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WATER SOFTENER SYSTEMS NASHVILLE TN

FIND YOUR PERFECT SYSTEM—LITTLE GUY, WILL'S SPECIAL, OR BIG DADDY

Every Will's Friends system combines water softening AND filtration in one tank. The only question: which size fits your life? Whether you're a couple in a 12-South townhome or a family in Franklin, we've got the right system. No upselling. No confusion. Just honest guidance.

ALL THREE OPTIONS SOFTEN + FILTER

CHOOSE YOUR WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

THE GOOD STUFF THAT ACTUALLY WORKS

Every system has ion exchange resin (removes hardness)

✓ Every system has catalytic carbon (removes chloramine)

✓ The only difference: capacity for your lifestyle

✓ One tank, complete solution, zero complications

Need help choosing? Call (615) 212-8488

 

 

UNDERSTANDING YOUR OPTIONS

NASHVILLE • FRANKLIN • BRENTWOOD

NASHVILLE • FRANKLIN • BRENTWOOD

✓ Learn the difference between softeners, filters, and conditioners

✓ Understand what each technology can (and can't) fix

✓ Discover why Nashville water needs multiple solutions

✓ See what your neighbors are choosing and why

For questions about water treatment options, call us at (615) 212-8488. For a free educational consultation about solutions, book a discovery call.

FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK KIDS ARE THOSE THINGS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE

THE LITTLE GUY

32,000 grains of softening power. Perfect for two adults who have strong opinions about wine, and love vacations/freedom .

BUILT FOR:
  • 1-2 humans who shower daily
  • That rainfall shower head you splurged on
  • The dog who secretly drinks from the toilet
  • Your 1,800 - 3,000 sq ft of "we're adults now" space
YOU KNOW YOU NEED THIS IF:
  • Your biggest family gathering is brunch for four
  • The second bedroom is an office/Gym room
  • Your water bill is less than your coffee budget
  • "School district" wasn't part of your house search
REAL TALK:

Handles two showers at once. Regenerates while you sleep off the wine. Takes up less space than your golf clubs. Will absolutely transform your shower experience.

PRICE:

$2,875 installed with our starter bundle Costs less than that spaceship espresso machine you had to have.

Smaller Tank with Tanked RO

THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF WATER TREATMENT

THE WILL'S FRIENDS SPECIAL

Remember when smartphones replaced your camera, iPod, and GPS? That's the HydroSpring Duo. One tank. Two solutions. Zero complications.

THE DEAL:

It's a water softener AND a carbon filter had a baby. Ion exchange resin removes the limestone that's destroying your fixtures. Catalytic carbon kicks chloramine to the curb. One control valve runs the whole show.

REAL TALK PERFORMANCE:
  • Your shower doors will actually stay clean (revolutionary, we know)
  • That chlorine smell? Gone. Your bathroom won't smell like the Y or Lifetime
  • Flow rate stays strong - run three showers without someone yelling
  • Media lasts 3-5 years (not the "6 months" those Amazon filters claim)
  • Uses less salt than your margarita habit

Cylinder-3

 

Cylinder-4

WARRANTY THAT DOESN'T SUCK:
  • Forever: The tank (it's basically indestructible)
  • 5 Years: All the smart parts that could break
  • Lifetime: Ceramic valve discs (while competitors use plastic that breaks faster than campaign promises)
  • 1 Year: We'll fix our installation mistakes (hasn't happened yet)
VS. THE OTHER GUYS:

Culligan's Separate Systems: They'll sell you two tanks for twice the price. Cool business model for them, terrible deal for you.

Home Depot Special: Sure, it may be cheaper. So is gas station sushi. Some things are worth doing right.

PERFECT FOR: People who want their water problems solved without a chemistry lesson or a second mortgage.

PRICE:

$3,350 installed (includes tankless RO in our WILL'S FRIENDS SPECIAL deal)

FOR PEOPLE WHOSE HOUSES HAVE NAMES

THE BIG DADDY SYSTEM

64,000+ grains. This is what happens when a water softener drinks protein shakes. Unnecessary for most. Perfect for some.

BUILT FOR:
  • That house with the circular driveway
  • The master bath with two of everything
  • When "guest house" is part of your vocabulary
  • The family reunion that happens at your place
YOU KNOW YOU NEED THIS IF:
  • Your water bill is close to having a comma in it
  • The pool house has a full bathroom
  • Your shower has more heads than Mount Rushmore
REAL TALK:

This is overkill for 95% of homes. But for that 5%? It's perfect. Runs multiple showers, fills your garden tub, handles whatever your forever home needs. It's the water softener equivalent of a G-Wagon—you probably don't need it, but if you do, you REALLY do.

PRICE:

$9,867 installed in our BIG DADDY bundle. If you're asking if you need it, you don't.

Larger Tank with Wills Firends RO, remineralizer, and FlowTech Anti Scale System

READY WHEN YOU ARE — BOOK A DEMO OR CALL US

NASHVILLE • FRANKLIN • BRENTWOOD • WILLIAMSON & DAVIDSON COUNTIES

BOOK A 15‑MIN WATER DISCOVERY CALL (best for asking questions, getting ideas and seeing if water filtration is a fit for you and your family)

Or call (615) 212‑8488 for the fastest install — We currently only serve Nashville • Franklin • Brentwood • Williamson & Davidson Counties.

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO HARDNESS

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO YOUR WATER

Every system nukes your water problems completely:

BEFORE:

  • Hard water: 7-8 grains (aka limestone)
  • Chloramine/Chlorine: 1.2-3.2 ppm (aka pool smell)
  • Your life: Scrubbing, itching, complaining

AFTER (ALL SYSTEMS):

  • Hard water: 0 grains (actually soft)
  • Chloramine: Basically zero
  • Your life: Stunning hair and skin. Not thinking about water anymore

The only difference is how MUCH perfect water you get.

 

HOW TO CHOOSE WITHOUT OVERTHINKING

LITTLE GUY:

You're a couple. You're in a normal-sized place. Get this.

WILL'S SPECIAL:

You have kids or might have kids or have friends with kids. Get this.

BIG DADDY:

Your house is stupid big. You know who you are. Get this.

STILL CONFUSED?

Call us. We'll ask three questions and tell you exactly what you need. No upselling. No weird pushy stuff. Just honest advice from people who live here and drank the same water you do. 

 

BOOK YOUR 15-MIN WATER DISCOVERY CALL

NASHVILLE • FRANKLIN • BRENTWOOD • WILLIAMSON & DAVIDSON COUNTIES

We’ll have a quick 15 minute call to go over any questions you have about water filtration and see if we are a fit.
For the fastest install, give us a call at (615) 212-8488.

 
THE COMPARISON QUESTIONS EVERYONE ASKS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CHOOSING WATER TREATMENT

When you're comparing water softeners, the internet becomes a minefield of affiliate links, sponsored content, and companies trash-talking each other. Here's the stuff that actually matters when you're trying to pick between Will's Friends, Culligan, Kinetico, and that tempting Home Depot special.

"The best water softener is the one that's actually installed, working, and backed by people who answer their phone at 8 PM on a Saturday. Everything else is just marketing."

 

WHY ARE CULLIGAN AND KINETICO SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE?

Ah, the Cadillac question. Culligan and Kinetico make good equipment—we're not gonna lie. But you're paying for Super Bowl commercials, franchise fees, and proprietary parts that only they can service. It's like buying a European car—runs great, but may God help you when it needs parts. Our systems use standard components any plumber can service, and we skip the celebrity endorsements. Your water doesn't care if we advertised during the playoffs.

 

IS THE HOME DEPOT WATER SOFTENER JUST AS GOOD?

Sure, and that ab roller from the infomercial will give you a six-pack by Thursday.

Look, Home Depot sells a box. You install it (good luck), you program it (better luck), and when it breaks, you call an 800 number and talk to Kevin in India who's never been to  Nashville. We install it right, size it for YOUR water, and when something goes wrong, you call us—the people who installed it. The $500 you save upfront costs you $2,000 in headaches later.

WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH SALT-FREE SYSTEMS? RAINSOFT SAYS THEIRS IS BETTER.

Salt-free systems are like non-alcoholic beer at a tailgate—technically it exists, but what's the point?

They don't actually soften water; they condition it, which is marketing speak for doesn't really work but sounds good.

In Nashville's 7+ grain hardness, salt-free systems are about as effective as a toothbrush cleaning a car. RainSoft, NuvoH2O, Pelican—they all promise no salt. What they deliver is... disappointing.

DO I REALLY NEED THE CARBON FILTRATION TOO, OR IS THAT JUST UPSELLING?

Nashville uses chloramine, not just chlorine. Chloramine is like chlorine's angry big brother—harder to remove and hangs around forever. Most softeners only handle hardness. You'll have soft water that still smells like a YMCA pool. Our combo systems handle both in one tank because that's what actually makes sense. Culligan would sell you two separate systems for twice the price and call it premium.

HOW DO I KNOW YOUR CERAMIC VALVES ARE ACTUALLY BETTER?

Pull up a chair, friend. Everyone else uses plastic valve seals. Plastic + chlorine water + time = replacement.

We use ceramic discs—the same material in your grandmother's china that survived two world wars and three house moves.

Kinetico's twin-tank system is clever but uses plastic internals. When their valve fails at year 5, you're buying proprietary parts. When our ceramic discs fail... actually, they don't. We've never replaced one.

WILL'S FRIENDS SOUNDS MADE UP. ARE YOU GUYS EVEN REAL?

Fair question. We're newer than the 100-year-old companies, sure.

But we're also not trapped in 100-year-old thinking.

We're local guys who got tired of the water treatment industry acting like a 1980s car dealership.

We live here, our kids drink this water, and we'll be here when you need us. Can't say that about the traveling water show guys who rent the convention center twice a year.

WHAT IF I MOVE? CAN I TAKE THE SYSTEM?

You CAN take it, but here's the thing—water treatment systems are like built-in pools. They add more value staying put. Your system adds about $5,000 to your home value (Nashville real estate agents confirm this). Moving it costs $800-1,000. The math says leave it, but hey, it's your system. Culligan and Kinetico often lease their systems, so you can't take those even if you wanted to.

THE WATER STORE GUY SAID I NEED A 96,000 GRAIN SYSTEM...

Of course he did. His commission is based on system size. Unless you're running a boutique hotel out of your house, you don't need 96,000 grains.

Most Nashville families need 48,000. Some need 32,000. A few legitimately need 64,000+. Oversizing is like buying a Ford F-350 to commute to Green Hills—it'll work, but you're wasting money and salt. We size based on actual need, not commission brackets.

 

IS FINANCING WORTH IT OR SHOULD I JUST PAY CASH?

If you've got the cash, great. If you'd rather keep that emergency fund intact and pay it off over time, also great. The Culligan rental program seems convenient until you realize you're paying $89/month forever for something you could own for $56/month for 5 years. That's like leasing a Honda Civic for the price of buying one.

WHAT'S THE CATCH WITH YOUR 90-DAY GUARANTEE?

There isn't one. We'll rip it out and refund you. Full stop.

Nobody's ever asked us to, but the offer stands. Kinetico has a satisfaction guarantee with more fine print than a pharmaceutical ad.

Home Depot has a return policy that requires you to somehow stuff a 300-pound system back in its original box.

Our guarantee is simple: love it or we remove it.

HOW DO YOU COMPARE TO COSTCO'S WATER SOFTENERS?

Costco sells Ecowater systems, which are... fine. They're like Kirkland brand anything—good value, works okay, nothing special. But here's the kicker: Costco doesn't install it. You're calling a random contractor who may or may not know what they're doing. We sell AND install AND service.

WHY SHOULD I TRUST YOU OVER A COMPANY THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1920?

Sears was around since 1893. Circuit City since 1949. Being old doesn't mean being good. Those established companies are counting on you thinking older equals better while they charge 2024 prices for 1980s thinking.
We use modern equipment, transparent pricing, and actually answer our phones. 

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS IN 5 YEARS?

With us: You call, we show up, we fix it with standard parts from any supply house. With Culligan/Kinetico: You call their 800 number, wait for an authorized dealer, pay for proprietary parts. With Home Depot: You're on YouTube trying to figure it out yourself.

IS THIS REALLY A ONE-TIME PURCHASE OR ARE THERE HIDDEN COSTS?

Real talk: You'll buy salt monthly ($8-20 depending on system size). Media replacement in 5-7 years ($400-600). Annual service if you want it ($150). That's it. No filter of the month club, no proprietary salt, no mandatory service contracts. Culligan often requires their salt delivery service. We don't care where you buy salt—Costco, Home Depot, from your cousin Terry's salt emporium. Salt is salt.

FINE, I'M CONVINCED. WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? Call us at (615) 212-8488. We'll test your water for free (actual free, not free with 90-minute presentation free). Tell you exactly what you need. Install it properly. And be there when you need us.

READY WHEN YOU ARE — BOOK A DEMO OR CALL US

NASHVILLE • FRANKLIN • BRENTWOOD • WILLIAMSON & DAVIDSON COUNTIES

BOOK A 15‑MIN WATER DISCOVERY CALL (best for asking questions, getting ideas and seeing if water filtration is a fit for you and your family)

Or call (615) 212‑8488 for the fastest install — We currently only serve Nashville • Franklin • Brentwood • Williamson & Davidson Counties.