Whole house water filter systems?

[farmer2009]

I would skip the bypass. The only thing it is going to do for you is to allow you to fill the pipes in the house with dirty water.

What I do is invest in some spares instead of a bypass. I keep extra filter elements, and an extra filter o-ring on hand. This lets me change the filters in a few minutes and we are back in business with fresh filters. Then I can pick up new ones at my leisure.

One trick I learned with the o-rings to those filters. They stretch while in use and sometimes when you go to reinstall the housing they won't fit. Replace with a new one and hang the old one on a nail close by. In a couple of months the old one will be back to its original size.

 

[JRobyn]

That's a good tip! I've had the same problem. Suppose they swell from water contact while in use?

 

[sw99]

I would skip the bypass. The only thing it is going to do for you is to allow you to fill the pipes in the house with dirty water.

What I do is invest in some spares instead of a bypass. I keep extra filter elements, and an extra filter o-ring on hand. This lets me change the filters in a few minutes and we are back in business with fresh filters. Then I can pick up new ones at my leisure.

After having brown water for weeks at a time when we first got settled, I'm not really too worried about a small amount of silt in the event that I have an emergency repair and I'm down for a day or two at most. I'm thinking just in case something breaks or a catastrophic failure of a part in the filtering system. I always shut the water off completely when I'm maintenancing the filters. Because I am so ****, I bought 6 filters of each micron rating, 6 new o-rings and a 12 ounce tube of Dow o-ring lubricant.

 

[CurlyDave]

I have well water that tastes great but leaves calcium deposits on all my fixtures. Looking for a filter that will remove scale or calcium. Already filter for sediment which is fine at times and worse at other times. any suggestions? I am trying to avoid the water softener issue.

The calcium is dissolved and can not be removed by a filter.

Only a water softener is going to remove it.

 

[LittleBill21]

i go 5 micron before the softner, then 1 micron after the softner, generally just need to change the 5 micron every couple months, i also have galvanized well pipes, waiting for that to fail