Water softeners

We're getting a water softener next week. A fellow from a local company came by tonight to give us a quote and look at where we wanted to put it. The previous owners had a water softener located outside, which is indeed a little odd. Turns out, from the way the house was built, it is the optimal location for it. I wish I could speak to the previous owners to find out why they did certain things. After our discussion about water softeners, we asked Kevin about Reverse Osmosis water filters. DH discovered the hard way that we have one of those too.

The RO system lives under the kitchen sink and apparently was hooked up to a spigot for drinking water at the sink and a line had been run under the cabinets to the fridge for the water/ice maker. DH discovered a leak in the disconnected RO line to the fridge during his first afternoon at the house; there was a puddle on the floor by the kitchen sink. He determined it was the flex pipe from the RO system that was dripping water. For three months now we've been living with this flex pipe coming out of the cabinet and sitting in the vegetable sink. Along with this, DH discovered that the saddle joint or whatever it is called that takes water from the main cold water line to the RO under the sink also leaks. He turned off the main cold water in August, so I've never had cold water. The water goes from tepid to scalding in a very short time and makes it challenging to make bottles or wash hands.

Now in addition to having the water softener company out next week, I'm going to have to call my new plumber friend and see if he can come out to help fix the leak under the sink so I can finally have cold water.

What a treat it will be to finally have cold water AND brighter whites AND soap that lathers quicker and.....