01-27-2017, 10:13 AM
Can we talk water softeners? Any experiences with whole house ones?
Moved into the house 4ish years ago and replaced the elements in the electric hot water tanks, they were a solid bar of calcium or something. Day before Christmas one of the lower elements failed in such a way it leaked water out. The bottom of the tank was so full of crap, right up to where the element was, that it took over 24hrs to drain it. Rigged up a hose to the shop vac and cleaned it out the best I could, but don't want to invest in replacing the tanks until we can get a softener system going. I'm sure it'll waste a lot of treated water in the toliets, but having it for the appliances will hopefully extend their life.
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Moved into the house 4ish years ago and replaced the elements in the electric hot water tanks, they were a solid bar of calcium or something. Day before Christmas one of the lower elements failed in such a way it leaked water out. The bottom of the tank was so full of crap, right up to where the element was, that it took over 24hrs to drain it. Rigged up a hose to the shop vac and cleaned it out the best I could, but don't want to invest in replacing the tanks until we can get a softener system going. I'm sure it'll waste a lot of treated water in the toliets, but having it for the appliances will hopefully extend their life.