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Thanks Gary. I'm aware of the .5 blfc and the pounds of salt. The water is not even close to the elbow it's like 1/3 full. I used 12 on the brine fill because the mfg instructions (fleck) said water that has iron of 3ppm or higher may need a higher setting on the brine fill and to use 12 a...

Gary you lost me with this post and waiting 2 hours. The brine tank already has water in it that has sat in salt for a week. I usually take some iron out and dissolve it in a half gallon, pour it in the brine well and regenerate.

Well when I changed the brine fill time a couple weeks ago from 12 to 7 that could be the root cause. I increased back to 12 this week and it came out perfect.

Well when I changed the brine fill time a couple weeks ago from 12 to 7 that could be the root cause. I increased back to 12 glair this week and it came out perfect.

Thanks Gary. So your saying to dissolve iron out in 2 gallons in a separate bucket for 2 hours. Then after 2 hours add it to the brine well and regen? I was just putting it into a half gallon of water and immediately emptying into the brine well and regenerating.

Yes new filter

I filled up a 5 gallon bucket in 1 minute with the sediment filter. I then reinstalled the sediment filter and virtually the same still 5 gallon bucket in 1 minute. I increased the salt dose and did a regen with super iron. I did tap the sides during backwash and it appears as though we have a...

First thing I'll do is take the sedinment cartridge out and regenerate. Maybe a .5 micron is causing a pressure drop resulting in inadequate back washing.

I'm going to try back to back regents with super iron out first and set the salt dose to the highest setting. How do I set the salt dose to the highest setting on the fleck 5600sxt? Is that the brine fill setting or the hardness setting? I would think if it's the brine fill that on the first...

I guess so. What a pain the softeners only 2months old.

What's the best way to get it tested?

Every 3 months a .5 micron filter.

I'll add to the thread. Had a regeneration last night and of course the water was yellowish and colored until I Ran it out for 5 minutes. Tonight I figured I would change the sediment filter. The filter was of course filthy covered caked with iron. I put the nice new filter back in and turned...

How about some comments on roughing the pex tubing? If I have an 8 ft run of baseboard where would I want the beginning and end of the tubing to be roughed out of the drywall. If I also have 2 8 footers that I will have put together where should I start and end the pex out of the drywall?

It's 20 degrees out. My basement is 68 degrees without any heat.

Whoops I forgot and didn't realize until I got home the sediment filter is before the water softener not after so no way to turn off the shut off valve.

Never thought of that. I'm just about due to put the new sediment filter in. Should I manually regenerate right after replacing it or shut down the shut off between the softener and filter then regenerate?

I have a shut off after the softener between my softener and sediment filter.

I'm not set on it. I've regenerated twice in a day then the next and each time the same result. Yellowish water right after the regen.

I'm going to try increasing the time on the brine fill to see if that helps. I wonder if my water pressure isn't high enough to rinse it completely I find a search a noticed some people with the exact same issue I'm having. http://www.diychatroom.com/f7/incomplete-softener-flushing-70484/