[howardandsheila]

I have found sand in each of the sink faucet filters when I arrive. At first I thought I had no water pressure to the house, but the faucets with larger filters worked fine. It was the bathroom and kitchen sinks that have the finer filter. I went a got a tool to remove the bathroom filters, as they are not just twist off like the kitchen.
Has anyone else had this problem. The house is one year old, and has a water filter/softener system.
Thanks for any inputs

[CHESTERFIELDROSE]

It must be coming from your water filtration system.

[howardandsheila]

yes I have a call into them. if this sand can make it to the faucet, what is the filter filtering?? It may just be due to the house sitting for a couple months. I'm thinking of taking the filters off the kitchen and baths and letting the water run for a short time to flush the pipes. maybe the sediment just gathers over time.

[pooh]

You have a water softener....our system had a problem with the resin tank....it deteriorated and what appeared to be sand was released into the pipes. Found these sand like grains in the water tank of the toilets and trapped in the fridge water filter. It was the strange taste the water from the fridge that alerted us to something being amiss.

[howardandsheila]

thanks pooh. I have a call into the water dude. the tank is only a year old. But it makes sense. Particles have little white flecks in them, unlike pure sand. It may be the resin tank. How old was yours when you had the problem?
I really appreciate the suggestion. This was something new to me. Have had softeners in many houses but figured it must be Florida sand. But I checked with a few neighbors and they haven't had the problem.
I may bypass the softener and see if that gets rid of the crud.

[pooh]

Originally Posted by howardandsheila

thanks pooh. I have a call into the water dude. the tank is only a year old. But it makes sense. Particles have little white flecks in them, unlike pure sand. It may be the resin tank. How old was yours when you had the problem?
I really appreciate the suggestion. This was something new to me. Have had softeners in many houses but figured it must be Florida sand. But I checked with a few neighbors and they haven't had the problem.
I may bypass the softener and see if that gets rid of the crud.

Our resin tank was about 4 or 5 years old. The softener company said the chlorine in the water may have caused the deterioration. We also used potassium chloride, which really plays no part in the breakdown of the resin tank. If you can feel the particles, are they smooth? Keep them for your water dude to look at, he'll know by looking at them if they are the resin particles.
Also, check the water tank on the back of the toilet. The resin settles to the bottom and looks like a little sandbar. Sorry you're having a problem. Hope all is well soon. Bypassing the system is a good idea. Hopefully the mystery will be solved and all will be rectified quickly.

[howardandsheila]

Thanks for the help. I appreciate your suggestions. Will let you know how it works out when we figure it out for sure. But the multicolored flecks, versus tan, as sand would be just may point to the tank. And I did have the little sand bars in the toilet tank.
Have a great week
Howard

[Nova Filtration]

A water softener does little if anything to filter water, it only softens water.

Having said that hard water is not harmful.

You still get all the chlorine, metals and other contaminants in your case sediments.

These elements are in fact harmful drinking, bathing & cooking.

There's no substitute for a good whole house filter system.

All the above will be removed.

See this link for more info

[pooh]

A great system, I agree!

[rayschic]

Originally Posted by pooh

Our resin tank was about 4 or 5 years old. The softener company said the chlorine in the water may have caused the deterioration. We also used potassium chloride, which really plays no part in the breakdown of the resin tank. If you can feel the particles, are they smooth? Keep them for your water dude to look at, he'll know by looking at them if they are the resin particles.
Also, check the water tank on the back of the toilet. The resin settles to the bottom and looks like a little sandbar. Sorry you're having a problem. Hope all is well soon. Bypassing the system is a good idea. Hopefully the mystery will be solved and all will be rectified quickly.

I don't have a water softener but I do get sand in the toilet tanks. Not sure where the sand comes from but I just empty the tank and clean out the sand about once or twice a year. I'm on my third Villages home. None had softeners but all had the sand issues.

[howardandsheila]

Found problem. Pooh you were right. Tank had broken inside recently and was replaced. Residue in pipes was culprit. Water company got right on it. Sending plumber out to completely flush out the lines and said he will do that anytime the problem comes up. He has been a very up front guy since we moved there. House does have a filter system under the kitchen sink and that faucet is clean as can be.
So, looks like it will taken care of. House is only a year old. Seems they had a few faulty resin tanks in last couple years.
Thanks everyone and have a Quality Villages Day!!!

[pooh]

Originally Posted by rayschic

I don't have a water softener but I do get sand in the toilet tanks. Not sure where the sand comes from but I just empty the tank and clean out the sand about once or twice a year. I'm on my third Villages home. None had softeners but all had the sand issues.

Interesting. We didn't have sand, it was resin....we felt it. With our new Nova filtration system, no more debris in the water tank. The resin also got into two new fridge filters, imparting a plastic taste to the water.....yuck big time.

[pooh]

Originally Posted by howardandsheila

Found problem. Pooh you were right. Tank had broken inside recently and was replaced. Residue in pipes was culprit. Water company got right on it. Sending plumber out to completely flush out the lines and said he will do that anytime the problem comes up. He has been a very up front guy since we moved there. House does have a filter system under the kitchen sink and that faucet is clean as can be.
So, looks like it will taken care of. House is only a year old. Seems they had a few faulty resin tanks in last couple years.
Thanks everyone and have a Quality Villages Day!!!

Hooray, problem solved! We ended up flushing the lines, too.
We had a Culligan system and it worked well until the resin tank went belly up. Had an exchange unit for 32 years in CA....loved it. The Nova filtration system we now have is great....we're enjoying clear, good tasting water.
Glad your company is working to rectify the situation.

[howardandsheila]

If I had installed one, and it was after the softener, it would have caught all the crud coming into the house. Sure, it would have plugged up the filters, more than likely, but it would have let me know immediately that I had a problem.
20/20 hindsight is such a wonderful thing. Still may look into putting a filter on the output side of the softener. It is just inside the garage, and filters look like they can be mounted right on the wall.