faucet screen clogging repeatedly

[supadart]

Hi everyone,
My mother's kitchen faucet screen keeps clogging with chalky white debris. It needs to be disassembled and cleaned about every 2 weeks now. None of the other faucets have this problem. The lines under the sink appear to be fine - as in no leaks or apparent problems, but what do I know?

Any thoughts?

-Gary

[kactuskid]

Sounds like the dip tube could be disenigrating. How old is the tank? Here's a link that'll show you how to check the dip tube and lots of other details. The tank could maybe need a flush too.

http://www.reevesjournal.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,3815,20676,00.html

[md2lgyk]

The same thing happened to me, though it was the shower head and my bathroom faucet instead. For a couple of weeks I had to clean the shower head after every use. Two or three water tank flushes and the problem went away.

[supadart]

Thanks for the replies. That's very interesting. I'll look into that and let you know.
-Gary