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Growing up in a family plumbing business, building homes in PA, moving to Florida, why typical water softeners fall short, chloramine vs chlorine, slab leaks and copper pinholes, whole-home filtration and no-salt conditioning, under-sink alkaline options, maintenance tips, costs and environmental impact, and why the trades matter.

Highlights

• Fred’s 60+ years in plumbing and homebuilding and how that shaped Water Science’s approach.
• The Florida water reality: chloramine, hardness, and why “softened” ≠ “purified.”
• How no-salt conditioning keeps healthy minerals while preventing scale (great for tankless heaters).
• Whole-home carbon + catalytic filtration to address chloramine, taste/odor, and system protection.
• Under-sink drinking systems that maintain alkaline pH and reduce micro-contaminants.
• Practical home tips: flushing your water heater, checking drains when you smell “sulfur,” choosing copper types, and avoiding bottled-water plastic.
• Lifetime warranty, 5-year media refresh, and why right-sized systems matter for larger homes.
• Career message to young people: the trades are a high-opportunity path.

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