Installing water softerner into a PEX plumbing system
- Cut into a 1″ incoming PEX pipe – going into the manifold.
- Drill couple holes to run the lines to/fro water softerner that is next to the manifold.
- Attach the needed elbow connector to the incoming pipes.
- Run the line to the water softern. About 2 ft.
- Run another line from the water softener to the PEX manifold.
Keeping this in view, can I install my own water softener?
Installing a water softener yourself allows you to work on the project at your own pace and without spending extra money on a plumber. If you’re simply replacing an old water softener, this can be done in under an hour. You may have copper, PVC, CPVC, steel or PEX plumbing.
One may also ask, what is a water softener loop? A soft water loop is a copper piping system that reconnects your home’s internal water distribution pipes to the water softener. The main use of a water loop is to keep the inside and outside of home’s water systems separated.
Subsequently, question is, can you install a water softener without loop?
Whether you want to prolong the life of your appliances or avoid scale buildup, water softeners solve the problem of hard water, which affects the majority of homes in the U.S. However, a soft water system can‘t be installed without a water softener loop.
Do all water softeners need a drain?
Water softeners need a place to drain water during the regeneration cycle. Anchor the drain hoses, so they are above the drain standpipe. A trap is required for all drain lines; in this case, there was a capped drain line coming out of the wall, so I installed a trap for the discharge of the water softener.