Flowing main water filter - which is better?

There are often situations when the installation of special filters is required for the water supply system. Most often, such a need arises in country houses when water enters the house from a regular well. Not in all cases it is clean and of good quality. In this case, installation of a main filter or a softener for liquid will be required. Let’s find out if the main flow water filter is better?

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Why do I need a filter?

A main filter is one that is installed on a water main. Such devices are used to solve such problems.

Water purification

To get high-quality water from a tap, you need to get it directly from an artesian well. But this happens extremely rarely - ordinary water is delivered to taps from the nearest body of water. Municipal water systems usually cannot handle the removal of chemicals. This problem is not solved by chlorine - on the contrary, the liquid becomes one more harmful quality.

Important! Tap water is a great place to breed bacteria that do not suffer from chlorine at all. In order to cope with problems, install a filter with replaceable cartridges.

Improving Taste

Often the water entering the apartment smells like anything: hydrogen sulfide, bleach and other unpleasant odors. And after cleansing with a filter, the liquid turns into tasty, without unpleasant taste. And the food that is prepared using such water becomes more appetizing.

Mitigating physical effects on hair and skin

After washing with bad water, the skin begins to peel off, and the hair begins to fall out. Thus, the effect of pollutants on the skin.

Keeping plumbing and equipment intact

Due to impurities, dirt and other solid particles, scratches appear on the surface, the internal hoses become clogged. Dirty water harms washing machines and dishwashers, water heaters and kettles.

To decide which main water filter to choose for an apartment, you need to consider what size the pollutants are. In order to get high-quality drinking water, devices should be used in which there are several stages of purification.

Important! When installing the main filter, be aware that due to it the pressure in the valve will slightly decrease. If the pressure was previously small, now it will become even worse.

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Types of filters

All main filters differ in their functions. This is the basis of their separation.

Coarse cleaning devices

With this option, large mechanical particles are removed from the water. The greatest efficiency from it is manifested when installed at the entry point. High-quality water treatment allows you to extend the life of equipment and plumbing.

The main detail in such filters is a mesh with small cells. Some models are equipped with several filter screens with cells of different sizes, due to which the cleaning will be better. Such a device has an almost unlimited period of use, but the nets require regular cleaning.

Hot and cold water requires different main filters. Most often, the main difference lies in the material from which the body is made. The hot water filter is made of plastic that is not afraid of high temperature, stainless steel is also possible. Polymers are used to make cartridges.

Important! The hot water filter can be installed on a cold water supply system, but on the contrary it is impossible to act.

Fine filter

Such filters use several technologies for cleaning. This system cleans the liquid from fine impurities using sorption cartridges. In the equipment of some models there are modules that operate under ultraviolet radiation.

Important! For different capacities, cartridges with different capacities are used.

After the main fine filter, the liquid is cleaned qualitatively, it is quite suitable for drinking and cooking.

Water softener filter

Sodium polyphosphate is used as the main reagent in such devices. After water comes in contact with a similar substance, it cannot be used to cook food or drink.

The cleaning process in the most popular models is based on the action of magnetic pulses, which do not require special maintenance. For the installation of such softeners, a part of the flow line is used immediately after the coarse filter. In addition, it can be installed in front of the points through which household appliances are connected.

Important! The magnetic device is universal, it can be used on both cold and hot water pipes.

The elements act in such a way that a magnetic field is created. It removes scale from precipitation of magnesium and calcium. The most important thing is that because of this reaction, plumbing or water heating devices are not damaged.

   

Grain Loading Devices

They are universal, because they are immediately removed from the water:

• Chlorine and salts;
• Metal elements;
• A variety of impurities.

This means that main filters with granular loading have the same efficiency as fine filters and softeners at the same time. Externally, the case of such a device is similar to a cylinder, there is a direct relationship between its dimensions and power. The average productivity is 25 cubic meters. in hour. Thanks to this, it is possible to install a filter in apartments and houses, and even in factories.

Important! It should be noted that the size of such filters is quite large, so it is best to use a special technical room for them.

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How to choose a design?

The water supply in the apartment and the private house has differences:

1. In the apartment it is best to use two rust cleaners: on the cold and hot mains, it is also possible to install a fine filter.
2. Geyser structures are most often installed on wells, wells, and a centralized country cottage pipeline. They have different things:
   • The number of cleaning steps;
   • Appointment;
   • Manufacturing material;
   • Cartridge;
   • Design.

The number of cleaning steps

The filter can have from one to three degrees of protection. To properly purify water, it makes sense to install reverse osmosis on the water supply. With it, water is simultaneously filtered in three different ways. The liquid becomes clean and tasty as a result. The flask is the accumulation of already purified liquid.

Cartridge

Cleaning can be mechanical, chemical, biological and harsh.

Important! For housing, it is better not to use a chemical cleaning fluid, as there is not only the removal of harmful impurities, but also an unpleasant odor.

Important! Disinfection starts from the well itself.Typically, filter elements do a certain kind of cleaning, but most homeowners prefer to use a few different ones in order to get a more successful result.

Before choosing a main filter for water in the apartment, you need to find out what the filter module consists of. As a cleaner in cartridges use:

• Absorption material (activated carbon);
• Silver ions;
• Membrane material;
• Osmotic composition.

Production material

For filters that are installed immediately after a well or a well, the housing is usually made of metal. But the apartment cleaner may have a plastic base, but only if it is installed on a cold water supply.

Important! For a cartridge cleaner with a storage flask, the base can be matte or translucent.

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Installation of the main cleaner

Before installation, you need to prepare. To do this, you need to think through every little thing, draw a diagram taking into account all the materials, take into account all the necessary tools.

Important! Immediately you need to turn off the water, and only then begin work on installing the filter.

When installing a flow line filter, a number of rules should be observed:

• The diameter of the inlet and outlet of the filter should be the same as that of the pipe, or 1 mm larger. If the installation of a flow-through filter is carried out at the fitting location, the task is simplified, since it will be possible not to cut additional threads.
• When installing a backwash filter, it must be taken into account that the position of the storage flask must be at the bottom.
• Before installing the device on the highway, the joints must be treated with sealant. To check for leaks, water is started.

Important! When installing the filter, you need to consider that in the future you will need to replace the cartridge, so you need to put the flask up.

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Advantages of filters on the pipeline:

• Such a filter performs any filtration - both coarse mechanical and thin ion.
• This eliminates unpleasant odors and taste due to activated carbon, which is located in the cartridge.
• With the help of some models of purifiers, water is maximally purified, therefore, when boiling, scale does not form.

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Disadvantages of filters on the pipeline:

• If there is no backwash in the filter, and water comes from the well, continuous cleaning of the system and water supply will be required.
• If the well is very dirty, the cartridges must be constantly replaced.
• The price of some models can be very high, installation can also cause difficulties for a non-specialist.

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As you can see, not all trunk filters are the same. Thanks to our article, you learned about their differences. Now the choice of the necessary device will not be difficult for you.