On Sep 10, 9:53 am, wrote:
On Sep 10, 6:44 am, Kurt Ullman wrote:



As the OP, the question the becomes, if I am going to spend (quite) a
few bucks to get a plumber in, do some repiping, etc., why would I *NOT*
just go ahead and do both sides? What is the up side doing only one?

If you are interested in the correct answer the question is best
addressed by a local water treatment professional.

If you are interested in taking an adhoc poll from a bunch of
strangers with keyboards and getting the wrong answer then this is the
place to do it ;-)

In your case of giving bad advice yes... otherwise the internet is a
great source of information. Above you said
Kineticos are great softeners and have a large and loyal customer
base. They are "ion exchange" softeners and follow the same rules of
chemistry and physica as ALL other ion exchange softeners.

Kinetico uses Sybron C-249 regular mesh and C-266 fine mesh resins.

They use Structural resin tanks. And probably Clack salt tanks and
associated parts.

Local and internet dealers use those same materials/component parts
and others for their softeners that are basically the same and all are
industry standard.

Kinetico manufactures their proprietary water powered control valves,
or has it done for them by someone else, the same as Fleck does; yes
parts of Fleck valves are not made by them.

Autotrol, Erie, Fleck, Clack and Kinetico control valves basically all
do the same job with slight differences. Question to you justalurker,
what makes a Kinetico softener better than the others?

Gary Slusser
Quality Water Associates