Water Softeners - The Basics

My Kenmore watersoftner is not softning any longer. I am on a well. the unit is 10 year old. I have used RED OUT and cycled sytem about 7 times over past 3 days. Still hard water. Shoudl I replace it?

Brian,
I think so.

Hello, We installed a new hot water tank with exp tank, and since then, we do not get any soft water form our Culligan. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

Mike,
You better call Culligan.

I'm getting my outside faucets hooked into my water softener because the faucet in my garage is part of these, and I want to be able to wash my car with soft water. I can bypass the water softener if I use any of the outside faucets for anything else. I don't use any of the outside faucets much at all (except for washing my car) because I have another line for an irrigation system that is not hooked up to the water softener. I am getting ready to power wash my wood deck. Should I use soft water for this job, or is there no benefit and I would just be wasting my soft water? Thanks!

I just moved into a house with a water softener and i have no papers for it. I don't know anything about them and I was wondering how do I know when it is time to fill it and how much salt to put in.
Thands