Water Softener + Carbon Filter Combo Explained Simply
A water softener and carbon filter combo puts softening resin and coconut shell carbon in one tank, so it removes hardness and cuts chlorine taste and smell at once. It suits most Salt Lake City homes on city water, with about 36,000 grains of capacity, or 48,000 for bigger households. It isn't for wells with iron.
City water here is hard, so you get scale and spots. It's also treated with chlorine, so you can taste and smell it. You could buy a softener and a filter separately, but that means two tanks and more room in the garage. A combo system handles both in one tank, and we can have it working in your home quickly.
When You Need a Water Softener + Carbon Filter Combo
This system is built for homes on city water. It's a good fit if you see white crust on faucets and spots on dishes, and you also notice a chlorine smell in the shower or a pool taste in your tap water. It also works well in a townhome, condo or smaller garage where there isn't room for two tanks.
Don't wait on hard water. Scale keeps building inside your water heater, dishwasher and pipes every day. If you're on a private well, this isn't the right system. Iron and sulfur need a Well Water Treatment system instead.
Some people wonder if one tank can do two jobs well. For most city-water homes, it can. The resin handles the hardness and the carbon handles the chlorine taste and smell. The tradeoff is capacity. If your household is large or uses a lot of water, a two-tank system gives you more room on both sides.
It's also a good choice if you've been living with a basic softener and want better-tasting water without adding a second system to the garage.
Our Water Softener + Carbon Filter Combo Process
First we test your water for hardness and check your plumbing. The combo system holds about 36,000 grains of softening capacity in a single 10-inch by 60-inch tank, with a larger 48,000-grain option for bigger households. The same tank holds coconut shell carbon over a gravel base.
On install day we mount the tank and brine tank, add a bypass valve, connect the drain, and program the valve for your hardness and household size. The valve uses ceramic discs and keeps its settings through a power outage for up to 72 hours. If your city uses chloramine, we can swap in catalytic carbon.
When the softener regenerates, it uses about 9 pounds of salt and 45 to 60 gallons of water. The brine tank holds up to 150 pounds of salt, so most homes only need to top it up every so often. We'll set the schedule so it regenerates only when needed.
Once it's running, we'll walk you through the display and how to check your salt, and we'll answer any questions before we leave.
Water Softener + Carbon Filter Combo Cost in Salt Lake City
Price depends on the size you need, the carbon type, and how much plumbing work it takes to connect the system at your main line. A home with an existing softener loop is simpler than one that needs new pipe run. We'll look at your setup, give you one price for equipment and installation, and explain what's included before any work starts.
Why Choose Us
We respond in about 10 minutes on average. We're an authorized dealer for the equipment we install, so the team that sells it is the team that installs and services it. We're Utah locals with offices in Salt Lake City, Draper and Springville, covering everywhere from Bountiful to Spanish Fork. We test first and size the system to your water, not a guess.
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