Water Softener Maintenance: The Annual Checklist and the 15-Minute Task That Prevents Most Service Calls

Water Softener Maintenance

The two maintenance tasks that prevent most problems are checking the salt every four to six weeks and cleaning the venturi valve once a year. Most homeowners do the first and skip the second entirely, which is why the venturi clog is the leading reason softeners stop using salt and the most common source of … Read more

Water Softener Salt Bridge and Salt Mushing: Two Different Problems With Two Different Fixes

Water Softener Salt Bridge Mushing

Salt bridge and salt mushing are two separate brine tank problems that both stop your softener from using salt. They look similar from the outside but happen in different parts of the tank, require different fixes, and have different root causes. Treating one as if it were the other wastes time and leaves you with … Read more