I have a fleck 5600 softener. When flushing out my water heater I noticed I had resin from the softener come out. I would say I had about a gallon paint can of resin that came out. I have not noticed any resin or had problems with any faucets in the house, mabey I caught it in time?? We have high water pressure here (mabye 100 plus) and I am sure that took a seal out or something. I would like to fix this myself if possible. But can't find any instructions for my unit on what to do. I will definately be adding a pressure regulator. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thank you!!

Hello all. I have a SEARS water softener model 625.348491 which is about 5yr old. When I tested the hardness after it has gone through the softener it is 10, before it goes into the unit it is at 15. The unit is working as far as filling and flushing so I am assuming that my resin needs to be replaced. When I checked the price for a new resin tank with resin from SEARS.com it is just as much as a whole new softener from SEARS, Lowes, Home Depot. So my questions are: 1) Am I correct in that the resin needs to be replaced. 2) Can I use my old tank, clean it out and renew with fresh resin. 3) I have read in some of the other threads that there is gravel in the bottom of the resin tank, can I reuse this gravel if I have it or does it need replacing. 4) Where can I get the resin and what type would I need. Also what type of gravel if that is needed. 5) Is it cost effective doing this or should I just get a new complete unit. THANKS! ALAN