We install whole-house water filters for homes across the Sunshine Coast. The system goes on the water main where it comes onto your property, so every tap, shower and appliance gets filtered water. It has to be sized to your water pressure and how much water the house uses at once, or the showers go weak.
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It's worth it if you want filtered water everywhere in the house, not only at the kitchen sink. You get less chlorine smell in the shower and bath, filtered water at every basin, and less grit reaching your hot water system, washing machine and dishwasher.
If all you want is better water to drink, it probably isn't. An under-sink filter at the kitchen costs less to buy and less to run.
The filter goes on the water main after the meter, before the pipe branches off to the rest of the house. On most homes that means an outside wall near where the main comes in. It's best kept out of the afternoon sun, because sunlight wears out plastic housings. A whole-house system usually has isolation valves either side and a bypass, so the filter can be shut off and the house still has water while a cartridge is being changed.
Most whole-house systems have two or three stages. First a sediment cartridge, designed to catch grit, rust and dirt from the pipes. Then a carbon cartridge, designed to reduce the chlorine taste and smell at every tap. A whole-house carbon system isn't designed to take out fluoride. If you want that reduced in your drinking water, a reverse osmosis unit at the kitchen sink does it alongside the whole-house filter.
Sediment is what wears out tap cartridges, blocks shower heads and settles in the bottom of a hot water tank. Catching it at the main means less of it gets through to your hot water system and appliances. The carbon stage is designed to reduce the chlorine smell in the shower as well as in your drinking water.
Every filter slows the water down a little. How much you notice depends on the size of the housings and cartridges compared with how much water the house draws at once. A small housing on a big house is where the complaints about pressure come from, so the size should come from the pressure and flow measured at your house. Where the mains pressure runs high, a pressure limiting valve usually goes in ahead of the filter to protect the housings.
A lot of homes out in the hinterland, around Maleny and past Landsborough, run on rainwater tanks. A whole-house filter works on tank water too, after the pump, dealing with grit, taste and smell. If you drink the tank water, a UV unit is the usual way to treat it for germs, fitted after the pump so it treats every tap. The pump has to be big enough to push water through the extra filters without the pressure dropping off.
Whole-house cartridges are bigger than under-sink ones and usually need changing every 6 to 12 months, sooner if there's a lot of sediment in the water. If you'd rather we did it, book us in and we'll come and change them.
Ring us or send the quote form. Tell us how many bathrooms you have, if you're on town water or a tank, and where your water meter is.
We look at where your water main comes in, where the filter can go and the pipework to get to it.
We quote the system and the install in writing before any work starts.
The water to the house has to be off while the filter goes in. Once it's in, we turn the water back on and test the system.
You'll see how to shut the filter off and how to change a cartridge. We tell you when the first change is due and what the manufacturer's warranty covers.
A whole-house system costs more than an under-sink filter, because it filters all the water the house uses and needs bigger housings to keep your pressure up. The price comes down to the number of stages, the size of the housings your house needs, where the filter can go and how much pipework it takes to get there. If your mains pressure is high, a pressure limiting valve adds to it.
Then there's the running cost. Bigger cartridges cost more to replace than under-sink ones. Ask any installer what each cartridge costs, how often it's due, and whether you can buy it anywhere else.
The boys from Blue Bourke Plumbing did an excellent job installing my under sink water filter system. They were friendly, professional and helpful. I would definitely recommend them, and will be using them again
Super efficient service installing our water filter, would definitely recommend :)
Grace H.
Chris arrived on time his communication was spot on and did a great job
Coralie W.
Outdoor plumbing installation: After a prior meeting to plan, Chris arrived punctually and worked so hard on every aspect of the pipe laying and fixture configuration. He was so amenable to adjustments and achieving the best visual outcome. Thank you!
Leanne S.
Most homes on the coast strip, from Caloundra up through Mooloolaba, Maroochydore and Coolum Beach, are on town water. Out in the hinterland more of them run on tanks. We cover both, working from Buderim out to Noosa Heads in the north and Maleny inland.
Tell us how many bathrooms you have and whether the house is on town water or a tank. We'll arrange a time to come and look.
