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Originally Posted by Whalen
We are renting a ranch house in the Village of duval.
We have noticed that some of our neighbors have whole house water filter
systerm in their homes.
Questions:
Are they necessary,
How bad is FL water (will we glow in the dark after few months)
and how costly are they to install and maintain?
Thanks for your input.
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I'm not sure what the price would be in TV but I paid around $200 to have one installed in New York last year.
If you're handy, you can do it yourself, not too much to it, if you can sweat a joint you can install it.
I had mine installed because the way my present home is set up, the basement where the water comes into the house is all finished so the filter had to be inside a wall. I didn't trust my plumbing abilities on something that would be hidden so I paid a plumber to do it. I did, however, make a hinged door to give me access to the filter assembly so I can replace the filter.
Not a great expense either way you do it. Filter assemblies are available from Home Depot and other home stores as well. I got mine from the plumber. I don't know if it's any better than you could buy yourself. Filters are cheap, a few bucks and they last for several months, depending on how bad your water is.
As for the water quality, I'll leave that to TV residents to answer. We've noticed a funny taste and smell to the water but that might just be because we were visitors and not used to the water, or it could be a local or temporary thing. Certainly the TV residents can answer that.