Signs your house needs whole home filtration
Well water problems show up on your fixtures and your laundry long before anyone tests it. If the complaint is only the taste of drinking water, reverse osmosis installation at one sink is the cheaper answer.
- Orange or brown staining in tubs and toilets
- A rotten-egg or metallic smell
- Grit or cloudiness at every tap
- Blue-green staining, which points at low pH
- A positive bacteria test on the well
- Filters and cartridges clogging far too fast
Whole home filtration systems we install
Which of these you need is a question the water test answers, and often it is more than one in sequence. Worth reading first: the order water treatment goes in.
Sediment and carbon filtration
$900 to $2,500. Grit, cloudiness, and taste, taken out at the point of entry. It also protects everything downstream of it, which is why it usually goes first in the line.
Iron and sulfur removal
$2,200 to $4,500, and it is what most well owners here actually need. This is the one that stops the orange staining and the rotten-egg smell. More on where that smell comes from in why well water smells like sulfur.
Acid neutralizing
$1,400 to $2,800. Low pH quietly eats copper pipe and shows up as blue-green staining around fixtures. Treating it is far cheaper than repiping the house later.
UV disinfection
$700 to $1,500, after a positive bacteria test. The lamp is an annual replacement at $120 to $220, so plan for that one rather than being surprised by it.
Why the Shore has us fit whole home filtration
From large commercial projects to a dripping faucet, the work gets the same treatment: diagnosed correctly, repaired carefully, guaranteed in writing.
Stocked for the Shore
There is no supply house around the corner out here, so we carry more inventory in the shop and on the trucks than most companies our size carry anywhere.
Who actually shows up
A Shoresteady Plumbing technician who has been background checked and drug tested. We provide clear estimates before work begins.
No surprise on the invoice
You approve a written estimate before work begins. If the job needs something we did not see, we stop and talk to you first. Financing through Acorn Finance is available.
Guaranteed in writing
2-year workmanship
Our guarantee on the labor, on every job we do.
Manufacturer warranty
Passed through to you in full on everything we install.
100% satisfaction
If it is not right, we come back and make it right.
Questions We Get Asked About Whole Home Filtration
What people ask before a filtration system goes in.
How much does whole home filtration cost?
A sediment and carbon filter is $900 to $2,500, an iron and sulfur filter $2,200 to $4,500, acid neutralizing $1,400 to $2,800 and UV disinfection $700 to $1,500. A water test is $0 to $250. Full ranges are in our water treatment cost guide.
Do you test the water before recommending equipment?
Always. Wells vary street by street out here, and two houses on the same road can need completely different equipment. Anybody who quotes a system before testing the water is selling equipment rather than solving a problem.
Where does the equipment go?
Wherever the water enters the house and ahead of the water heater. A crawlspace, utility room or well house all work, provided it will not freeze.
Does it need a drain?
Backwashing filters do, plus a nearby outlet. On a septic system we route that discharge so it does not overload the drain field, which matters more here than most places.
Will filtration fix hard water too?
No, those are different problems. Filters handle sediment, iron, taste, and smell. Hardness and scale need a softener, which is water softener installation. Plenty of Shore houses need both, in the right order.
Pick the system and the job you need
- Whole home filtration installation: Sediment, iron, and sulfur, UV
- Whole home filtration repair: Media, cartridges, and backwash faults
- Reverse osmosis installation: Drinking water at the sink
- Reverse osmosis repair: Slow faucet, membranes, and tanks
- Water softener installation: Sized for Shore hardness and iron
- Water softener repair: Salt bridges, resin, and valve heads
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Call (757) 824-9862