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Whole House Water Filters
03/04/05 01:12 PM
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I've looked to see if this topic has been discussed, but I didn't find it. I have a question about filtering my well water for the whole house. I'm wondering if an expensive whole house filter is necessary or if a $200 dollar version can work as well. Anybody have any experience/advice about this? Thanks for the help.
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Re: Whole House Water Filters
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03/04/05 10:22 PM
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I bought the large capacity GE whole house filter at Home Depot for about $50.00 The replacement filters run $25.00
It works great!. I have replaced the filter once in 6 months.
It had mostly sand in it.
Our water tasted as clean as it ever has.
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Re: Whole House Water Filters
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03/05/05 08:40 PM
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I recommend the larger size filter bodies as they have less restriction and so don't interfere with delivery rates at lower pressures as are sometimes found in well based systems.
Downside of not having a filter for sediment is that your well (or commercially supplied water (city system, rural system, community system, whqatever) can have some debris in it, sand or such. If a grain of this gets under the seat of your dishwasher or clotheswasher water control solenoid it can keep it from shutting off completely and the applaince can overflow which is NOT a good thing. I was lucky and the grains of sand that "GOT" me (twice) got into the shower control mechanism and prevented it from shutting off completely and likewise a washerless lavatory faucet.
A sediment filter at the point of entry of the water into the house will protect all the water using appliances (including the ice maker... you don't want a flood from that!) and fixtures in the house. A sediment filter is a proper first step prior to any other filtration, like taste and odor or whatever.
I suggest caution when considering a whole house filter for various chemical contaminants. Don't be stampeded by scare tactics. Water testing for various contaminants isn't all that expensive and is certainly a good idea rather than "going crazy" and trying to filter for every contaminant imaginable. Check with local agencies regarding all the potential contaminants likely to be encountered in your water so you don't buy solutions to problems you don't have.
Filter sellers will gladly sell you filter systems well in excess of $1,000 with high dollar filters that require frequent replacement even though yoiu may not have many of the things the filters are designed to protect against. Why not hire a cadre of armed guards and mahouts to protect you against elephant herds too.
Take a look at reverse osmosis units. They can be a pretty good deal compared to other filtration units that get close to replacing them. If the "waste" of water to make better water bothers you, don't put the "wasted water" in the sewer line. Run it outside for irrigation or what have you.
 Pat
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Re: Whole House Water Filters
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03/07/05 08:13 AM
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Thanks, Mystic and Pat. I need the filter more to clean out sediment than anything else. One concern I had about a large storage tank was that it would collect sediment, and I wouldn't have anyway of cleaning the storage tank. I'll add the filter for sure for the house supply. Thanks guys.
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Re: Whole House Water Filters
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03/07/05 08:41 PM
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Cowboyup, Like on water heater tanks, it is good to have a drain connection located at the botom of water storage tanks. Most pressure tanks are hooked up at the bottom and "self clean." Some other arrangements need human intervention to drain sediment using the conecton at or near the bottom of the tank.
While I was recently fussing with my mom's hot water system, I connected a garden hose and ran about 10 gal out of the bottom drain connection. First few gallons were quite turbid but toward the end of the 10 gal purge it cleared right up. I guess we need to do that more often than once a year!
I heard about magic mushrooms but what is a mystic okra?
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Re: Whole House Water Filters
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03/18/05 07:20 AM
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One that has achieved serenity by being one with the earth.
(Or smoking the okra leaves)
(Or a Tibetan Monk from Okrahoma) 
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Re: Whole House Water Filters
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03/19/05 05:14 PM
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In Oklahoma City the other day I overheard a customer ask a zen hot dog vendor to "make him one with everything."
Keep quiet about smoking the okra leaves, known by the insiders as Okrahoma red or else the bloody tourists will decimate our crop and there will be no surplus to pickle.
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