Garage installs
Most Del Rio homes get their softener in the garage, where it connects to your main water line. We plumb it in cleanly so it takes up as little space as possible.
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Westinghouse Whole-Home System
Westinghouse Water Softener & Filtration in Del Rio, TX
One system that softens and filters every tap in your home. Installed by Theory Water, your local water softener installer, and backed by a lifetime warranty on every component.
- Lifetime Warranty
- Softens & Filters
- Local Pro Install
- Free Water Test
What's inside
Three Layers of Media in Two Chambers
Del Rio's water is hard and treated with chlorine. Carbon and KDF-55 share the top chamber to filter the water, and a Vortech plate keeps the softening resin in its own chamber below.
- Top chamber
High-Capacity Coconut Shell Carbon
Reduces chlorine, unpleasant taste and odor, so the water you shower in and cook with smells and tastes better.
- Top chamber
KDF-55 (Bacteriostat 55)
Helps keep bacteria from growing inside the tank and reduces heavy metals in the water.
- Bottom chamber
BlackCat High-Capacity Ion Exchange Resin
The softening media. It pulls out the calcium and magnesium that cause hard water, along with more iron than standard resin.
- Divider & base
Vortech Plates
One plate separates the resin from the carbon and KDF-55, and another at the bottom replaces the old gravel bed. See how the water moves ↓
- The hardware
Smart Control Valve & Distributor Tube
The digital control valve (the computer on top) runs the system and cleans the resin on its own. The distributor tube carries the treated water back up and out to your home.
How it works
How Water Moves Through the System
Instead of the old-style gravel bed, the tank uses Vortech plates: slotted plates that spread water evenly across the whole width of the tank.
- Hard water comes in
Water from the city line enters the control valve on top of the tank.
- Filtered in the top chamber
Coconut shell carbon and KDF-55 reduce chlorine, taste, odor and heavy metals.
- Softened in the bottom chamber
A Vortech plate keeps the resin in its own chamber. Water spreads evenly through it, so all of the resin gets used to remove calcium and magnesium.
- Out to your home
The bottom Vortech plate collects the water across the whole tank and sends it up the distributor tube to every faucet.
- The system cleans itself
The valve rinses the resin with salt water from the brine tank. The Vortech plate sends that rinse swirling up through the whole bed, so every bead gets cleaned using less water.
- No channeling. Water can't take a shortcut through the media, so it's treated the same every time.
- A deeper clean. The whole resin bed gets rinsed, so it keeps softening like new.
- Built to last. The tube locks into the plate and is covered by our lifetime warranty.
Where we install it
In Your Garage, or in a Shed We Provide
No garage? We provide a shed.
If your home doesn't have a garage, Theory Water provides an outdoor shed, sets it up next to your home and installs the system inside it, protected from sun and weather.
LifetimeWarranty
A Lifetime Warranty on Every Component
Every Westinghouse water softener Theory Water installs is covered for life, on all of its components.
- Tank
- Control valve
- Computer
- Distributor tube
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Water softener questions
Westinghouse Water Softener FAQ
What water softener does Theory Water install?
Theory Water installs the Westinghouse whole-home water softener. One tank combines high-capacity coconut shell carbon, KDF-55 media and BlackCat high-capacity ion exchange resin, with a Vortech plate keeping the resin in its own chamber, so it softens and filters the water for the whole house. A smart control valve runs the system and cleans the resin automatically.
Does the Westinghouse system soften and filter the water?
Yes. The ion exchange resin removes the calcium and magnesium that make Del Rio's water hard. The coconut shell carbon reduces chlorine, bad taste and odor, and the KDF-55 layer helps limit bacteria growth inside the tank and reduces heavy metals.
What are Vortech plates?
Vortech plates are slotted plates built into the Westinghouse tank in place of a traditional gravel bed. One plate keeps the softening resin in its own chamber, below the carbon and KDF-55. The bottom plate spreads water evenly across the whole tank, so water doesn't channel through one path, and during the cleaning cycle it sends the rinse swirling up through the entire resin bed. That means more consistent soft water and less water used to clean the system.
What warranty comes with the water softener?
Every Westinghouse water softener Theory Water installs comes with a lifetime warranty on all of its components: the tank, the control valve, the computer and the distributor tube.
Where do you install the water softener?
In most Del Rio homes the softener goes in the garage, where it connects to your main water line. If your home doesn't have a garage, Theory Water provides an outdoor shed and installs the system inside it, so it stays protected from sun and weather.
Do I need a garage to get a water softener?
No. If there's no garage, Theory Water provides a shed, sets it up next to your home and installs the softener inside it.
Do you treat private well water?
Yes. Theory Water also works with private wells. Well water can be very different from one property to the next, so we test it first and recommend the system that fits. That may be a different setup than the Westinghouse softener we install on city water.
How do I know what size softener my home needs?
Theory Water sizes every system after a free in-home water test, based on your water hardness, the number of people in the home and how much water you use. Call or text (830) 212-4336 to schedule.
Want drinking water straight from a faucet at your kitchen sink? See our 4-stage reverse osmosis system.
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