What Size Water Softener Do I Need For My Home?

"So you need to know what your hardness is coming into your house and how many people live in there?"

- Bobby Crowder, Plumbing Expert

 

Depending on the size of your family you may need a larger or smaller water softener.  Also, the grains of hardness per gallon need to be checked as well.

Check A Pro Joe (Jim Klauck) has asked plumbing expert, Bobby Crowder from The Family Plumber, to join him on this segment of the show.

The question today - "What Size What Softener Do I Need For My Home?"  How to size a water heater for your home?

Check out this episode of The Plumber Podcast to find out more...

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Podcast Episode Transcript: 

What size water softener?
That's a question that we got here at the Check A Pro Radio show.
What size do I need?
You know,
I've got Bobby Crowder on the program with me.
You've heard him here before?
You've seen him here before on the show?
And I'm going to pose this question to him.
And honestly,
I didn't think that there were that many size options.
Hey,
Bobby,
how are you?
Hey,
Joe,
how are you doing?
Great.
All right.
So someone emailed the program and they want to know what's the right size water softener for my home?
How do you figure that out?
Uh It's,
it's basic,
it's,
it's simple,
it's simple for us or whatnot.
So,
like,
uh you've got to know the hardness and you know,
your grains per gallon and how many people are living there and what kind of water usage they're gonna be doing?
So let's say,
let's say their gallons,
their grains per gallon is 10.
You know,
the hardness is 10 at their home.
And if you got one or two people,
you can do a 24.
I don't recommend it.
But,
you know,
technically it should be about a 32.
Now,
if you have 5 to 6 people,
you're gonna go 40 grain.
Now,
remember these will go up once your grains per gallon are higher.
So let's let's do it.
Uh let's say 20 20 grains per gallon.
So now the 3 to 4 people from 32 went to 40 and the 5 to 6 people went from 40 to 48.
Now,
if you go to the 40 you know,
40 grains per gallon,
now you're 1 to 2 people is 48,000 grains,
Your 3-4 people,
about 64,000 grains.
So and then up and then and up.
So you need to know what your hardness is coming into your house and how many people live in there?
That's a good rule of thumb.
That'll kind of get you where you,
you,
you need to be.
So definitely get a hardness test,
see what you want,
you know what your hardness is.
You can buy those at any,
any store.
But you know,
for hardness and then then you how many people live in your home and then you kind of have an idea of what,
what I need or you can visit my website too.
We are softeners will tell you which ones you actually need,
you know,
per family based.
Sure,
it's purely mathematical.
It's based on your hardness and how much volume you're gonna need,
which is usually based on how many people Bobby we're assuming that those people are bathing.
So,
right,
when you say people,
we're talking about clean people who are bathing,
who are using the toilets,
who are using the sinks and so forth.
All of Bobby's information is located in the description of this podcast and he said you can find out more about this on his website and that is listed in the description of this podcast.
Thank you,
Bobby Crowder.
Our little expert here on plumbing.
Thank you.
It's been a pleasure.
Thanks Joe.