One system softens every tap in your home, using salt-based ion exchange to remove the calcium and magnesium that cause scale, dry skin, and appliance wear. This is a dedicated softening system, it doesn't include carbon filtration. If chlorine taste and odor are also a concern in your home, pair it with our Carbon Filtration system.
Hard water contains dissolved calcium and magnesium that build up as scale inside pipes, water heaters, and appliances, cutting their lifespan and efficiency over time. It also keeps soap from lathering well, so you use more of it, and leaves spots on dishes, streaks on shower glass, and a dry, filmy feel on skin and hair. Indiana sits largely on limestone bedrock, and most of the state's water registers as hard to very hard. The case for softening isn't dramatic, it's the slow, unglamorous cost of scale adding up year after year.
Private wells across the region vary more than city water, and hardness is often just one of several issues alongside iron or sulfur. We review your actual water source before recommending a system, rather than sizing off a regional average.
One all-in installed price, taxes included, sized to your home. You get that price on the call, once we understand your situation, before any work starts.
A professional local installer connects the system at your main line. Most installs are straightforward utility room, basement, or garage jobs. If your home has a tougher setup, we tell you the adjusted price before any work starts, never after.
Keep salt in the brine tank and check it every few months. Salt is inexpensive and sold at any hardware or grocery store. The system regenerates and cleans itself on a schedule, there's nothing else to do.