iron 2, Hardness 6 and Ph at 6.9. One other place had the following. Iron 2, Hardness 8 and Ph at 7. We are having several companies come and test give estimates. We also will be having a new hotwater heater installed at the same time. The names of some of the systems that have been mentioned are as follows. Water Care, Water Right, Kinetico, Addie, and I have also heard of a system called Iron Curtain. The price quotes over the phone have been anywhere from $800. to $24,00. Any advice on what to choose or NOT to choose would be appreciated. Also is Culligan any good? We want to fix the water problem but not over do it with things we don't need. We want to get a quality system with that doesn't cost a fortune to maintain. Thanks, Karen
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20 years ago