Our faucet water/refridgerator water has been tasting really strange, (according to the kids), because I use a Big Berkey and they don't. Does anyone have any suggestions on a good, economical, and low maintenance house water filtration system?
Generally, the lower the cost, the more the maintenance. Much of what you pay for with fancier systems is the automation that reduces maintenance.
Short of an actual water softener, which costs real money, you can get a simple filter housing and install that, then use charcoal filters (which are basically a regular filter, with a charcoal section added) which will remove some of the odor and taste.
Only filter the water that needs to be filtered, and that will extend the life of the filter, reducing the overall costs and the amount of maintenance (filter changes) that is needed.
If you go to your local Home Depot, they should have free water test kits available. You'll get a sales call along with the results if you use them, but that's obviously why they're free. What you want to do is write down the results, so you can see if they're really in the realm that a filter will handle, or if it would take a full water softening system to do anything.
I have no idea if we have radon in the water but is that harmful if we do? Would one of these filtration systems take the radon out too? I think you need to remove radon from the point of entry, right?
Radon removal requires special radon filtration equipment. It's not cheap.
Joe
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