Hello -

I am closing a new home soon and want to get a softener sorted out. The house will be ~3,100 FSF with 2.5 bathrooms. Initially only two people living there but more will come in the near future.

Depending on the which part of the municipal water supply we are on, the water will be one of these two:

A) 1.1 mg/L Iron; 0.1 mg/L Manganese; 170mg/L Total Hardness

B) 0.3 mg/L Iron; 0.3 mg/L Manganese; 270 mg/L Total Hardness

I am not sure of flow needs, but we do not have any fancy multi-headed showers or anything of that nature.

I was originally leaning towards a twin-tank system simply because they are supposedly more efficient and have softened water always available (I understand they are a little more expensive than a single tank option).

But then I started reading about upflow/downflow regeneration or double-backwash, etc and am completely lost.

So any help sizing and recommending actual systems would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.