Florida_Jay
New Member
Good afternoon,
a couple of weeks ago i posted a question in regards to a filter system / and a leakage on the filter tank.
I'm not a "Pro" per se - but do a lot of DIY around my home.
The water System drives me crazy i have to say / and the technicians around my area are not interested in helping in my case it looks like.
The System:
10 year old - 2 Tank Water softener System (with salt - like almost everybody has in FL on Well water). One Tank is for the softener, one tank is the carbon filter (at least that's what I believe). Both Tanks have Clack Valves. As far as for the piping / the main Well supply goes into the filter tank - from there into the softener, and from there into the main home supply line into the house.
I noticed, that the filter tank leaked from the backwash / overflow line....where the water normally comes out when it regenerates. I changed the piston of the clack valve on that filter bottle, problem of leaking has been solved.
Main Issue:
I also noticed almost at the same time, that the water in my house started to smell bad - like sulfur. (I know that smell, since i have a sprinkler system hooked up directly to the well / and that smells exactly the same - so nothing a Floridian on well water does not know.
I had that "sporadically once or twice a year / in the past 3-4 Years I own the home, and normally the issue has been solved by regenerating the filter.
Not this time:
The smell is getting worse and worse every day / even regenerating the filter (or softener) is not helping - on both hot and cold water, so i reached out to some professionals in my area.
All they did: Came to my house - took water samples from the well, and after the water system, told me they get back to me, and never heard anything back from them.
Even if I tried to reach back out to them, the only thing i have been told was: I send a message to the dispatch team and we will get back to you....
Another one offered me a complete new whole house reverse osmosis system / for almost $12k - and doesn't even bothered to check the current system (i am a 1 person (working full-time) household...
From my boss, who has a lot of investment homes in the area, I know that those 2 tank filter / softener systems are currently on backorder / probably one issue they have but they could have at least say something ....I would...
So I'm kind of lost now and my best (but uneducated !!) Guess would be, that the filter media (it should be active carbon) is not working properly anymore since the water system is almost 10 years old, and besides the regular Salt refill - that system has never seen any service or cleaning whatsoever.
I was almost at the point, to buy a new Filter Tank (around $150 online) and Media but I'm not sure if that solves my problem. I'm also not sure about the filter media amount and what type of media it should be.
Besides the smell, the water seems to be ok - only like "soft" from the softener...as it should be.
Any advice or someone with a similar issue - he got resolved?
All the best,
Jay o/
a couple of weeks ago i posted a question in regards to a filter system / and a leakage on the filter tank.
I'm not a "Pro" per se - but do a lot of DIY around my home.
The water System drives me crazy i have to say / and the technicians around my area are not interested in helping in my case it looks like.
The System:
10 year old - 2 Tank Water softener System (with salt - like almost everybody has in FL on Well water). One Tank is for the softener, one tank is the carbon filter (at least that's what I believe). Both Tanks have Clack Valves. As far as for the piping / the main Well supply goes into the filter tank - from there into the softener, and from there into the main home supply line into the house.
I noticed, that the filter tank leaked from the backwash / overflow line....where the water normally comes out when it regenerates. I changed the piston of the clack valve on that filter bottle, problem of leaking has been solved.
Main Issue:
I also noticed almost at the same time, that the water in my house started to smell bad - like sulfur. (I know that smell, since i have a sprinkler system hooked up directly to the well / and that smells exactly the same - so nothing a Floridian on well water does not know.
I had that "sporadically once or twice a year / in the past 3-4 Years I own the home, and normally the issue has been solved by regenerating the filter.
Not this time:
The smell is getting worse and worse every day / even regenerating the filter (or softener) is not helping - on both hot and cold water, so i reached out to some professionals in my area.
All they did: Came to my house - took water samples from the well, and after the water system, told me they get back to me, and never heard anything back from them.
Even if I tried to reach back out to them, the only thing i have been told was: I send a message to the dispatch team and we will get back to you....
Another one offered me a complete new whole house reverse osmosis system / for almost $12k - and doesn't even bothered to check the current system (i am a 1 person (working full-time) household...
From my boss, who has a lot of investment homes in the area, I know that those 2 tank filter / softener systems are currently on backorder / probably one issue they have but they could have at least say something ....I would...
So I'm kind of lost now and my best (but uneducated !!) Guess would be, that the filter media (it should be active carbon) is not working properly anymore since the water system is almost 10 years old, and besides the regular Salt refill - that system has never seen any service or cleaning whatsoever.
I was almost at the point, to buy a new Filter Tank (around $150 online) and Media but I'm not sure if that solves my problem. I'm also not sure about the filter media amount and what type of media it should be.
Besides the smell, the water seems to be ok - only like "soft" from the softener...as it should be.
Any advice or someone with a similar issue - he got resolved?
All the best,
Jay o/