Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Ye Olde Water Softener

Once again, my water softener is failing to fulfil its function in life. I took the venturi assembly apart again, and discovered that the gasket therein (the whole assembly having nine seperate parts) was disintegrating. Little pieces of it were caught in various screens and other places, basically gumming up the whole works.

I drove all the way to the other end of town, to the Sears store, only to learn that they carried no spares in the store. I was basically told to go home and order what I needed on-line. So I did.

The gasket couldn't be purchased individually. I had to but a kit that contains at least one other part of some kind. Total cost: $16.95, not including shipping and tax. The lowest shipping will take a week and was $8.99. Add on $1 in tax and the total bill came to $26.71. Oh well, it's still cheaper than calling the repairman.

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