hard water options

Rkh · Oct 5, 2016

Currently have a sears water softner, but get built up of hard soft pellets that get as hard as concrete on the bottom of tank. Is there better options out there? I use the mortan pellets & fill about a foot deep.

Destroked 450 · Oct 5, 2016

Haven't tried one yet but was at a plumbing shop a while back and they had a electronic water softener, it was some wire that you wrap around the water pipe and connected to a control box that plugged into a 120 volt outlet.

Check out Clearwave water sofeners

Russ from MN · Oct 5, 2016

Where would the calcium go? On a regular softener it goes down the sewer when you regenerate.

showcrop · Oct 5, 2016

The Morton Pellets that I use are hard as concrete right out of the bag. Maybe if you let it regenerate one more time it will dissolve those hard ones.

Janicholson · Oct 5, 2016

I think it is very profitable for the seller and worthless to the purchaser. Reverse osmosis on a small scale for drinking water is what I have done when well water was high in Calcium and magnesium salts. Jim

caterpillar guy · Oct 6, 2016

Dad had this problem with the pellets getting like a rock and would not dissolve nor breakup so the water would not be able to get through them. He went to using rock salt for it. Solved the problem. Been using them for a year now.

WalJohn · Oct 6, 2016

(quoted from post at 16:21:22 10/05/16) Currently have a sears water softner, but get built up of hard soft pellets that get as hard as concrete on the bottom of tank. Is there better options out there? I use the mortan pellets & fill about a foot deep.

Our softener says to use solar salt crystals because of the problem you are describing. It is a Water Right Impression series.

Bret4207 · Oct 6, 2016

(quoted from post at 17:21:22 10/05/16) Currently have a sears water softner, but get built up of hard soft pellets that get as hard as concrete on the bottom of tank. Is there better options out there? I use the mortan pellets & fill about a foot deep.

I don't know what your owners manual says, but on my softener a foot of pellets would be "empty" on the read out. I suggest you find and read the manual and follow the directions. What you describe is "salt bridging" and it may come from incorrect settings on the softener controls, the type of salt used or maybe you need a lot more salt in the tank.

W_B · Oct 6, 2016

(quoted from post at 21:21:22 10/05/16) Currently have a sears water softner, but get built up of hard soft pellets that get as hard as concrete on the bottom of tank. Is there better options out there? I use the mortan pellets & fill about a foot deep.

I put about 2 1/2 to 3 feet of salt in my softener. If completely empty that takes about four 50 lb. bags of softener salt pellets.

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