Smart filter installation guide

Skip to content. Knowledge Base. Back to contents. JetPopup settings overview. Opening event and Show once option Next post. Easy and straightforward to install, a water softener system will help reduce the levels of magnesium and calcium in your water, giving you better looking, tasting and smelling water.

At Filter Smart, we specialise in helping families in the US enjoy a higher quality of water with our smart, sustainable and easy to install water softener systems.

Hard water can be quite problematic, as high concentrations of naturally occurring minerals make it difficult for soaps and detergents to lather, not to mention the bad taste and smell that can come from hard water.

This investment can give you soft water at home for around 10 to 20 years or even longer depending on the model of water softener system you buy. Again this really depends on the type of water softener system you purchase.

A standard salt-based water softener will usually need an area of around 3ft by 1. At Filter Smart , we offer activated carbon-based water softener systems that can be easily installed in a property and only requires a small amount of space. Our bathroom 12 GPM systems use a small 9 x inch tank and are approximately 52 inches in height, including the valve head. If you are purchasing a filter and softener this will be larger. If you just need a filter or a softener than this will take up a little less space.

Have you done proper research on competing brands on the market? There are a few really good water filter and softener brands on the market and you owe it to yourself to do your research before making a big purchase. Brands like Aquasana, Springwell, Aquaox, and Pelican are also worthwhile to look into.

We have covered all those brands on our review guides. How much importance do you put on your health and the quality of your water.

If you know that this is an important issue like it is then you will be willing to spend a little more upfront to buy the best system which will last and provide you the health benefits for years to come. I had a chance to review a bunch of customer reviews on Amazon, Filtersmart, and other online retailers. You can see a few below about what they thought. We were tired of buying salt so the salt-free one was looking quite intriguing. After months of research, it looked like the medium was legitimate from testing that I have seen.

You just have to understand it is different from Ion exchange systems that add salt. For scale from hard water, it will certainly keep the pipes and faucets free.

But I never liked that anyhow, so salt-free water the one for me. Bought for vacation home. Once installed, there is no maintenance, just change the sediment pre-filter annually which is easy for any homeowner to do in about a minute. If you need help finding an installer in your area simply contact us. We have partnered with local recommendation site Angie's List to provide the best installers in your area to install you new whole house water filtration from FilterSmart. Note: Due to supply chain issues orders will ship within business days.