Maintaining the Water Softener

I bought my cottage 16 years ago.  My cottage was built in the 1930's and after I bought it, I put on two additions, a new furnace, central air conditioning, a new well and changed over most all the electrical to a larger panel.  It came with a Culligan Water Conditioner which worked awesome up until a few years ago.

After having the Culligan man out to tell me that mine is shot and I need a new one or a newer used one, I had to get creative with making the one I have last until I could save for a new/er one.  For some reason, it will cycle the salt, but it doesn't return water to the brine tank.  So every few days, I put a couple buckets of water in the tank before the next cycle day.

Well, I am still babying my water softener and decided that I would add a household water filtration system.  It looks like this, to add to my water softener system.  Now to find someone to install it.  I do see that Kmart/Sears carries water softeners systems for $300.   I wonder if I can put one in layaway.

The filters to this system cost $11 each.  They are charcoal filters and are supposed to last a couple months each, so I think this is something I could add to my budget.  Even if I had to change it every month, it is only an extra $5.50.  I hope it helps.

A New Year, A New Focus, A lot of Snow

This is a view out the front door of the Bunny Run Cottage.  We are getting hit with some heavy snowfall, but it is Oh So Beautiful.  Anyhow, I thought I would start a blog to attach to my Facebook Page  https://www.facebook.com/BunnyRunCottage  so you all can see what I have been up to and glimpses into my life and my wonderful little cottage.  I believe this is going to be an exciting year for me.  I have so many ideas that I want to share with my readers and customers, and what better place than here and on my Facebook page.  Thank you for coming along for the journey.