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Plumber Tech: whole house water filter

Clb said:
Well I read up to the "what do i need" bit...
my first though is this...
do you know what softener resign looks Like?
copper color sand.
if you re experiencing this issue from resign fracture clogging the wh throw a y strainer behind the softener, or better yet...
replace the discharge tube in softener.
A whole house filter is just 1 more thing to maintain, the softener should catch all the b.s. And backflush it .
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Hmmmm did not know. When I installed the WS I remember the resign being black. ? Could the discharge tube “failure” be giving enough sediment to clog the line and causing the issues?
 
Yes sir
color is close nuff...
If and when it fractured the particles are tiny ..
This give you a start.
If the discharge tube is cracked =lost resign, a high dose of salt or chlorine will shatter the media also.
Hope this helps...
Brb
 
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Here is my setup... Installed last month.

I am on a well so the smaller filter is a spin-down sediment filter. Water flow is Right to Left.

Sediment has a 50 micron filter, big blue is 5 micron Carbon filter.

Valves have drop ears so they are mounted to the 2x4's. All Pex is 1".

In it about $300 including the Pex tools and all the misc shit that always comes up....
 
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71PA_Highboy said:
Here is my setup... Installed last month.

I am on a well so the smaller filter is a spin-down sediment filter. Water flow is Left to Right.

Valves have drop ears so they are mounted to the 2x4's. All Pex is 1".

In it about $300 including the Pex tools and all the misc shit that always comes up....
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Is the sediment filter a post filter, or is flow right to left?

Aaron Z
 
There are several companies that make them. I need to look it all up again. I've been looking into one for my house and have a couple acquaintances that have them and swear by them.
 
The WS resin looks like coffee grounds; it might be black or brown. OP... Did you charge the WS with resin or did it come with it already charged?
 
Roc Doc said:
I'm on a well and my water is super clean, but hard. So hard it clogs up coffee makers, shower heads, etc.. I didn't want to go with a salt or potassium based system, so I ordered this, it's highly rated and I can tie it right into my soft water loop. It'll be here tomorrow and I'll install it this weekend. Don't know how long it will take to make a difference, but I'll clean all the shower heads with CLR in an ultrasonic cleaner and see if they stay clean longer.

As far as your manifold goes, if you have one it should be near the water heater or in some sort of dedicated closet. If you don't know if you have one, you probably dont'.
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Im in the same situation, Im very interested how well that thing works.
 
Toreadorranger said:
Im in the same situation, Im very interested how well that thing works.
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There are a couple of comparisons of de-scalers and water softeners on the internet thingy. IMHO: Water softeners win hands down. You need to do some homework to see what is in you water. Test strips, water quality reports and or sending out a sample for testing. In my case, the test strip was off the chart; water quality report confirmed that. I was able to use the TDS (total dissolved solids) number from the water quality report to select the right size water softener.
 
71PA_Highboy said:
Here is my setup... Installed last month.

I am on a well so the smaller filter is a spin-down sediment filter. Water flow is Right to Left.

Sediment has a 50 micron filter, big blue is 5 micron Carbon filter.

Valves have drop ears so they are mounted to the 2x4's. All Pex is 1".

In it about $300 including the Pex tools and all the misc shit that always comes up....
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I use the Big Blue. It's installed before the WS and filters all water coming in from the well. I can get a year out of a filter.

I had issues with sediments plugging up faucets, washing machine, etc.
 
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We use an under sink filter from these guys. took the shitty taste out of the water. They make whole house filters that have a ton of capacity
 
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