I'm hoping someone can offer possible cause of our problem with our water softner. We are in the process of getting the water softner that was in the house when we purchased it 2 months ago up and going. It is a Culligan Estate system. We had Culligan perform a service check on system to look it over; all seemed fine, however it has been 3 weeks and the water tests are pretty wacky. After a week, both hot and cold showed still hard. Today, another water test (by Culligan rep) showed cold water soft but hot water hard. The Culligan rep - a salesman not technician - was baffled. He plans to do some research and get back with me before I call a technician out again (this will be their 3rd visit). I am wondering if anyone has ideas what would cause this. I realize I may need to provide more info in order to get assistance, but not sure what info to give. The previous info I found on this forum was very valuable in asking questions to Culligan so far. Glad I stumbled on it.

I posted my well water problems under the well topic, but I thought I'd ask here also. To recap, my well water is very milky looking. It appears to be very fine sediment in the water. It will settle out after several days of sitting undisturbed in a clear glass. After that, the water if clear, but with a milky layer in the bottom. Draining off the water and leaving the milky substance to dry, leaves a residue that seems nearly as fine as Talcum powder. Is there any filter which I can install to take out the fine sediment, and not have to replace the filter cartridge every day or so. I tried a GE filter, and it lasted less than 36 hours before we lost water flow to the kitchen sink.