Good day all,
Looking for some advice. I’ve read a lot of threads on here about chlorine injection systems and shocking wells and wanted to make sure I cover my bases before I pull the trigger.
I bought a home that has a well and an aerobic septic system. The whole home is plumbed with PexA (see photo from attic) and I have PVC from the well house to just outside the house, where it’s unioned to Pex. The home was built in 2009 and sat from 2012-2022 pretty much vacant. We had the water tested twice and fortunately don’t have coliform or worse. However, we were getting bad orange staining in the toilets with an organic (not sulfur) odor and clogged shower heads. Also, I replaced the valve at the Pex/PVC union and found orange film in the PVC and black film in the Pex.
I figured we needed a treatment system so I sent the water out for testing and got the attached results. Every salesman has said we need a whole home RO due to the chlorides and TDS, but frankly I can’t drop $15k on a system. For now I wanted to take care of the iron eating bacteria, hardness, and hopefully some of the sediment. I figured I’d start by having a company install a sediment filter, chlorine injection system, carbon backwash, softener, and POU RO.
As I read on here and other sites, I started getting concerned that I may inadvertently damage the Pex piping if I use chlorine to shock the well or if there is any residue chlorine post injection and carbon filter. The Pex in my attic looks to have a chlorine resistance rating of 1, so now I’m kinda at a loss and wanted to reach out for some help.
Thanks in advance for any assistance and sorry for the long post!
Looking for some advice. I’ve read a lot of threads on here about chlorine injection systems and shocking wells and wanted to make sure I cover my bases before I pull the trigger.
I bought a home that has a well and an aerobic septic system. The whole home is plumbed with PexA (see photo from attic) and I have PVC from the well house to just outside the house, where it’s unioned to Pex. The home was built in 2009 and sat from 2012-2022 pretty much vacant. We had the water tested twice and fortunately don’t have coliform or worse. However, we were getting bad orange staining in the toilets with an organic (not sulfur) odor and clogged shower heads. Also, I replaced the valve at the Pex/PVC union and found orange film in the PVC and black film in the Pex.
I figured we needed a treatment system so I sent the water out for testing and got the attached results. Every salesman has said we need a whole home RO due to the chlorides and TDS, but frankly I can’t drop $15k on a system. For now I wanted to take care of the iron eating bacteria, hardness, and hopefully some of the sediment. I figured I’d start by having a company install a sediment filter, chlorine injection system, carbon backwash, softener, and POU RO.
As I read on here and other sites, I started getting concerned that I may inadvertently damage the Pex piping if I use chlorine to shock the well or if there is any residue chlorine post injection and carbon filter. The Pex in my attic looks to have a chlorine resistance rating of 1, so now I’m kinda at a loss and wanted to reach out for some help.
Thanks in advance for any assistance and sorry for the long post!