Brokersdad
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/I had a new well drilled about a year or so ago and my iron is about 5, magnesuim is higher than desires. I had my softner guy here the other day and we were talking about the rotten smell I get and some staining still happening.
We started talking of options I have to treat this, one being Greensand filter or an Iron filter. I have an Ecowater Iron unit here I no longer use, and he said he personally doesn't like using them due to the airator causing the reaction in the pipes and valve, and the iron unit itself plugging up often. He did suggest if I wanted to try it he would rebed it for me but recommends I install it after the softner just to catch the remaining iron leaching through and said it may clear the smell. He did say he wasn't sure because he hardly ever uses them. He wanted me to try a well shock first to see if that helped me as he said I do have some iron bacteria and thought that may contribute to my issue.
Guess i'm just looking for some other opinions as which machine to use and if it's the Iron filter, will going after the softner make my water to hard or hinder my water quality. Anyone ever install after ?
We started talking of options I have to treat this, one being Greensand filter or an Iron filter. I have an Ecowater Iron unit here I no longer use, and he said he personally doesn't like using them due to the airator causing the reaction in the pipes and valve, and the iron unit itself plugging up often. He did suggest if I wanted to try it he would rebed it for me but recommends I install it after the softner just to catch the remaining iron leaching through and said it may clear the smell. He did say he wasn't sure because he hardly ever uses them. He wanted me to try a well shock first to see if that helped me as he said I do have some iron bacteria and thought that may contribute to my issue.
Guess i'm just looking for some other opinions as which machine to use and if it's the Iron filter, will going after the softner make my water to hard or hinder my water quality. Anyone ever install after ?