How to Install a Water Softener & Filters
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Installing sediment filters, carbon filter, & water softener
PVC and crimp Pex
iSpring WGB21B 2-Stage Whole House Water Filtration System
www.amazon.com/dp/B01F9A4UVU?...
Whirlpool WHES30E 30,000 Grain Softener
www.amazon.com/dp/B07R2FK2X4?...
iSpring WSP-50 Reusable Whole House Spin Down Sediment Water Filter
www.amazon.com/dp/B072YVNRZN?... - Jak na to + styl
Lol “tighten it til this cracks… and then tighten it a little bit less” I’m gonna have to remember that one
Thanks for commenting!!!!
yeah I enjoyed that one. I guess it depends on the can used, but I was always under the assumption that hand tight is good enough and that the tool given was to break the seal. There's typically an o-ring in those cans and if you wrench down too hard you might pinch the o-ring or flatten it too much.... I guess it always pays to RTFM.
Great video, I’m about to be installing the same before my water softener too. New subscriber because you don’t take yourself too seriously.
Hope your project goes well. Thanks for the sub
Great video thanks for the details and glad your assistant was there
Yes, I’ll happy she was there too. Thanks for commenting
That filter bracket looks really study. Oh a water test, that’s a good idea, I’d wondered how people set the controls up.
Thanks for leaving the clip oversight in, it’s really helpful when we are thinking about what might go wrong.
Nice cat 🐈⬛ I always upvote a channel that has a cat 😺
That black cat is my favorite. We have another cat that has nothing to do with me
@@LewisRenovation same here, boy cats love me, girl cats, big nope 😹
Woo, good job removing the styrofoam💪🏻💪🏻very important step
Thanks, good thing I'm good at following directions!!
Yea so I'm going continue the saga right here for some to see. I purchased some silicone lubricant, (plumbers grease), pulled the bypass assembly out, cleaned the ends and inside, re-lubricated the o-rings as expected on this brand new Whirlpool Water Softener. Still leaked. Swapped the o-rings left to right and re-lubed again. Still leaked same side. Called customer service and a nice guy named Daniel said that he would send out a new bypass assembly with the necessary clips and o-rings included. He said that some of the specs were a little bit off sometimes on these bypass assemblies. So now we're down to making "lemonade", it seems, out of "lemons". Now IF the specs are right on the bypass replacement but somehow not on the receiving end......you know where this will go!🤪
I want that cat...
Thanks!
When using primer & glue,always run ( min 5 gallons water b4 install filters bee,( kauz ,there considerable contamination I'm these type situations,I have learned to remove kitchen faucet , spray nozzles ,( bee- kauz blowing them out requires hot air & ya want got narrien!// Your straight shooter types!
Those are useful tips. Thank you for the comment
Don't you love it when your teenage kids stands over your shoulder and is amuzed by your mistakes when working on the house.
They have to learn sometime that their dad isn’t perfect 😆. Thanks for the comment
Lmao that was awesome at 12:16 ! Great video, most “CZcamsrs” would have left that blooper out. Im glad you didn’t.
Thank you ! Glad you enjoyed real life.
Nice work as always!!! Does the filtration system have to be placed where the main water line enters the house or can it be placed in other locations such as the garage?
The perfect situation would be the filters are placed after the water hose connections are split off. But that's pretty abnormal unless it's planned out during construction.
It can physically go anywhere along as it's upstream.
Thanks for the nice comment!
Very well made video. Thanks for making it.
Where did you connect the drain of the water softener ? I see two drain pipes sticking out of the wall -- a longer one and a shorter one. Our new home is the same way and am trying to DIY install the whirlpool softener.
We are on a septic system, so I ended up running the drain outside on its own line. The salt will kill the bacteria in the septic tank.
@@LewisRenovation Gotcha. Thanks for the reply.
@@nikn2020 Hey Nik, how did you end up doing your setup with the 2 drain pipes sticking out of the wall? I have the same setup as you and that is the only step no one seems to show with these installs! haha. Thanks in advance. J
quick question...why did you use pex and pvc both? could you have done with only PVC?
My house has PEX in walls so that's what the stub outs where. Since PEX valves and fittings are expensive, I switched to PVC
So I purchased the same water softener and am replacing a very old one. The new softener seemed to have a little bit of play where you insert the bypass valve assembly in the back of the unit even though the black retainer clips are in place. I haven't installed it yet but wondered if you noticed that in your assembly. Thanks!...
I remember a little play it should be fine
@@LewisRenovation Thanks for your reply. I have done a bunch of small plumbing tasks over my 72 years including some copper pipe sweating but I don't know how this unit can be water tight and sealed with no leaks with that play at the back of the unit...always learning I guess no matter the decade!! Wish me luck. More pipe sweating today vs compression fittings.
I just finished the install my pipes.Sweating within very close confines and close to other sweat joints. That went fine. Then I hooked up with flexible connectors the bypass valve assembly alone. All that was fine too. Then I moved the whole unit over there and plugged it in and took out the bypass and lo and behold little drips coming out of the inlet. I hate it when I'm right about stuff like this. Guess all I can do is get some better or more silicone and pull that bypass valve out and apply more and better silicone. Otherwise I don't know what else you can do. The old unit leaked and that's why I'm replacing it but it lasted about 35-years I'm guessing. This one leaks right out of the box!
Most water softener,s have there own bypass valves,just work back & forth monthly ,twist& turn as even in soft water hoses ,they get stuck!!
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I have bought this filter and they only came with 4 screws. So, I need 4 more for attaching the metal 90 deg plate on the wall. What is the screw size that you used?
I used #10 x 1" for attaching to the plywood and 2 1/2 construction screws for the plywood to the wall
If you were to forget to shutoff one of the shutoff valves would it damage anything?
No, you’d just have water coming from the other direction when replacing the filters
I need help please. I have a whirlpool.... w softener . The low salt or recharge light is continually blinking ... Its a little low on salt but it has been lower many times b4 .
My elec was out last week ...that may have something to do with it . Anyways it want respond when I push any button . I can't even set my time . Can you please help?
Pull the plug for 5 minutes and plug bag in
@@LewisRenovation THANK YOU ...I TRIED THIS FOR DIFF AMOUNT of times....it didn't work , my buttons are still unresponsive . And the face just blinks time . Any more ideas please🙏🏼❤
@@Sweetp520 call Whirlpool tech support
power loss, and a bad programming board? Sounds like maybe a brown out and the silicon board may have some sort of issue :/
What was the test result after the water system install?
I didn't get the water lab tested again, but it definitely smells and tastes better
@@LewisRenovation I'll do it if you post your results man.
Could this not be done with pex?
It could, I just had the PVC valves on hand already
@@LewisRenovation I didn't even know you could use pvc for supply. Is the bonding agent not contaminating the water?
PVC is used all the time in water lines
Installing male threaded fittings into PVC is a bad idea. The PVC tends to split when tapered pipe threads are screwed into plastic. Threaded male PVC fittings into female metal pipe fittings is okay.