DIY: How to clean a Water Softener Brine Tank
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- Water Softener Salt Tank Made Fun - Don't skip the Easy Part and How to Clean the Salt Brine Tank of any Water Softener and Restore it Like New
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We will show you how to clean and maintenance your Brine Tank to a like new condition. This video will explain step by step how easy it is and YES, you guessed it, it can be fun!
What kind of salt?
How much salt?
How often do you clean it?
This video will answer all these questions
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Your daughter Isabella was the best part of the video! My nitrate filter has not been working correctly and I think it’s because my brine tank was dirty. Nobody told me I had to wash it once a year. Thank you for the video!
Thank you for your kind words
I love the fact you are teaching your child how to do this. She is great. I was planning on having my little ones help me as well. Thanks for the video
thanks for sharing..... the next few weekends, I plan to clean the cylinders and do a video on that as well. I asked my daughter to help me with it. It will be interesting to see how much different she looks being 2 years older
thank you for showing how to disconnect brine tank to take it outside and clean it. I didnt know how and want to take it outside to get a better, thorough clean
wonderful, glad this video was helpful. it warms my heart to know we are helping.
Guys ,you did an awesome job on this video!
I am planning on doing a video cleaning the two cylinders over the next few weeks.
Your daughter is an adorable and energetic helper. I found this vid because I need to clean my brine tank
Glad you stopped by. Yes, my daughter is a great helper and yes, she loves being part of our videos. We are starting a brand new series - Chickens....... I hope to have a series of 4 or 5 vides comings. I have the footage, now I just need to take time to edit and publish them
This video was very helpful, and exactly what I was searching for (with little success until I found it)…but as a girl dad, this hit me in the feels. Good job dad!
@vanderlism2922 thanks so much for sharing!
U make us dad’s with daughters proud! Good job fella! 💯
Thanks for the kind words!
your education is so appreciated. i just shocked my well and now going to clean my water softener brine. what a difference shocking the well. my water was so orange. very hard water here. after i shocked the well, so amazed at the difference. i would include pictures but not sure how on here?
Thank you -very comprehensive--and if your daughter can do it-so can I!! She is adorable!
Thanks for sharing.
Can’t thank you enough for the well explained video. So many out there giving me half of what I need! Start to finish thank you!!!!
Thanks for sharing your thoughtful comments. It makes me feel good that people not only enjoy but also are benefiting from my video.
The best video I have seen about cleaning water softener, your daughter is adorable!
Glad you enjoyed it
Best video by far of explaining how to clean the softener tank thoroughly! Truly awesome, thanks!
Thanks for your comments. I really appreciate it
Great video. Maybe I'm paranoid but I like to see everyone wearing eye protection when working with bleach, especially kids. When I was a kid, I had chlorine blow into my eyes when I was adding it to our pool. That was a really bad experience and I ended up in emergency room. Thankfully, my dad heard me screaming outside and quickly carried me into the bathroom and flushed my eyes. Doc said I was lucky and could have had permanent damage. Just a thought... All the best!
so what did you think about the education on cleaning the brine? did you get your brine cleaned?
I don't even have a water softener system.. but u were too genuine and Izzy was too cute... Thumbs up buddy just coz u r real and awesome 👍👍👍
Thanks so much for sharing.....
Perfect! Great video to demonstrate this process...Good teamwork, and kudos to Isabella's help too!
Isabella makes a terrible chore look like fun!!! Thank you
She was so helpful!
When using a shop vac as a wet vac, be sure and remove the filter. Your daughter is as cute as a button! Awesome smile!
you are correct, thanks for sharing this great inside!
Are we suppose to refill the tank with water after refilling with salt & regenerate the system?
@@honeylove5676 no need to do anything other than fill will salt.... your system should take care of the rest
Once cleaning and you put and connect the container back the softer. Do you fill the tank with water and then add the salt? Or do u add the salt and hit the regen button?
When I do it, I fill the tank with salt and the softner system will take care of itself
Awesome video, exactly what I was looking for. I just did this today after watching the video, very informative and exactly what I needed to give me the confidence to do it myself. Mine had so much dirt and crud in the bottom I was glad to get it clean.
Wonderful! I am glad you saw this video useful! it now has been 14 months since I cleaned mine, now it is time to do it again. I too went many years before cleaning mine and yes, it was full of crud..... my next project is to back flush my cylinders. Once I get that done, hopefully sooner than later, I want to put a video together to help others with that too. subscribe if that is something you are interested in, otherwise, have a great week and thanks for watching
again, thanks for watching.
by the way, I will have a string of videos coming the next few weeks and months that are from our trip to Ireland
my brine tank is like the one in your video except it has a 'platform' with holes in it in the bottom, and 'feet' (like plastic cups to hold it up off the bottom). problem is, there's obviously debris under it but i can't figure out how to remove it. thoughts? great video!
interesting, I don't think I have seen anything like that before. I wish I know how to direct you but not sure. thanks for sharing.
i see it's called a brine grid or a salt grid plate. i was able to remove it anyway and thoroughly cleaned the whole thing out, so yay!! thanks again for your great video.
It is wonderful to hear of your success! It is always a great feeling when something is truly accomplished! This is exciting!
Did you add water to the brine tank before adding the salt?
no, just add the salt and the softener will take care of the rest.
Can we get another video about how to do the check in every month? I am suscribing thanks
First, thanks so much for watching and we hope you learned something from my experiences. To your question, TDS most commonly refer to the levels of dissolved ions in your water, like calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and nitrates. They naturally occur in water after it filters through bedrock and soil. These are not my words, I copied them from Colligan. I would consult the manual to know the exact level is safe. Most manufactures say 50-150. Don't take my word for it, it would be good to do your own research as I am not an expert.
Well done, and what a "good helper" you have!
My daughter just said "thank you"!
Thanks for the kind words
I'm sure I would have done it anyway due to the great information in this video but, it was that sweet little girl and all of her adorable, GREAT energy (along with the love in her daddy's eyes for her) that made thumbs up this video!
I do have a question? Do you need to put water into the brine tank after putting the salt back in or will the water softener unit take care of that during its cycling?
Thanks for you kind words. Yes, my daughter has great energy and the perfect personality.
About your question, the softener will take care of everything once you have the tank refilled with salt
Isabella is a true star
I really liked the video your daughter was very helpful cleaning out that salt brine tank that was my favorite part and my other favorite part of the video was you adding the salt to your water softener
Thanks @JoePajewski
Thanks for your comments
@@DIYinspiredLewisBrantner you're very welcome
Good information..daughter done a great job.
Thanks for sharing those kind words
This is the best video. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Great video thank you! Quick question for you if you don’t mind. My water softener is dug into the ground so unfortunately I can’t clean it the way you did. But what I’m wondering is, do you have to suck out the dirty water that’s inside the white component of the brine tank, the long narrow component with the water float? Or will this dirty water get cycled out once you’re done cleaning the brine well and you do a regen? Also I’ve seen other videos that you add water to the brine well after you add the salt, just a little above the salt, but I noticed you did not to do this, any reason why? Thank you I’m advance!
You don't need to clean the tube or add water after the salt is added
Thanks for sharing your comments.
Good dad. Good video. Thank you
Thanks for sharing your comments
I defintely will be doing this after seeing you do it. Question though, do you not have to add water back into the tank after adding new salt again? when the softener goes to regen next time there won't be any salt in the brine tank to wash the media in softener? will it just fill up with water after the first regen or what? I'm curious about that part or just add salt and done? Looking forward to cleaning it.
Just fill up with salt.... nothing else is needed.
Thanks for watching and sharing!
thank you very much for this valuable advice, hello in England ?, from France.
You are very welcome!
I am from the US.... welcome to the channel. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and comments
Did you turn the water off first? Will the brine tank fill up after you turn on the water?
Yes, I turned off the water first, no, nothing will happen if you don't but if the softener decides to go through its flushing cycle, then you will have a problem
But if you know when your system cycles, and it not for a few hours, then you are going....
Thanks for taking the time to watch and share your comments. I really appreciate it
Thanks for a great instructional video
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
Do you need this if you use red out or iron out salt
Yes..... I just added a rust removal system to mine and will be adding a video in the future
This salt brine tank is mostly to make your hard water soft
what did you do after you clean and put new salt. Did you have to manually put in regeneration mode or did you have to add water in the brine tank
in my case, I didn't do anything since I didn't shut anything off, the risk doing that is the tank going into regeneration mode during my time of cleaning but I know what time it cycles so I make sure I cleaned it another time of the day. Great question, I didn't think to mention this during the video. Thanks for sharing your comments.
God bless her 👏🏼 good job
Thanks for your comments
Very helpful and easy to follow.
Thank you for the kind words. I am glad this video is helpful! Have a great day!
GREAT DAD!
thanks for taking the time to share, this means a lot to me. Have a great week!
Nice Video, but my helper too small; hot water pressure washer it is. Helps to have waterproof floor.
Thanks for sharing!
2:18 "Make sure you're familiar with yourself."
I think most of us are! 😂
You didn't mention turning off the water supply or whatever is required, after disconnecting the brine tank. You don't want that thing turning on while you're out in the yard cleaning the brine. What is required?
oh.... I thought I mentioned that in the video.... yes, its not a problem to turn off the shut off value at the tank. it would be a mess to clean up of it cycles while your outside clean....
Your Daughter Isabella is very cute and adorable in the video
Thank You!
she is a natural. She is a big TH-cam watcher too
How do you take the tube out to remove the brine tank to rinse it?
there is a plastic nut that you can remove with your fingers.
Did you have to turn of your system at any point? Also, before you added salt back in was there water in the bottom of the tank? TIA!
I didn't but its a good idea unless you know what time your flush runs. No, there wasn't any water at the bottom on my tank when I started to fill it with salt
This is probably a dumb question but will the system automatically add water when it does the regeneration cycle?
Never a bad question
Yes, water back flushes through the salt
Thank you! Isabella was great too!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just really enjoy water softeners and I really enjoy drinking well water cuz it's really good for me and I really like drinking minerals from well water I really don't like City Water cuz it tastes like blaaa like chlorine so that is why I really enjoy drinking well water cuz it tastes like minerals and well water tastes really good Yummy and Delicious yummy in my tummy
I totally agree, we have well water and we love the taste of it just as you mentioned. Thanks for the comments
Your very welcome
I totally agree. Wells are the best, specially when the systems are working correctly
Very helpful video ❤
Thanks for sharing your comments
Thanks great video
Glad you enjoyed it
What is the max TDS off water can this unit Handel
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks for the comment. I hope to clean the big cylinder and document that too
Thanks so much for the great video!
Thanks for sharing
I'm also a big TH-cam watcher anyways but yea you have a great day
You sound like you're from south eastern PA. It's the accent.
Do you have to turn off the power to the water?
You should but I didn't. I didn't see any reason to turn off the power but I am not a professional either
Trying to do a good job and helping others. Thanks for watching
What about cleaning inside that cylinder/well
@@MaggioRacinginc the cylinder goes through a daily flush cycle automatically. Thanks for asking
@@DIYinspiredLewisBrantner I mean if you want to clean inside there because of build up/dirt.
informative an super cute!!
Glad you think so!
I'm gonna subscribe you right now
Wonderful! Thank you very much!
I added you as a youtube subscriber
Thank you very much!
@@DIYinspiredLewisBrantner I just uploaded two new car wash videos on my youtube channel not that long ago and you'll see my Dad in them too and he smiles in them too cuz he knows how much I like car washes
@@joepajewski6858 your videos cool
@@DIYinspiredLewisBrantner Thanks
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The salt container should not be more than half full and ensure no salt bridging.
Correct..... thanks for sharing... this is a great tip
I fill mine to the top so I don't have to worry, but I check on a regular basis
You must be on well water.
Yes.... thanks for the comments
Im your 1k subscriber 🫡🎉🎉
Thanks...... I just commented on one of your videos before I realized you commented on this video!
You are awesome!
@@DIYinspiredLewisBrantner Awh thank you, and also thanks for this video. Went to go add salt then realized my water softener definitely needs a cleaning, super helpful 😊
@@lexykoots glad it was helpful!
Video way too long
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
We enjoy entertaining! Thanks for watching 👀 🙂
Thanks great video
Glad you enjoyed it