Discover The Hidden Costs When Buying An Iron Filter
When contemplating the purchase of an iron filter, you should consider a few facts that may impact your decision.
1. Maintenance Costs - When quoting the installation of an iron filter in a home, some water professionals do not fully disclose the true costs involved with the purchase and operation of an iron filter. In addition to the approximately $1500 cost of the equipment and installation, an iron filter's media must be replaced every 3 to 5 years for the life of the system depending on how high the iron content of the water is. This has to be done by a professional at an additional cost of $500 or more each time.
2. Water Softener Iron-Fouling - Most people do not consider changing the media in their iron filter until they start to see stains. However, by the time stains have appeared, both the iron filter, and water softener are full of iron. Replacing the iron filter's media still leaves the water softener resin full of iron. A water softener that has trapped iron, and is not being cleaned with Crystal Clean, will have a much shorter effective lifespan and is a definate additional cost of using an iron filter.
The beauty of using the Crystal Clean is that we not only eliminate the need to buy an iron filter, we keep your water softener running like brand new, usually doubling the standard 8-10 year life of water softener resin.
that in addition to the $1500 or more up front cost of the iron filter and installation