Whoever installed the water softener in my house (done with the previous owner) obviously wasn't the sharpest knife in the kitchen because they installed the sediment filter AFTER the water softener (I'm on a dug well with quite a bit of sediment coming through the pipes). Needless to say my water softener doesn't work anymore so my question is this: How can I clean the water softener beads which I'm assuming are covered in sediment from the well? The regular recharging cycle doesn't seem to help because the water is still as hard as ever. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Whoever installed the water softener in my house (done with the previous owner) obviously wasn't the sharpest knife in the kitchen because they installed the sediment filter AFTER the water softener (i'm on a dug well with quite a bit of sediment coming through the pipes). Needless to say my water softener doesn't work anymore so my question is this: How can I clean the water softener beads which I'm assuming are covered in sediment from the well? The regular recharging cycle doesn't seem to help because the water is still as hard as ever. Any help would be greatly appreciated...
I would find out who the original installer were and force them to come back and make the job right. While we install water softeners in my area we don't service or repair them so I wouldn't know much about cleaning the beads. Wouldn't backwashing flush out the tank? Contact the company that installed the filter in the wrong place and see what they have to say. If they w3on't give you any satisfaction then I would complain to the Better Business Bureau. Good luck, Tom

Cool. Thank you for your advise, Tom.