Water Treatment?

[smileynev]

Any of you have a private well and/or septic system? New house is gonna have both, and the wife wants to treat our water to get rid of its hardness and iron crud. Obviously a water softener will take care of the first issue, and an iron filter of some kind will tackle the second one. Any recommendations on which way to go, seems like there are a lot of options out there.

[CletusJones]

my parents just have a water softener and a large particulate filtration setup. IIRC, it's (filter) made by pur.

[I.C.Water]

Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System?

[JPatrick]

Weve been considering installing a water filter system on the inbound side of the water heater. Im not much of a plumber tho so I just keep putting it off.
I saw a decent one at Home Depot for fifty bux and replacement filters were like twelve.

[BigDov]

I've got a well and we just put a new softener on it a couple months ago......... made all the difference in the world.

[smileynev]

I've got a well and we just put a new softener on it a couple months ago......... made all the difference in the world.
Did it help with the iron or just make your water soft?

[ChikkenNoodul]

I just dump ground bones from the indian burial ground down my well

[JPatrick]

I just dump ground bones from the indian burial ground down my well


Ive got a pile of hooker bones Im not using anymore if you want them

[ChikkenNoodul]

Ive got a pile of hooker bones Im not using anymore if you want themThese make pretty shapes and the house moves and stuff

[Onnotangu]

"i've never seen so many dead hookers in one place"
"lord knows, I have"

[BigDov]

Did it help with the iron or just make your water soft?


Sorry for taking so long to get back- takes care of both. We've got really bad iron in the water (discolored clothes sometimes) and the one we got seems to do the trick.

[smileynev]

Sorry for taking so long to get back- takes care of both. We've got really bad iron in the water (discolored clothes sometimes) and the one we got seems to do the trick.
What kind did you get?

[BigDov]

What kind did you get?


I don't know off the top of my head, so I'll have to check when I get home...... all I know is that I spend a small fortune on salt for it every month.