Really Hard Water with a Lot of Iron
Hi All! We're just hoping someone here has found something we haven't been able to find... a full RV water softener that removes a ridiculous amount of iron for $500 or less. The only ones we can f...
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One of my residential wells has a ridiculous amount of suspended mineral in the water, including a lot of iron. What we do is use a whole-house filter before the softener. I've gone to using the cheapest paper filters instead of the carbon ones because replacement cost of filters is almost 200% more.
Occasionally, I will shock treat the well and all the plumbing with a couple of gallons of bleach. The bleach must remain in the pipes for 12 hrs. to be effective. I then run out the dirty water from the system through an exterior faucet. Each faucet has the aireator removed and those supply lines are flushed, too.
The filter we use is similar to this one. I use the $9.98 paper filters.
Occasionally, I will shock treat the well and all the plumbing with a couple of gallons of bleach. The bleach must remain in the pipes for 12 hrs. to be effective. I then run out the dirty water from the system through an exterior faucet. Each faucet has the aireator removed and those supply lines are flushed, too.
The filter we use is similar to this one. I use the $9.98 paper filters.
