Whole-home systems
Standard Whole-Home Softener + Filtration
Softening resin and activated carbon in one tank. Sized to your water and your household on the quote.
It handles the thing almost every house in southeastern Wisconsin has: hardness that scales your pipes, your fixtures and your water heater. Ion-exchange resin under activated coconut-shell carbon, over a polishing gravel base. One tank, one valve, one pass. The ZeroGrain One pairs this tank with the five-stage reverse-osmosis tap, for $3,950 installed.
Best for: most three- and four-bedroom homes, on city water or a low-iron well
Named by model on the quote
What you get
Features
- Sized to your hardness number and household, named by model on your quote
- Ceramic-disc control valve with 72-hour memory backup
- Granular activated coconut-shell carbon over the softening resin
- 10% crosslinked softening resin
- Polishing gravel base under the media bed
- Installed by an independent licensed Wisconsin plumbing contractor
Full specifications
Key specifications
| Sizing | from your hardness and household, on the call; the quote names the model |
|---|---|
| Flow rate | on the manufacturer’s sheet for the model named on your quote |
| Media tank (D×H) | 10″ × 54″ |
| Media volume | 1.5 cu ft of resin and carbon together |
| Brine / salt tank | 15″ × 35″ square |
| Distributor tube | 1.25″ high-flow |
| Bypass valve | 1″ full-flow, included |
| Port connections | 1″ NPT elbows |
| Best suited to | most three- and four-bedroom homes |
Operating requirements
| Operating pressure | 30 to 125 psi |
|---|---|
| Water temperature | 40° to 110°F (4° to 43°C) |
| Electrical | 120V / 60Hz, 12V 650mA transformer |
| Inlet turbidity | under 5 FTU |
| Backwash flow | on the manufacturer’s sheet for the model named on your quote |
| Regeneration | upflow counter-current, demand-initiated metering |
Components
| Control valve | ceramic-disc metered valve, 72-hour memory backup |
|---|---|
| Mineral tank | composite pressure tank |
| Softening resin | strong-acid cation, 10% crosslinked |
| Carbon media | granular activated coconut-shell carbon |
| Support bedding | polishing gravel underbed |
| Installation | independent licensed Wisconsin plumbing contractor, any required permit pulled in the plumber’s own name |
Specifications are from the manufacturer’s documentation for the unit named on your quote. Brand names belong to their respective owners. Installation is by an independent licensed Wisconsin plumbing contractor, who pulls any required permit in the plumber’s own name.
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XL Whole-Home Softener + Filtration
The same system in a larger tank, for larger homes and harder water.
The same valve, resin and carbon as the Standard, in a larger tank: two cubic feet of media in a twelve-inch tank instead of one and a half in a ten-inch, for the harder end of the county’s water or a house with four baths and a full calendar.
Best for: larger homes, bigger households, or the harder end of the county’s water
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Dual Tank City Water
The largest system. A separate carbon tank with its own backwash.
Two tanks instead of one: a dedicated softening tank and a dedicated carbon tank, run from a single valve bridged across both, and the carbon tank backwashes on the same schedule.
Best for: large houses and high usage on city water
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Dual Tank Well Water
Two tanks: an iron-media tank ahead of the softener.
Well water is a different problem from city water. This pairs a softening tank with a separate catalytic iron-media tank ahead of it. Two valves, one per tank.
Best for: homes on a private well with iron or manganese
Details and specs →In writing
Three things you get in writing
Every one of these is written on the quote or the agreement, not a promise on a call.
3 days
To change your mind
Three business days to cancel after you sign. Two copies of the cancellation notice come with the contract, filled in and dated.
0
Balance due before the install is complete
The agreement puts full payment at the completion of the install: the system in, running and your water retested at your tap.
30 days
The quote holds
One itemized page with every model named, so you can compare it against anyone.
Free quote, by phone
Every quote starts with your number, not a catalog.
One short call, about fifteen minutes. We size from your town’s published number, or your well’s lab result, and your household, and you end the call with a one-page itemized quote.
- Free quote by phone
- Installed by a licensed WI plumber
- Softeners retested to zero