The water filtration configurator answers a question most homeowners shouldn't have to research from scratch: what filtration setup is right for *this* home, *this* water source, *this* household. Twelve questions, an opinionated recommendation, an honest list of what it would cost and what it would do.
Starting the configurator
From the dashboard, open Configurators → Water filtration → Start. The configurator is gated behind your Homaic account so the output saves directly into your manifest.
Twelve questions. The first three are about the property and water source; the next four are about water quality (lab results if you have them, observations if you don't); the last five are about household preferences and constraints (point-of-use vs whole-house, softening tolerance, budget bracket, install constraints, future plans).
You don't need to know the answers in advance. Each question has examples and a "skip — I don't know" path that flags the answer for follow-up.
What the output means
The configurator returns five sections:
- Context check. What it inferred from your inputs and where it's making assumptions.
- Component model. The recommended stack — sediment, carbon, softener (or alternative), RO at the kitchen, post-filter — with sizing.
- Current state map. What's already in your home (if you've captured filtration assets) and what would change.
- Comparison grid. This recommendation against the next two reasonable alternatives, with honest tradeoffs.
- What we recommend / what we're not recommending. The picks, the rejected options, and why.
- Now / Soon / Someday. A scenario walk-through showing how to phase the work.
The output is a brief in your manifest. You can share it with a contractor — that's the point — and the contractor sees the same opinionated recommendation you do.
Recalibrating
Things change. Lab results come in. The well goes bad. A softener fails. Re-run the configurator: the questions you've already answered persist as defaults, you change what's changed, and the new output supersedes the old one. Old configurator runs are kept in your manifest history — you can see what you decided and why.
What this configurator does NOT do
It does not order parts. It does not connect to a contractor marketplace. It does not call a specific brand the "best" — recommendations are component-class with brand examples in each tier. The output is the *thinking*; the doing stays with you and whoever you hire.