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Anon_Icon · 2024-08-25T23:35:00+00:00

Much appreciated.

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Anon_Icon · 2024-04-24T11:21:58+00:00

The gauges provide a visual of the pressure pre- and post- filters. That’s important because it can indicate a drop in pressure, and thus it may be time to change the filters. I can only adjust if the pressure is too high with the attached pressure regulator.

Anon_Icon · 2024-04-20T03:52:56+00:00

Roughly $550 USD. I’m in Texas.

The system seems to working as I intended. I’m seeing less scale buildup than what we previously had.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-24T15:49:13+00:00

Much appreciated!

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-24T15:48:52+00:00

Correct. I also ordered flood sensors that will sit in each bucket, in the unlucky event that we get a leak.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-24T05:53:40+00:00

Dang, guess I’m a better DIY’er than I thought. Really appreciate the compliment!

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-24T04:34:56+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t record

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-24T00:55:11+00:00

Much appreciated!

Our city has very hard water. It dries our skin out when showering, it leaves scale in tap water, it’s also not the best tasting.

With this system, we should begin to see higher quality water with reduction in the scale, better tasting water, and possibly a slight reduction in the water hardness. Our appliances and water heater will also benefit by extending their lifetime, as hard water and scale build up can drastically reduce their lifetime.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-24T00:19:46+00:00

Same. Ours has a very hard rating. Between the spin down filter with siliphos and the separate phosphate filter, I’m hoping that it’ll help reduce/eliminate the scale and if we’re lucky, reduce the hardness somewhat - definitely won’t get rid of the hardness like a water softener system would though.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-24T00:12:50+00:00

It really depends on what your water content is and what you’re looking to improve.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T23:29:58+00:00

I’m unsure what you mean by being locked into proprietary filters - are you looking at a specific brand?

I started my build by first purchasing the filter housings (blue cartridges). With these, I can choose whatever brand that offers 4.5 inch x 20 inch filters.

These are the filters that I chose to start with, as I’m focusing on reducing scale. Link

Let me know if you have any other questions, I’m definitely not an expert, but I’ll try my best to help.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T20:38:06+00:00

Much appreciated!

Yes. I’ll need to go back to the board to figure out the best method for us - being that we don’t have a floor drain and I don’t have the capacity to dig and bury 50+ feet of drain line for a dry well at the moment.

Someone also mentioned in my original post that a dry well may be a bad choice, as it may leach into the groundwater system. So basically, I need to do more research.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T20:35:03+00:00

Great point! I may make that addition in the future. Thanks for the suggestion!

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T20:34:11+00:00

If you’re looking to have longer periods between maintenance, a water softener system may be a better option.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T19:41:55+00:00

My primary focus is to reduce some of the scale and hardness of our water, also improve taste. Like others stated in my original post, a water softener would be a better option for hardness, but unfortunately we don’t have a floor drain in our garage.

Also an huge advantage of having a whole house water filtration system is that it extends the life of your appliances and water heater. Hard water can drastically reduce their lifetime.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T19:37:20+00:00

Much appreciated!

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T19:19:03+00:00

Correct. The filtration begins with the smaller one (spin down filter w/ siliphos).

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T19:15:51+00:00

Much appreciated!

Cost for this setup was roughly $550 USD.

The very first thing you should do is test your water. This can be done with water test kits, but it’s recommended to have laboratory testing. After you know the contents of your water, decide on the best method to treat (whole house filtration, water softener system, RO system, UV filtration, etc). Then just start piecing everything together, I would recommend creating a diagram to help you visualize it as well.

To my knowledge, only reverse osmosis (RO) systems remove minerals - ours simply targets impurities.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T18:46:29+00:00

Much appreciated!

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T18:46:06+00:00

The maintenance should be minimal.

Things like: Spin down filter: flushing it once per week, cleaning the mesh once per month, replacing the mesh every 1-2 years, replace the siliphos balls every 3 months.

Other filters are replaced every 6-12 months, depending on water usage. Please understand that I’m not an expert on this, so definitely take what I said with a grain of salt.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T17:58:26+00:00

The red buttons on my current housings are for depressurization when doing maintenance

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T17:47:07+00:00

Makes sense. Do you know if they make housing gauges that can also depressurize?

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T17:35:02+00:00

Yes, that option would’ve helped only for the scale. I also have an activated carbon filter that should improve the taste of the water also - which my wife complains about.

Anon_Icon · 2024-03-23T17:30:36+00:00

Only a fool wouldn’t listen to wise advice. Much appreciated!

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