Skip to content
Preview — final branding and contact details in progress
Rare FindWater Treatment
Request

Residential water treatment in Lakewood Ranch, Florida

Water treatment.
Lakewood Ranch & beyond.

Rare Find tests your water for free at home, recommends only what it needs, and installs softeners, filters and drinking water systems you can actually understand, for homes across Manatee, Sarasota, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties.

Request a free water test See inside a softener
Skip animation

01 / 06

The control valve

Illustrative side-elevation cutaway of a WS1-style downflow control valve and media tankMEDIATANKFreeboardSpace for the bed to liftTop distributorScreens media at the topRiser tubeTreated water returns upIon-exchange resinbedUnderbedIf specifiedBottom distributorCollects treated waterONE PIECEDNINOUTBYPASSRARE FINDFront cover + control boardProgramming, display (EE shown)Drive bracketMotor + drive gearsInjector capInjector + plug belowRegenerant pistonSofteners only · V3174Downflow pistonFront-to-back stroke · V3011Drive cap assemblyV3004Spacer stackOne piece · V3005-02Downflow bodyV3001 · bypass shown
Scroll to disassemble

Softening: reduces hardness. Valve uses a regenerant piston and injector for brine. One media type per tank in this illustration.

Illustrative cutaway — final WS1 components and media configuration to be confirmed

Residential services

Fifteen ways in.

Rare Find is a residential water treatment company based in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. We test home water, then install and service softeners, carbon filtration, well water systems and reverse osmosis. New to this? Start with our water treatment guide. Every page explains the equipment, the process and the honest limits. Plumbing is coming soon.

Start here

Find out what is in your water and where it comes from.

Treat a specific problem

Hardness, iron, sulfur, tannins, taste and targeted concerns.

Systems

Choosing, buying and installing the right equipment.

Care & monitoring

Keep existing equipment working and in view.

Where does your water come from?

Different sources, different starting points.

Treated, but not always pleasant.

Municipal water is treated by your utility. Homeowners usually come to us about hardness, chlorine taste and odor, or scale on fixtures.

Usually relevant

Free In-Home Water Testing Water Softening Whole-Home Filtration

Where we work

Five counties. Every residential address.

Based in Lakewood Ranch, Rare Find serves homes throughout Manatee, Sarasota, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. If your home is in one of them, you are covered, named in our directory or not.

Manatee County Sarasota County Hillsborough County Pinellas County Pasco County

778 named places in the service area directory. Residential only.

Manatee76 NAMED PLACESSarasota345 NAMED PLACESHillsborough160 NAMED PLACESPinellas149 NAMED PLACESPasco48 NAMED PLACESLakewood Ranch base

Stylized diagram, not to scale

What you just saw

The parts, in plain English.

Names and part references come from the manufacturer’s WS1 drawings. The animation is illustrative: the exact board, cover, options and tank media for your system are chosen per home.

Clack WS1 & WS1.25 Drawings and Service Manual Manufacturer PDFClack WS1 EE Manual: Programming, Front Cover and Drive Manufacturer PDF

These are OEM valve service and programming references, not complete system installation guides.

  1. Front cover + board

    Front cover and control board

    The face you program. Board and cover options vary (the EE cover is one example); Wi-Fi monitoring needs a compatible Wi-Fi-enabled board.

  2. V3002 / gears

    Drive bracket, motor and drive gears

    A small motor turns a gear train mounted on a bracket behind the cover.

  3. V3004

    Drive cap assembly

    A geared ring and threaded spindle that converts gear rotation into the piston stroke.

  4. V3011

    Downflow main piston

    Travels front-to-back horizontally inside the valve, not down into the tank. A valve is set up as downflow or upflow, never both at once.

  5. V3174

    Regenerant piston

    Attached to the main piston on softeners and other regenerating systems. Not used on backwash-only filters such as a carbon filter.

  6. V3005-02

    Spacer stack assembly

    A one-piece cage with seals inside that the piston slides through. Serviced as a whole assembly, not as individual rings.

  7. Injector cap / screen

    Injector, screen and plug

    Draws brine on a softener. A backwash-only filter uses plugs in both injector holes instead.

  8. V3001

    Downflow valve body

    Threads onto the tank. Bypass and meter options depend on the model selected.

Test, then recommend, then install. In that order.

  1. 01

    Test, free

    A free in-home water test to find out what is actually in your water and what is bothering you about it.

  2. 02

    Recommend

    Equipment sized to your results, with the reasoning shown. Sometimes the answer is less equipment.

  3. 03

    Install

    Clean installation with bypass and service access, programmed for your household.

  4. 04

    Stay connected

    Optional branded monitoring on compatible valves, so problems surface early.

Branded Wi-Fi monitoring

A softener that tells you before you notice.

Compatible Clack WS1 Wi-Fi-enabled control boards connect over Wi-Fi or Ethernet to a monitoring app carrying the Rare Find name, not someone else’s. Add optional sensors for salt volume, leaks, pressure and TDS.

  • Salt level

    Low-salt alert

    Optional sensor

  • Leak detection

    Alert on moisture

    Optional sensor

  • Pressure

    Trend over time

    Optional sensor

  • TDS

    Dissolved solids

    Optional sensor

How monitoring works
Illustrative demo — not live data

Rare Find Monitor

Main softener

Example

Salt level (sample layout)

Placeholder bar — no reading

Next regen

Scheduled

Leak sensor

Example

Usage trend (shape only)

Screen is a design illustration. Monitoring reports equipment status; it does not certify water safety.

Packages · priced at consultation

Three starting points. Your test decides the rest.

Packages describe a need, not a fixed box of parts. Every configuration is confirmed after a free in-home water test.

P1

Hard-water relief

A residential ion-exchange water softener for scale, spotting and soap that will not lather.

What is included

  • Water softener: resin tank, brine tank and control valve
  • Bypass, drain and brine line installation
  • Valve programmed to your household

Intended for

  • — Scale on fixtures, kettles and glass
  • — Spotty dishes and stiff laundry
  • — Taste and odor are not the main complaint

Resin volume and settings depend on measured hardness, iron and your daily water use.

Optional: compatible Rare Find Wi-Fi monitoring, discussed at consultation. Not included by default.

Pricing by consultation

Water SofteningSystem Installation
P2

Whole-home treatment

A softener paired with filtration chosen for what your test finds, treating water at every tap.

What is included

  • Water softener for hardness
  • Point-of-entry filtration appropriate to your results, such as carbon for chlorine or chloramine taste and odor
  • Combined or separate-tank layout, explained before you decide

Intended for

  • — Hardness plus chlorine smell in the shower
  • — Taste or odor throughout the house
  • — You want both problems handled at the main line

Filter media, tank layout and sizing are chosen from your test results, flow rate and available space.

Optional: compatible Rare Find Wi-Fi monitoring, discussed at consultation. Not included by default.

Pricing by consultation

Whole-Home FiltrationCity Water Treatment
P3

Whole-home + drinking water

Whole-home treatment plus an under-sink reverse osmosis system at the kitchen.

What is included

  • Everything in whole-home treatment, configured to your test
  • Kitchen reverse osmosis with pre- and post-filters
  • Dedicated drinking water faucet and drain connection

Intended for

  • — You buy bottled water for taste
  • — You want a dedicated drinking tap
  • — Whole-home comfort and kitchen drinking water together

RO fit depends on inlet pressure, water chemistry and the space under your sink.

Optional: compatible Rare Find Wi-Fi monitoring, discussed at consultation. Not included by default.

Pricing by consultation

Reverse OsmosisWhole-Home Filtration

On a private well? Well treatment is designed individually after testing, often in stages for iron, sulfur, hardness or sediment. No bundle is a blanket safety guarantee.

Well water

Special offers

No offers running. We would rather say so.

There are no approved promotions right now. When one is approved, it will appear here with its real terms. Until then, the in-home water test remains free.

About special offers
Coming soon

Current offers: none

No coupons, codes, savings or deadlines are published. Anything claiming otherwise did not come from this page.

Financing · not available yet

Financing is planned, not offered.

No provider or terms have been selected, and there is nothing to apply for. Meanwhile, here is what is worth asking about any home-improvement financing.

Financing information
  1. 01

    Total cost

    Add up every payment plus any fees. Compare that figure with paying upfront, not just the monthly number.

  2. 02

    Term length

    A longer term usually lowers each payment but can raise what you pay overall.

  3. 03

    APR

    The annual percentage rate reflects interest and certain fees. Ask whether it is fixed or can change.

  4. 04

    Fees

    Look for origination, late-payment and prepayment fees, and ask how each is charged.

General education only. These are not Rare Find terms, and no financing is available to apply for.

FAQ

Straight answers.

Including the ones about what we can not promise yet.

No. The form on this preview site saves your consultation request with a reference number. It does not book an appointment or send an email or text.

A widely used control valve for residential softeners and filters. It sits on top of the media tank and controls regeneration using a drive, piston and seal stack inside a composite body.

No. A softener uses ion-exchange resin; a carbon filter uses activated carbon. They can share the same style of tank and valve, but they do different jobs.

Only with compatible WS1 Wi-Fi-enabled control boards. Older valves may need a board change. We will check before recommending anything.

No. Monitoring reports equipment and optional sensor data such as salt level, leaks, pressure or TDS. Drinking water safety requires proper testing. Our water treatment guide explains the difference.

Residential homes throughout Manatee, Sarasota, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, from our base in Lakewood Ranch. If your address is in one of those counties, you are covered, even if your neighborhood is not named in our directory.

No. Rare Find is residential only.

Plumbing is coming soon. It is not available to request yet.

Yes, the in-home water test is free. Certified laboratory testing, when it is the right next step, is a separate service we will explain first.

Consultation request

Tell us about your water.

Share a few details and we will save your request with a reference number.

How this preview works

  • Your request is saved to our database only.
  • No appointment is booked or confirmed.
  • No email, text or calendar notification is sent yet.

Residential homes only. Plumbing services are coming soon and cannot be requested yet.

Preview form: this saves your request only. It does not book an appointment or send a notification.