Buying a house in Richfield: the well and the softener
Every house for sale in Richfield comes with its own well, because the village has no water utility. That makes the well's paperwork, and the softener in the basement if there is one, part of what you are buying.
Call (262) 829-5961Mon to Fri, 7am to 5pmNo utility report to look the address up in
In a city, a buyer can read the utility's report and know roughly what comes out of any tap on the system. Richfield has no such report, and the Village's groundwater program describes aquifers, not houses. What you learn about the water has to come from the house you are buying.
Ask for the well's lab reports
Ask the sellers for every lab report they have on the well, with the dates. The hardness line is what a softener gets sized from. A bacteria result, if there is one, shows whether the yearly test the Wisconsin DNR recommends has been kept up.
An old report is still worth having. Read it as a starting point rather than the last word, since groundwater here sits close enough to the surface that the Village monitors it.
If the house has a softener
It will stand where the well's line comes into the house. Note its rough age if anyone knows it, what hardness it was set for and when that was done, and whether the salt tank is stocked with salt or potassium chloride.
Ask, too, whether the drain line runs to a drain with a gap left above it. Unanswered questions are normal in a sale; the plumber's reading at your tap later on fills in the hardness side.
After the keys change hands
Get a current hardness figure for the well, from a new lab test or from the plumber's reading if a new softener goes in. Start the DNR's yearly bacteria test if it has lapsed.
Then keep every report, with its date, in one place. In a village with no utility, nobody else keeps them for you.
Calling about the new house
Call any weekday, 7am to 5pm. A Richfield address already says well, so the call goes straight to the people in the house, where the well line enters, any softener standing there and whatever the lab reports say. You get one price during that call, and the first person to come to the house is the plumbing contractor, on installation day.
Common questions
The listing says the softener stays with the house. What should I check?
Where it sits, what it was set for and roughly how old it is. Once you have a current hardness figure for the well, compare the setting with it.
Is the previous owner's well report enough for a quote?
It is enough to start. Read us its hardness line and its date; the plumber's reading at your tap on installation day confirms the number before anything is connected.
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