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Old 04-12-2025, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by turneronce View Post
I have 2 whole-house water filters, see picture, and the sediment filter gets dirty in a matter of weeks rather than months.

Is there a company that can detect leaks in the water pipe coming to the house without having to dig up the neighborhood? The water company has flushed its pipes but that hasn’t helped.
OK, I am GUESSING the one on the right is the sediment filter, but this looks like a carbon element filter that is typically dark to begin. IMHO, I would get the finest element (non carbon) filter that I could find and use that for the sediment filter to see what happens. Also, if this is the SECOND filter in the system, I would make sure the FIRST filter is not breaking up. We have a whole house water softener and filter, and when I fill the hot tub, these are bypassed, and I have never seen ant sediment in the ~500 gallons of the hot tub.
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