Whole House Water Filter Installation

It depends on the tank size, which depends on your bathrooms and peak flow, and on the plumbing at your main line. We size it after the test and quote then. A small tank on a big house is the most common reason these systems disappoint, so we would rather size it right than quote fast.

Usually part of a day. The tank goes on the main line where it enters the house, with a sediment prefilter in front. It needs no drain and no outlet, which often makes it simpler than a softener install. We tell you how long yours will take after we've seen the spot.

It is a bigger install than an under-sink filter, the sediment prefilter needs changing, and the carbon eventually runs out. An undersized tank also won't remove chloramine at full flow. And carbon doesn't soften water or remove dissolved minerals: scale is a softener's job, and drinking-water purity is reverse osmosis.

The carbon lasts until the bed is exhausted, which depends on your chlorine level and your water use, so we measure rather than promise a date. The sediment prefilter is the part you change routinely. A total chlorine test at the kitchen tap tells you when the carbon is due.

Yes, and on most Denver-area city water it is the usual setup: catalytic carbon first, then the softener. A single cabinet that does both is convenient, but two tanks let each one be sized properly and replaced on its own schedule.

A system sized for your home and your flow shouldn't cause a pressure drop you notice. That's why we size tanks to your bathrooms and household, not to a sales sheet. Tell us if pressure is already an issue and we'll check it during the test.

A cartridge housing on the main line is a common do-it-yourself job, though a cartridge can't hold enough carbon for chloramine at whole-house flow. A properly sized catalytic carbon tank is heavier work at the main, and installing water treatment for someone else in Colorado takes a licensed plumber or a registered water conditioning contractor.

On water with sand or grit, yes: a spin-down screen catches the heavy particles and can be flushed instead of replaced. Treated city water usually carries little grit, so a standard sediment cartridge ahead of the carbon is enough.

No. No color-changing drops, no demonstrations and no two-hour pitch at the kitchen table. You get your readings in writing, what they mean, and a straight answer, including that you don't need anything. You keep the scorecard either way.