Lee_Leses
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I had a Big Blue installed as a whole house filter with a carbon block filter.
I'm finding I don't like filtering ALL the house water.
I was also told maybe I don't need it because in addition to my water supplier's (Aqua) filtering, they say the water softener I have also acts as a filter?
I do understand the concept of water testing and selecting a three or more stage filtering system for either the whole house or just the kitchen sink -- I don't want or probably need to go that far at this point. My supplied water is probably mostly ok. Mostly interested in any remaining tastes and the chlorine.
So the question is, could I move the whole house filter to filter ONLY the cold side water to the kitchen sink and refrigerator ice maker. Would that make better sense since I'm not starting out with well water?
Lastly, does anyone know of a whole house big blue style filter housing that offers easier filter changes and a built in bypass? Sometimes the big blue is a pain with not wanting to seal and/or not wanting to turn w/o a strap wrench! And also the one I had installed sadly is a Pentek knock-off! The O ring is not seated in it at all like the Pentek O ring is designed and it in fact "sucks" to do filter changes for it. lol
I'm finding I don't like filtering ALL the house water.
I was also told maybe I don't need it because in addition to my water supplier's (Aqua) filtering, they say the water softener I have also acts as a filter?
I do understand the concept of water testing and selecting a three or more stage filtering system for either the whole house or just the kitchen sink -- I don't want or probably need to go that far at this point. My supplied water is probably mostly ok. Mostly interested in any remaining tastes and the chlorine.
So the question is, could I move the whole house filter to filter ONLY the cold side water to the kitchen sink and refrigerator ice maker. Would that make better sense since I'm not starting out with well water?
Lastly, does anyone know of a whole house big blue style filter housing that offers easier filter changes and a built in bypass? Sometimes the big blue is a pain with not wanting to seal and/or not wanting to turn w/o a strap wrench! And also the one I had installed sadly is a Pentek knock-off! The O ring is not seated in it at all like the Pentek O ring is designed and it in fact "sucks" to do filter changes for it. lol