We moved into this house 3 years ago and the house itself is 19 years old, there is a water softner system downstairs that all I have ever done is pour salt in when I saw it was getting low and it's always just worked.
About 2 weeks ago we noticed the water was feeling harder, had a copper like smell and our white tub was starting to show some orange stains around the drain and wall.
I don't know much at all about these things, I emailed the company sticker on the unit asking if they could tell me how old this was or what I could do to troubleshoot it. Their reply was to setup a salesman to stop by and discuss new systems, which I am not sure if this is in need of replacing or not.
The head unit I believe is a fleck 9100 based on a similar one i saw on youtube, I haven't figured out what exactly to do, replace it or not etc.
There is a company called Kinetico that is big in our area and I may do a consult with them but I also know they are pricey from neighbors who have them.
Outside of changing the whole house main filter, evacuating the hot water tank (not much at all came out but it's done), using a stick to confirm there was no bridge of salt, I ended up just scooping ALL the salt tank contents out, on top were the rock pieces but in the base I had about 3/4 inch of what to me appeared as just sludge, like snow outside, so I figured clear it ALL out and put a new bag in which I just did.
I don't even see where or how to set the time on this but I turned the bottom right side knob till it clicked and appears to be going thru a cycle now manually, love to learn how this thing works more though.
Beyond the things I have done above I figure I will give it a day or two and see if it's any better, we could totally feel smell and taste the difference just rinsing our teeth after brushing, so I will be able to tell if it is fixed or not soon, but what else can I check or do for this system to confirm if something is broke and how old is too old and time to replace?
Kinetico info seems to say they regenerate only as needed, dont use electricity and use much less salt, those all sound good to me, but if this works again I really don't want to spend that kinda money (I know they aren't cheap).
Bill
About 2 weeks ago we noticed the water was feeling harder, had a copper like smell and our white tub was starting to show some orange stains around the drain and wall.
I don't know much at all about these things, I emailed the company sticker on the unit asking if they could tell me how old this was or what I could do to troubleshoot it. Their reply was to setup a salesman to stop by and discuss new systems, which I am not sure if this is in need of replacing or not.
The head unit I believe is a fleck 9100 based on a similar one i saw on youtube, I haven't figured out what exactly to do, replace it or not etc.
There is a company called Kinetico that is big in our area and I may do a consult with them but I also know they are pricey from neighbors who have them.
Outside of changing the whole house main filter, evacuating the hot water tank (not much at all came out but it's done), using a stick to confirm there was no bridge of salt, I ended up just scooping ALL the salt tank contents out, on top were the rock pieces but in the base I had about 3/4 inch of what to me appeared as just sludge, like snow outside, so I figured clear it ALL out and put a new bag in which I just did.
I don't even see where or how to set the time on this but I turned the bottom right side knob till it clicked and appears to be going thru a cycle now manually, love to learn how this thing works more though.
Beyond the things I have done above I figure I will give it a day or two and see if it's any better, we could totally feel smell and taste the difference just rinsing our teeth after brushing, so I will be able to tell if it is fixed or not soon, but what else can I check or do for this system to confirm if something is broke and how old is too old and time to replace?
Kinetico info seems to say they regenerate only as needed, dont use electricity and use much less salt, those all sound good to me, but if this works again I really don't want to spend that kinda money (I know they aren't cheap).
Bill