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Luckily in today's world, water softeners are amazingly low maintenance. The two biggest things to watch out for are salt bridges and salt mushing. This can be avoided by buying high-quality salt pellets.

Salt bridges happen when a hard crust forms in the brine tank and creates and space between the salt and the water, thus preventing the salt dissolving in the water to make the brine, and without the brine the resin beads that soften your water cannot do the job they are supposed to do.

Salt mushing on the other hand is a little more serious of the two. This problem happens when salt that has dissolved recrystallizes and forms a sludge on the bottom of the tank. This thick layer of salt prevents the water softener from properly cycling through the regeneration process. This will keep your water hard and may create a blockage in the tank. If it wasn't salt bridging it may be salt mushing and the only way to solve this problem is by draining the water softener and digging out all of the old salt and replacing it. This can be avoided by buying high quality salt pellets and managing the humidity around your water softener. If it is too humid, condensation can occur in the brine tank causing the salt to bond together and the bridge. So keeping the temperature and humidity levels steady while using high quality salt pellets will help. Contact Us now if you have any questions.

Do You Need to Flush Your Water Heater with a Water Softener?

While you may not need to drain your hot water heater as frequently if you have a water softener, you should still drain your unit regularly. Because even water that has been treated to turn it into soft water still has trace amounts of calcium and magnesium and when heated these can leave deposits on the inside of your water heater, putting you at risk of inefficient heating and clogs over time.