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zsmith7390 (FL)
We're moving out tomorrow and neglected to get this handled in time... We can't get a plumber here before we have to be out, so the only way to keep our expensive water heater is to take it out ourselves. I've never done anything involving plumbing before, so please dumb down explanations wherever possible.
I just want to remove the softener system. There are 3 valves connected to it. 2 of them have a bypass lever that I can turn and I assume shut off the water. Those run to the lower part of the tall softener system. The third pipe is separate, has no bypass tube, and leads to the top part of the tank near where the electronics seem to be.
The pipes go through the garage wall and are wrapped in styrofoam or something. They come out of the side of the house and go straight into the ground as a pair of three.
Can I just use the water shut-off valve outside the house and then use a hacksaw to cut through the pipes and take the softener out? Or do I have to re-route one of the pipes to some other place to supply water to the rest of the house?
Thanks so much,
Zack
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hj (AZ)
One of those valves and we cannot tell which one from your description should restore water to the house after the other two are turned off and the softener removed.
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zsmith7390 (FL)
One of the pipes (without a bypass valve) has printed text on it about pottable water? The other two pipes seem connected somehow while the third one seems separate.
Is it likely that the separate pipe would be the one you're talking about restoring water to the whole house? My confusion is that I don't see any other pipes or anywhere that looks like the guy who installed the softener might have re-routed a pipe. It's just three pipes going into the softener and one going into the sprinkler system.
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hj (AZ)
Without seeing the installation there is NO WAY to answer the question without just guessing.
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