Water filtration & softeners
Iron stains? Hard water? Bad taste?
Orange stains in the tub. White crust on the faucets. Water that smells like eggs or tastes like metal. That's well water doing what well water does around here, and it's fixable. Gary tests first, then installs whole-house filtration and softeners sized for your household, across Charlotte, Campbell, Prince Edward, and Lunenburg counties.
What's in your water
Most homes outside town limits here are on a private well. Well water isn't treated by anyone before it reaches your tap, so whatever the ground has, you have. These are the common ones.
Iron
Orange or brown staining in tubs, toilets, and laundry. A metallic taste. The most common complaint we hear.
Hardness
White scale on fixtures, spotty dishes, soap that won't lather, and water heaters and appliances that wear out early.
Sediment
Sand and grit that clogs aerators, wears out valves, and chews up everything downstream.
Sulfur
The rotten-egg smell, usually strongest on the hot side or first thing in the morning.
Low pH
Acidic water that leaves blue-green stains on fixtures and slowly eats copper pipe from the inside, causing pinhole leaks.
Bacteria
Coliform and similar. You can't see or taste it. A lab test finds it, and UV treatment handles it.
The right fix for the right problem
There's no one box that fixes everything. A good system is a chain of the right pieces in the right order. Here's what each one does.
Sediment filter
First in line. Catches sand and grit and protects everything after it. Spin-down or cartridge, depending on how much is coming in.
Iron filter
For the staining. Air-injection or oxidizing media pulls iron out before it reaches your fixtures. Handles sulfur smell too in many cases.
Water softener
For hardness. Ion exchange trades calcium and magnesium for sodium. Protects the water heater and stops the scale.
Carbon filter
Taste, odor, and chlorine. The usual answer for town water, and a good final stage on a well system.
Acid neutralizer
Raises low pH so the water stops corroding copper and brass. If you've got blue-green stains, this is the one.
UV light
Kills bacteria without chemicals. Only where a test calls for it, and always after the water has been filtered clear.
Test first. Always.
Water treatment is the easiest place in plumbing to sell somebody gear they don't need, or the wrong gear. We don't guess. Before anything goes in, Gary tests the water: iron level, hardness, pH, and whatever else the symptoms point to.
Then the system gets sized for the house, not pulled off a shelf. Number of people, number of bathrooms, peak flow, and how bad the numbers are. Oversized wastes salt and backwash water. Undersized lets the problem through on a busy morning.
What sizing looks at
- Iron, hardness, and pH from the test
- How many people and bathrooms
- Peak flow when the shower, washer, and sink all run
- Whether a tankless heater or other gear sits downstream
- Where it'll go and where it can drain
Keeping it working
Every system needs a little upkeep, and it's simple if you know the schedule. Sediment cartridges get changed out. Softeners need salt. Iron filters backwash automatically but should be checked. UV lamps get replaced about yearly. Gary sets it all up so you know what to do and when, and he can come do it for you.
We install and service water systems across Charlotte, Campbell, Prince Edward, and Lunenburg counties, from Charlotte Court House and Keysville out to Victoria, Meherrin, and Farmville. See all service areas.
Questions we get
Clean water starts with a test.
Call or text Gary. Tell him what you're seeing in the tub and the tap, and he'll come test the water and tell you what it needs.
Or email glwrighttouch@gmail.com