An extra added to my three things today. Homeownership is not always fun. Went down to do the laundry and heard the water softener beeping that it was low on salt but I knew it shouldn’t be. What I found was that about half the softener space had solidified into this solid chunk, blocking the salt from going down. Started with a hammer, moved on to my biggest crowbar and finally reached the point where there was so much loose stuff on top of the hardened stuff I couldn’t reach it.
At this point I would just normally call my son or a repairman but figured I needed to at least try to get this done myself. I knew had to take out salt, and a lot of it, to get to the chunk that still needed breaking up. So out to the garage for a paper yard waste bag and the wet vac and started sucking up the salt. Had to empty the vac twice before I could see the remaining mass and then spent another half hour breaking it apart, transferring the salt from the bag back into the softener and cleaning the vac.
I am exhausted and hoping that nothing else in my house decides to clog, break or drip in the next few weeks. My leaky wash tub drain fix of last week did work, by the way.
At this point I would just normally call my son or a repairman but figured I needed to at least try to get this done myself. I knew had to take out salt, and a lot of it, to get to the chunk that still needed breaking up. So out to the garage for a paper yard waste bag and the wet vac and started sucking up the salt. Had to empty the vac twice before I could see the remaining mass and then spent another half hour breaking it apart, transferring the salt from the bag back into the softener and cleaning the vac.
I am exhausted and hoping that nothing else in my house decides to clog, break or drip in the next few weeks. My leaky wash tub drain fix of last week did work, by the way.