Water Softener Problems

Water Softener Maintenance
All water softeners are not the same. LifeSource Systems need no regular maintenance. However, salt based water softeners require regular maintenance. You will need to either clean or add salt to the system. As you can imagine, opening and filling, running out of softener salts only will damage your system over time.

Inconvenience Of A Water Softener
Use pure salt with iron remover. Don't add salt until almost all the salt in the tank is used up. Then refill the tank no more than two-thirds full. Use Iron-Out once a year to clean the resin bed and the parts in the control valve. Clean the brine tank once a year. Even pure salt contains contaminants. Make sure the softener's drain line isn't pushed down into a floor drain. The end of the softener's drain line should be above the grate of the drain to prevent accidental siphoning of sewage into the softener.

Cost of A Water Softener
Water softener prices are easy to find online and at your local hardware store. Prices can differ based where you buy and the type of water softener you need. Big box hardware store prices range from $350 to $600 dollars. Water softener dealers offer systems in a range of $900 to $7000 dollars.

Water softener installation can typically range from around $400-$3,000. It all depends on how far you install the system from your main water line. A homeowner might receive four estimates ranging from $2,100-$3,500 for total costs for installing a standard water softener in an older home it is not pre-plumbed for a softener unit. Let a LifeSource professional assist you in determining where to install a system for you at the lowest possible cost.