Water Softener Loop Diagram

Prior to having a soft water softener installed this copper line will be a loop sticking out from the wall where both lines are connected.

Water softener loop diagram.

Installing a water softener will reduce the amount of minerals and provide your house with soft water. Ground water that has excessive minerals in it is called hard water. When we install a soft water system we will simply remove the loop and plumb in the softener as shown in the picture below. It s standard procedure to branch off one cold water line to supply outdoor hose connections and sometimes another to the kitchen sink and.

Hard water doesn t dissolve soap and detergent very well and leaves behind scales which stain toilets and sinks. A water softener loop is pipe that is exposed in a service area such as a utility or mechanical room or garage where the main water service entering the house is accessible to interrupt and. Typically if you have a water softener loop there will be a 3 4 copper line sticking out from the wall beside your water heater. A section of pipe exits the wall and is exposed.

A cold water branch before the water softener doesn t necessarily indicate a problem. 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.