Replace Water Softener Resin

What do you mean by filter issues with fine mesh? No resin should be used as a filter. Fine mesh causes a larger pressure loss than regular mesh, maybe that's what you mean.

Some dealers sell fine mesh because it is supposed to give you a bit more salt efficiency so your softener will be programmed for fine mesh but if you know how to change the dealer side of the programming, you can set it up for regular mesh but, the bottom basket should be changed for regular mesh. You'd change the whole distributor tube because the bottom basket is usually 'glued' to the distributor tube.

Any of us online dealers sell both kinds.

What type of water do you have?
Any Iron or chlorine?

H20Man asked a couple of good questions. The type of water can affect the softener's life and effectiveness.

Since the system is manufactered with fine mesh resins, I would go back to the same, or as close as possible. Since these are packed beds, I wouild recommend a prefilter with adequate flow to prevent the softener tank from filling up with foriegn matter.

Have you already removed the valve to inspect the resin?

Andy Christensen, CWS-II

Doesn't the Waterboss have a chambered tank with the top chamber being a filter? The filter chamber is backwashed clean with each regeneration. No other filter is required. And about the only softener that requires a prefilter is Kinetico, that Andy sells.

Fine mesh or regular mesh, neither is better than the other as far as chlorine tolerance is concerned and due to more beads per cubic foot, fine mesh may suffer more and sooner than regular mesh.

So they are the same... only different

It seems that even if you took the statement in context, you would miss the point.

It seems that whatever point you were trying to make didn't get made.

A teacher is only as good as the pupil.

Study extra hard grasshopper.