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Water Softener Installation in Gaithersburg, MD
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Water Softener Installation and Service
Water softener installation in Gaithersburg is worth doing when hardness is costing you something you can point at: scale on fixtures, spotted glassware, stiff laundry, and a [water heater](/services/water-heaters) aging faster than it should. County supply through WSSC runs moderately hard. Call [(301) 834-2944](tel:+13018342944) and we'll test before recommending anything.
A softener removes calcium and magnesium through an ion exchange resin, and it needs salt to keep doing it. That's the trade: fewer scale problems in exchange for a system that asks something of you. Worth knowing before you buy rather than after.
Completed water softener installation in a Maryland home
Sizing and Where It Goes
A softener is sized on two numbers: your hardness and how much water the household uses. Undersize it and it regenerates constantly, burning salt and wearing out early. Oversize it and you've paid for capacity you'll never use.
It installs at the main, after the meter, so the whole house gets treated. One decision worth making deliberately is whether to leave an outside spigot and the kitchen cold tap on untreated water; plenty of people prefer unsoftened water for drinking and the garden.
Well homes need one more step. Iron fouls softener resin, so if there's iron in your water it gets treated ahead of the softener rather than through it. Sending it straight in shortens the resin's life considerably.
Signs Hardness Is Costing You
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Spotted glassware
Soap that won't lather
Water heater rumbling early
Water softener installation detail in a Maryland home
What It Asks of You
Salt, on a schedule that depends on your hardness and usage. Anyone quoting a bags-per-month number without knowing either is guessing.
The resin lasts years, and it lasts longer when iron and sediment are handled upstream. Occasional cleaning of the brine tank is the only other routine task.
We also service units other companies installed, including ones that were specified for the wrong hardness. Call (301) 834-2944 and describe what yours is doing.
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Scale, Spots, or Stiff Laundry?
Tell us whether you're on county water or a well. Call [(301) 834-2944](tel:+13018342944), or request a free estimate through the [contact form](/contact-us).
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Is Gaithersburg water hard enough to justify a softener? +
County water from WSSC sits in the moderately hard range, which is enough to leave scale and shorten water heater life over years. Whether it justifies the equipment depends on how much the symptoms bother you. Private wells in the upper county are often harder again.
Will softened water taste salty? +
No. The salt regenerates the resin and is flushed out; it doesn't end up in your drinking water in any quantity you'd taste. If sodium is a dietary concern, leaving the kitchen cold tap unsoftened or adding reverse osmosis handles it.
Can I put a softener on well water? +
Yes, but check for iron first. Iron fouls softener resin and shortens its life, so it gets treated ahead of the softener rather than through it. A test tells you what order the equipment needs to go in.