Plumbing · professional safety risk
Arrange conditional softener performance testing
Arrange the laboratory performance verification specified for the confirmed softener and its treatment purpose.
- How often
- Annually when required by the confirmed manual and treatment purpose
- Time
- 15 minutes
- Difficulty
- Professional service
- Editorial status
- Published
Before you begin
How to do it
- Confirm the exact softener and whether the manual condition applies to its actual treatment purpose.
- Ask a qualified laboratory to arrange the specified treated-water hardness test and any additional water-quality tests needed for the installation.
- Follow the laboratory sampling directions and have a qualified professional review results or unresolved treatment problems.
- Record the completed test and professional advice. Use the conditional manufacturer interval only while that treatment purpose applies.
Stop and get help when
- Unknown treatment purpose or service history
- Unexpected hardness result
- Persistent hard water or treatment fault
Ask a qualified water-testing laboratory or water-treatment professional to perform and interpret the applicable tests.
Sources and review
Written by Upkeeping editorial team. Published Upkeeping guidance. Follow your equipment manufacturer’s instructions.