How do you know that it’s time to survey newer water softening systems for your house? It’s advisable to begin a before purchase survey like this when you notice that thin film of scum in your hot cocoa; that itchy feeling on your skin after a shower, even if you don’t have any soap or shampoo allergies; that detergent soap that makes so much lather in you washing machine, doesn’t lather heaps anymore; and there’s that distinct taste of metal in your morning coffee, to boot.
Then ask yourself why these changes in your water? The answers to your question will share a single and very probable root cause. Your control valve isn’t clean enough.
When it comes to water softening systems, a control valve’s cleanliness can make or break the operational life span of a certain installation. The main valve is usually the softener part that accumulates most of the residual build up from hard water that no amount of backwashing can remove. This mineral deposit build up causes scum to reappear in our drinking water, though we’re sure that our resin and brine tanks are in perfect working conditions.
Remember that salt and resins aren’t the only parts of water softening systems. Though they do play a big part in the purification process, very dirty control valves will mean that we’ll just have to buy new water softening systems. Why new? It’s relatively cheaper and lighter on our pockets to buy a new unit than a single spare part.