Hello All, I have been reviewing threads and learning all that I can in order to make a good decision on which system to install. The devil is in the details so here goes; Family of 4 and sometimes 6 (explanation- 2nd marriage with my current wife and her 2 teens, my 2 teens come to stay with us on wed. and every other weekend) The kids think the shower is an amusement park to linger in. City water w/ a reported hardness (by them) of 22 G/gal. Havent received the written copy yet but will post the iron and other details when it arrives in mail. Based upon all that I have seen here I am considering a Fleck 5600 Econominder Metered Valve and either 48K or 64 K grain capacity. Was wondering about the Fleck Vortech model 48K also. Technical installation questions. How far and how high can I run the discharge drain/tube. the system would be installed in the basement near the entry of the water to the house. The nearest drain avail is on the 1st floor in the washroom approx 40 feet away. Can this drain be run that far and up a level???? Seperating lawn sprinkler water and also drinking/cooking water. I can pretty easily seperate the outside spigots but am unsure of how to splice in an RO system for just the run to the kitchen sink cold and icemaker without opening up a can of worms in terms of having to do a lot of sweating of pipes. No space in kitchen to store a RO system so it would have to be downstairs and that means long runs. Difficult and complicated but not impossible. Any thoughts. Am pretty sure I dont want to use a different salt due to expense over the long haul. What type of RO is most favored here and pros and cons of such????? I'm sure I'm missing things you need to know and such but wanted to get the ball rolling. Wife will be really happy when clothes are clean and dishes dont look like they sat out in the rain for 2 summers after a washing. Thanks to all John

Well, it has happened again. Less than a year ago, our PH balancer was not sealing right and we can hear continueous slow backflush. We tried to fix the problem by changing the seals...unfortunately, no success. We ended up calling the water softener company and they replaced the whole control unit. This morning, the system is in full backflush mode. It is as if the plunger is not pushing into the right place. I tried to manually move the plunger arm but, couldn't budge it. Also, the control unit wires felt very warm. I unplugged the control unit and shut off the water to the PH balancer. Is there a way I can manually move the plunger to position? Should the control bomb less than a year of service?:madhell: