Plumbing Help Needed

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ToddLaCo

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I recently moved to Texas and the hard water is killing me here. I would like softer water for my family and it would also greatly prolong the life of my RO/DI unit membrane.

I have searched my house high and low and can't find the water source for the house that I will need to install the softener. I found the main water source in the front yard, but no luck inside the house so I can plumb it in after the outside water splits off.

Would I be safe in saying that the source is probably right before the water heater?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Well I can't believe we don't have any plumbers out there????

I put this out there before and got no reply, but I went out and bought the water softener and started tearing the wall apart by the water heater.

Now I am even more confused than before. There are some type of manifolds in the water lines. I think I found the area the water source is in, but it's not as simple as cutting the source pipe and tapping into it. All of the pipes except for the water heater pipes go back into the concrete making it impossible to tell what is what.

I am trying to avoid finding the blueprints for the house to figure this out. If anyone knows anything about this I would greatly appreciate a little advice. If nobody knows how to tell which pipe is which, does anyone at least know how I can research this? Are blueprints the only way?

Thanks
 
Each hose is different I guess.

I installed a sprinkler sys in my yard a few years back/ The main water valve was on the left side of the drive way. The cut off for the house was on the right side of the drive way right in front of the house. The water heater is on the left side of the house behind the garage. So its a triangle. Not laid out the smartest way IMO.

If you are going to put in a water softener, why not split into the line (mine was the polyetline(sp?) plastic tubing stuff. Just get two presure fittings and a T and then trench the line in. Put the water softener outside by a wall, insulate the water line that comes out of the ground and your good to go. The few times we get a freeze here in DFW should not be an issue. You can always get a little line heater if you are worried.

I know this does not really help your situation if you want it inside (look like you do) but that is my advice.

I assume you are on a slab and cannot see where the line comes into your house?
 
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