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Southport Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
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Serving Colby, WI and surrounding areas

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In business since 2005

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At Southport Plumbing, Heating & Cooling we're A+ rated by the BBB. Our technicians are NATE certified to meet national standards of excellence, and we're a Carrier® Factory Authorized Dealer, recently cited as the #1 medium-sized business to work for by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. We treat our team well and hold them to high professional standards. Our up front, transparent pricing, great customer service, and honesty in our business practices make us the plumbing and HVAC company that you'll feel good working with on a regular basis, with 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

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Sterling Water, Inc.
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Serving Colby, WI and surrounding areas

In business since 1949

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Sterling Water Culligan is a third-generation family-owned company that provides quality water solutions for your unique residential, business, and commercial water treatment needs. We offer the best drinking water and the largest variety of water filtration products and services available for your home or business including water softeners, water filtration systems, reverse osmosis drinking water systems, delivered bottled water, softener salt delivery, equipment installation, and repair service. We are dedicated to exceeding our customers and employees? expectations by providing goods and services of the highest standard. Our Culligan products are built to last and are backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

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Absolute Water Systems, LLC
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Water Treatment & Purification System - Install or Replace

Serving Colby, WI and surrounding areas

In business since 1997

Absolute Water Systems, LLC has been in business since January of 1997. The company started with just two employees, and has grown to currently employ 21 people with a customer base in the thousands. The business was founded by the husband and wife team of Randy Davids and Tammy Bach, and was originally located on Hilgemann Street in the Village of Weston. In the spring of 2003 construction of the new offices and warehouse space in the Weston Business Technology Park was completed, and the business was moved to the current location at 8008 Technology Drive. \n \nThe owners Randy and Tammy have a combined business experience of over 40 years, including managing a RainSoft Dealership in Minnesota. Randy�s hands on experience with water treatment technology has proven to be a valuable tool in solving troubled water problems that are commonly found in Wisconsin. \n \nRandy is a Certified Water Specialist with the Water Quality Association, of which Absolute Water Systems, LLC has been a member since the business opened. The company is also a member in good standing of the Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin and is a member of several Chambers of Commerce in the North Central Wisconsin area including Wausau, Medford, Marshfield and Waupaca. \n \nAbsolute Water Systems, LLC and its owners are active in local communities, by both working with charitable organizations and giving generous donations to numerous charities, including Neighbors Place Food Pantry, The Boys and Girls Club of the Wausau Area, and The Ronald McDonald House of Marshfield. \n \nAbsolute Water Systems and its employees are dedicated to satisfying all customers� individual needs, from the time we arrive at a home to servicing any later needs. Customer satisfaction is our top commitment. Absolute Water Systems has proudly been a recipient of RainSoft�s distinguished Customer Satisfaction Award for every year in business. \n \nFrom providing customers with the world�s finest Water Treatment and Air Purification products, to helping make our communities a better place to live, Absolute Water Systems LLC, looks forward to being a part of the future of North Central Wisconsin. \n \n

Water Softeners FAQs, answered by experts

Yes. To get soft water, you can install a water softening system, which will replace the calcium and magnesium ions in the water with sodium or potassium ions. Water softeners cost anywhere from $200 to $6,000, depending on the size and complexity of the system. You can either install a water softener for the whole house or just at your shower heads. If you’re sensitive to sodium or potassium, you can install a salt-free water conditioner.

Hard water isn’t necessarily bad for you. In some ways, it’s good for you. If you’re deficient in magnesium or calcium, hard water can give you a mineral boost that you wouldn’t get with soft water. However, this is where the benefits of hard water pretty much stop. Hard water can cause many minor inconveniences and lead to costly, premature replacements of your water-using appliances.

If your water softener repair is fairly straightforward, like a simple filter replacement, then you can probably do it yourself with little risk. However, anything beyond a simple fix should be addressed by someone with extensive plumbing expertise to avoid costly water softener problems, like leaks. 

That said, even simple problems can be complicated to diagnose, particularly if your water softener is attached to a whole-house treatment system. So, unless you feel absolutely certain that the problem is an easy fix that you can take on yourself, it's probably best to hire a plumber to diagnose and fix the problem.

Hard water doesn’t hurt, but it might feel more abrasive, especially if you have sensitive skin. It’s also about how your skin feels after bathing. You might feel as though you have a sticky film over your body because you do—it’s all that soapy residue left behind because the hard water can’t rinse it off completely.

Some shower water softeners are effective, but this isn’t always the case. Most shower filters only filter out chlorine, not hard minerals like calcium. Other shower filters can't handle the demand in homes with very hard water. It's also important to change the filters on your shower filters. Failure to regularly swap out old filters will make the filter ineffective over time. 

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