Hello;
I have high contents of iron in my well water. I have had a Kinetico water softener installed for seven years, that seemed to do the trick, as far as brown staining and odor. The Kinetico purged every 300 gallons with the salt water solution. It has two filters, one for sediment, the other is carbonized.
This winter, the smell and staining took a turn for the worse. Kinetico came out and "sanitized" (their words), the system. They also changed the purge time from 300 gallons, down to 200 gallons. I changed the filters, and the smell and staining got better, but it is still there, although slightly.
Could my water be so bad, that the softener cannot handle it anymore? Is the media in the softeners bad, and need to be changed? Kinetico said "no."
One more problem, is that I have three bathrooms in the house. All get equal use. The master bathroom has the most odor and brown staining of the three bathrooms, yet this bathroom is used the most. How can one bathroom have more odor and staining then the others? They are all on the same plumbing line.
I do not have much faith in my Kinetico Service Man. However, I was told that no one else will work on Kinetico products because it is a franchise. I would like a second opinion.
Anyone have any ideas?
I have high contents of iron in my well water. I have had a Kinetico water softener installed for seven years, that seemed to do the trick, as far as brown staining and odor. The Kinetico purged every 300 gallons with the salt water solution. It has two filters, one for sediment, the other is carbonized.
This winter, the smell and staining took a turn for the worse. Kinetico came out and "sanitized" (their words), the system. They also changed the purge time from 300 gallons, down to 200 gallons. I changed the filters, and the smell and staining got better, but it is still there, although slightly.
Could my water be so bad, that the softener cannot handle it anymore? Is the media in the softeners bad, and need to be changed? Kinetico said "no."
One more problem, is that I have three bathrooms in the house. All get equal use. The master bathroom has the most odor and brown staining of the three bathrooms, yet this bathroom is used the most. How can one bathroom have more odor and staining then the others? They are all on the same plumbing line.
I do not have much faith in my Kinetico Service Man. However, I was told that no one else will work on Kinetico products because it is a franchise. I would like a second opinion.
Anyone have any ideas?