Whole-Home Water Filtration - wisechoicewatersoftener.ca

Municipal water arrives disinfected, and that’s a good thing — but the chlorine or chloramine doing the disinfecting is also what you smell in the shower and taste in a glass of water straight from the tap.

A whole-home filter installs on your main line ahead of the softener. Activated carbon adsorbs chlorine, odours and organic compounds; a sediment stage catches grit, rust and pipe scale before either reaches your fixtures.

The result is water that smells and tastes better at every tap in the house, not just the kitchen — plus longer life for your softener resin and your fixtures.

Benefits of Whole-Home Water Filtration

Water test including chlorine, sediment and odour assessment
Correctly sized backwashing carbon or cartridge system
Main-line installation with full bypass
Flow-rate check so shower pressure stays where it should
Media life estimate and replacement scheduling
Bundling with softener and RO for one clean install

Cartridge system or backwashing filter?

Cartridge systems are compact and inexpensive, and suit homes with moderate chlorine and low sediment. Filters are swapped every six to twelve months.

Backwashing carbon systems hold a much larger media bed, self-clean on a schedule and last five to eight years before the media is replaced. They cost more upfront and are the right answer for larger homes, high flow demands or heavy sediment.

Where it sits in the treatment train

Order matters. Sediment and carbon go first so grit and chlorine never reach the softener resin, then the softener handles hardness, then reverse osmosis polishes drinking water at the kitchen tap. Installed out of order, each stage shortens the life of the next.

Rural and acreage water

On well water, whole-home filtration usually means something different: iron filtration, oxidation for sulphur odour or sediment pre-treatment. That work starts with a full well test — see our well water treatment page.

Stops scale forming in your hot water tank, boiler and tankless heater
Stops scale forming in your hot water tank, boiler and tankless heater
Stops scale forming in your hot water tank, boiler and tankless heater
Stops scale forming in your hot water tank, boiler and tankless heater
Stops scale forming in your hot water tank, boiler and tankless heater
Stops scale forming in your hot water tank, boiler and tankless heater

Whole-Home Water Filtration FAQs

Will a whole-home filter reduce my water pressure?

Not when it’s sized to your home’s flow rate. Undersized filters are the usual cause of pressure complaints, so we calculate peak demand across your fixtures before recommending a unit.

Does a whole-home filter soften water?

No. Carbon filtration removes chlorine, odour and organics; it does not remove hardness minerals. Scale prevention requires a softener.

How often does the filter media need replacing?

Cartridges every six to twelve months depending on use; backwashing carbon beds every five to eight years. We note your expected schedule at install and can handle changes for you.

Whole-Home Water Filtration in Edmonton

Free reverse osmosis system with your whole-home softener

Benefits of Whole-Home Water Filtration

Cartridge system or backwashing filter?

Where it sits in the treatment train

Rural and acreage water

Whole-Home Water Filtration FAQs

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