Grünbeck softliq sd18 water tastes musty

We already have hard water here in the area, but I drink tap water, and it has to taste good; if it tastes like an aquarium, I have no desire for it! Today I completely emptied the brine tank, and at the very bottom, the dissolved salt was brownish—it's possible that this was the source of the problem; in any case, it smelled there similar to the water! I would now like to clean the resin using Resi Clean; do I just have to pour the stuff into the very bottom of the brine tank and then pour the salt on top of it?

PS: I have also sent a picture in the attachment showing what the already dissolved salt looked like at the very bottom!

We already have hard water here in the area, but I drink water from the tap, and it has to taste good; if it tastes like an aquarium, I don't want it! Today I completely emptied the brine tank, at the very bottom the dissolved salt was brownish, possibly that's where the source of the problem was, at least it smelled there similar to the water! I would now like to clean the resin using Resi Clean, do I just have to pour the stuff at the very bottom of the brine tank and then pour the salt on top? PS: I also sent a picture in the attachment showing what the already dissolved salt looked like at the bottom!

Yes, yuck.... If the system looks like that, you shouldn't be surprised if the water tastes musty, aside from the fact that the ion exchanger probably doesn't look any better. But the user shouldn't be dealing with that; it's a case for the service technician (unless they just scrap it immediately). With Grünbeck, it costs about 270 euros, which is even affordable.

We have very hard tap water in our residential area. The lime in the water is not harmful to health, rather the opposite. That’s why we don’t buy bottled water but drink only tap water. The coffee machine is descaled once every 4 weeks, the dishwasher as well, and the washing machine has been running for 10 years without any descaler. And that’s really no work.

I then wonder how anyone gets the idea that a water softening system is needed. Because it’s modern and there’s too much money left over? When I even see the word chlorine in connection with drinking water... :oops: I would remove it again. Of course, that’s hard if you’ve already paid for it.

Unfortunately, I know enough washing machine inlet hoses and dishwasher inlets that are completely lime-scaled up, just like scaled showerheads where hardly any water comes out anymore. Also modern coffee machines where the hoses get scaled up because the water hardness was set incorrectly.

However, descaling is like a car or coffee machine; if you don’t take care of it and have it maintained, it just gets clogged. You bring your car to customer service every year; with household appliances, this is rather rare.

According to the drinking water ordinance, this is even mandatory, especially if you rent out.

A water softening system converts lime into something that can then be removed much more easily. Especially in new buildings, something like this is basically mandatory.

If the system looks like that, you can't be surprised if the water tastes musty, apart from the fact that the ion exchanger doesn't really look any better.

I agree, I've only owned the house for 3 weeks. I'll clean everything thoroughly now, I saw there is also a maintenance kit from Grünbeck with seals etc., which I will replace as well! If it runs clean afterwards, it will stay in, and additionally I might send water samples to the lab, better safe than sorry!

I see it the same way, I've only owned the house for 3 weeks. I will clean everything thoroughly now, I saw that there is also a maintenance kit from Grünbeck with seals etc. I will replace all of that! If it runs smoothly then, it stays in place and additionally, I might send water samples to the lab, better safe than sorry!

Best to have it done by the factory service, there are things I personally stay away from because I don't know much about them.

Separate drinking water tap or separate drinking water pipe in the kitchen is the solution, costs (at least in new buildings) hardly any more. For shower, white goods, etc. softened water is already good. Just doesn't taste good.

That's exactly how we did it in our house too. One tap in the kitchen has the normal water. The rest of the house gets softened water.