Would water softener be a mistake for galvanized pipes?

[Astuteo]

In the past couple of months I have suddenly had severe problems with sediment clogging up faucets throughout the house. I do not know the cause, but it's urgent. The problem seems to especially happen if I turn off the water supply to the house briefly. The faucets look like they have lime inside but plumber says it's just sediment that's hardened.

I can replace my water heater or flush it out. But I could also install a water softener. A plumber mentioned that, but my concern is my house is old with galvanized pipes and I've read online that water softeners damage galvanized pipes. Would that be that a bad mistake to install?

Would installing a spin down sediment filter make a difference in the situation?

 

[Reach4]

In the past couple of months I have suddenly had severe problems with sediment clogging up faucets throughout the house.

What color is that sediment? Rust colored? Whitish? Black?

I would use a cartridge filter on the incoming water, rather than a spin-down filter.

Maybe a 5 micron filter.

A softener would be fine for old galvanized pipes, but unless your particles are whitish, I doubt that would help this.

Water heater (WH) flushing can be done different ways. The simplest is described in https://terrylove.com/forums/index....o-flush-a-hot-water-heater.79444/#post-576623 post #7.