Spotty glasses, soap scum, crusty faucets? That’s hard water, and most homes around here have 2 to 3 times the level considered “very hard.” We test your water at your house, size a softener to your household, and install it ourselves.
In short
Groundwater around Kalamazoo picks up calcium and magnesium from the limestone and dolomite the glaciers left behind. Above 7 grains per gallon is hard; above 10 is very hard. A softener trades those ions for sodium on a bed of resin, then rinses the resin clean overnight.
Metered, efficient softening sized to your home, not a box off a shelf
Scale is an insulator. Removing hardness keeps water heaters, dishwashers and washing machines running at design efficiency and extends their service life.
Soft water doesn't form calcium soap curd. Detergent, shampoo and cleaner use drops, and dishes, glass and fixtures come out spot-free.
We test your hardness and iron, count bathrooms and people, and size resin volume and flow rate to your household, not a one-size-fits-all box.
Standard resin tanks and a field-serviceable valve: parts that any technician can maintain for decades, installed by people who will be here to do it.
Most homes are fine with a single tank: regeneration runs overnight and takes about an hour. For households that can’t tolerate any hard-water window, we also install a twin tank version that alternates between two resin tanks, so one is always in service.
| Series | Charger Matrix |
| Control valve | Clack WS1, metered |
| Capacity | 24,000 – 64,000 grains, sized to your home |
| Service flow | 15 gpm |
| Brine tank | 15×17×48 in., holds 240 lbs of salt |
| Salt per regen | 12 lbs |
| Plumbing | 3/4" or 1" connection |
| Warranty | 5 years valve • 10 years tank |
Installed in Portage, Kalamazoo, Vicksburg, Schoolcraft, Mattawan, Paw Paw and across Southwest Michigan.
From your test results and your household: hardness and iron in grains per gallon, plus how many people and bathrooms use the water. Capacity runs from 24,000 to 64,000 grains, so the system fits the house instead of the other way around.
About 12 lbs per regeneration, and the Clack WS1 valve meters your actual use, so it only regenerates when the resin is spent. The brine tank holds 240 lbs. We can deliver and load salt on a schedule if you’d rather not haul bags.
Only a little. A softener captures some dissolved iron, but iron fouls the resin over time and staining starts at just 0.3 ppm. If your test shows iron, we put an Iron Breaker ahead of the softener.
Only if your home can’t tolerate a short hard-water window while the system regenerates overnight. Most households never notice it, so a single tank is the right answer for most homes.
5 years on the Clack WS1 valve and 10 years on the tank, installed and serviced locally by the person who sold it to you.
We test hardness, iron, pH and TDS at your house and tell you what, if anything, your water needs.
Schedule a free water testOr call (269) 262-1399
