If you live somewhere in the Midwest, you’ve probably encountered hard water. Simply, hard water is water with high mineral content. Untreated groundwater in wells found in a great portion of Midwest states, including Wisconsin, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, is found to be “very hard”, making it unsafe to drink. The role of water softeners is to filter out the minerals from your water.

But when your state-of-the-art, trusty water softener doesn’t work the way it used to, maybe it’s time to take a closer look at the hardware you got. The simplest problems your home water filtration system can face are often products of irregular maintenance.

So, here are some DIY troubleshooting tips you can use to check and repair your water softener.

Check the brine tank

Brine tank is the part of the device is where the salt is stored, which induces the ionization process of the water softener. Typically, the brine tank often gets clogged if there’s too much water or salt inside it. It can also get clogged if you add salt too frequently to the machine, resulting in a hard salt dome or crust inside. Clean the brine tank by clearing out the salt using a broom to break and remove it.

From there, use a vacuum to take out all the sediment. After that, it’s just proper cleaning with soap and water.

Check the resin bed

The resin bed is the second thing you need to check when repairing your water softener. This is where most of the ionization process that softens the water happens. Sometimes, it’s the resin bed that gets clogged up during the water softening process, with it having to handle all the minerals it needs to filter from the hard water.

There might be a build-up of silt, manganese, and iron within the resin bed. These need to be purged from the resin bed either through using hydrogen hydrosulfite products and purge the wastewater through your water softener’s functions.

Check the injector

If it’s not the brine tank or the resin bed that’s causing your water softener to malfunction, look at the injector. When the injector sucks up too much sediment or salt, it can get blocked. When this happens, make sure that the water is shut off and then relieve the water pressure through the water softener’s manual regeneration function. After that, just remove the defective injector and clean it thoroughly, removing whatever sediment or dirty salt that clogged it.

When you’ve done all these things and the water softener still doesn’t work the way it should, maybe the issue is something that’s beyond your depth. Ask your local plumber or call a water softener repair specialist in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, or wherever you are located. That way, you will prevent any unnecessary complications in the course of fixing it yourself.

Repairing water softeners can be difficult if you don’t treat yours right. By performing regular and proper maintenance, you’ll always be drinking, showering with, or washing with soft water wherever you are in the Midwest.

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