A little history... I have:



- Flooded a house I was renting because a line broke behind the wall as I was turning the toilet feed valve back on after replacing the tank valve.  (I couldn't find the main valve at the street.)



- Flooded the ceiling of a house I was renting because a hot water line broke after I threw a piece of plywood up in the attic.



- Shattered a toilet in a house I was renting because one of the tank screws was rusted, and instead of going to the store and buying a grinder, I took a hammer and cold chisel to the nut.



- Flooded a house I owned because I thought it was normal for the drip pan in the air handler in the closet to have water in it - before I went on vacation.





The softener in my new (1992) home broke, causing the inlet pipe from the well pump to break.  I got that fixed, but I need to buy a new softener.



Should I install it myself?  What say you?

with your track recored i would pay some one to install it.

I really do not see what could go wrong research a little and use proper tools. Hour or two tops.

You'll NEVER learn if you don't TRY

I will be installing one too this coming weekend. Don't forget beer. A good DIY project includes alcohol consumption.

It's not that hard to install if you already have a softener, and especially if you can find the same brand softener or the input manifold is the same. Find the main shut off valve and/or there should be a shut off valve near the old softener. Input to input, output to output, then pressure check everything that you touched. Then keep an eye on it for a week or two. I would make sure that it is not easy to hit or knock over.

Try to get one that has sharkbite water connections. Oversize the discharge drain line and keep it short as possible.

AMEN