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Whole House Water Filters
and
Whole House Water Filter
Combinations
for
Pure Clean Healthy Water
This page describes our whole house water filters, whole house water filters bundled with fluoride-removing filters, and 'bundles' of water filters combining kitchen water filters with shower, bath, and even garden filters - so you get the filtration you need where you need it at a cost lower than whole house filters.
You can find house filters cheaper than ours. The reason that they are cheaper is primarily that they have lower quality and less quantity filter materials. Our house filters have up to 5 times the filter material of some others. The result is effective water filtration for a longer time - and therefore a better value over time.
We have two interlinking web sites - this main friends of water site, and the store.
This list of links will lead you to pages on both sites that may interested you.
you can click here to go to whole house water filters and combinations in the store: whole house filters.
Click here or below if you wish to go straight to kitchen water filters in the store,
or you can click below on individual filters or water filter combinations in the store.
For more information on why you should filter chlorine from your drinking, bathing and
showering water, click on chlorine.
For information on the the risks of drinking fluoride click here: fluoride.
For detailed information about water filtration and how our water filters work, click on water filters.
For more information on fluoride water filters in particular, see fluoride water filters.
For additional information about well water risks and filters,click on well water.
Click here for some story telling on the importance of filtered water.
If you want some help sorting it all out, call us toll-free at
866-482-6803
or email us at
sales@friendsofwater.com.
This is a wonderful NEW addition to our line of whole house filters. This one-tank, two-media whole house filter can be considered more green or sustainable because it comes without a backwash unit which means that there is no water wasted and no use of energy to run the backwash unit. (However, the water from those with a backwash can easily be used to water gardens. The water is filtered!) This whole house filter is less expensive than most (actually effective) whole house filters and requires little or no maintenance during its lifetime.
The combination of kdf with carbon means that you get thorough filtration of the normal contaminants you find on a municipal system. Our manufacturing partner's patented process for preparing the kdf means it is equal to 8 times the kdf without that process. All of the whole house filters we sell remove hundreds of contaminants including chlorine, chlorination byproducts, lead, heavy metals, asbestos, iron, hydrogen sulfide and hard scale. The kdf takes out chemical-based contaminants and the carbon removes organic contaminants. So between the two types of filtration material, both organic-based and chemical-based pharmaceuticals are removed. The filtered water is noticeably softer without the addition of salts or chemicals.
When the filtering mediums are exhausted - after about 300,000 gallons! - get a refill kit to replace the used filter materials. The use of the newly-formulated kdf cubes allow these two excellent filter media - kdf and carbon - to work together in the same tank without the channeling or packing problems you would otherwise have. (A reason for being able to do without backwashing.)
This whole house filter will deliver clean water for drinking, cooking, showering, bathing, washing and gardening. In addition to safeguarding your health, this whole house filter will protect your plumbing and appliances from staining, corrosion and the scale that can clog water flows.
This is a single tank whole house filter for use on chlorinated water. The best media to remove fluoride is not practical at the whole-house level. This filter will reduce fluoride by about 35%. To remove fluoride we recommend that you add a 2-canister fluoride plus filter at the kitchen. If you want to further reduce fluoride at shower and bath, add shower and bath filters there. That will further reduce the fluoride by about 40% of the fluoride still in your water at that point. (The biggest risk from fluoride is from ingestion.)
- Capacity: 300,000+ gallons
- Water Flow: up to 8 gpm
- Filter Media: 5 pounds of kdf packets (equal to nearly 40 pounds normal kdf)
- & 20 pounds of top-grade granulated coconut carbon
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Dimensions: 8" X 38"
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Fittings: 3/4" inlet/outlet
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Manufacturer's Warranty: 10-year pro-rated on tank
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friendsofwater.com Warranty: full refund for any reason within 90 days
Replacement filter media costs $380.
WE SHIP ALL WHOLE HOUSE WATER FILTERS AT NO CHARGE
within the lower 48 states.
To go to this item in the store, click on
Single Tank, 2-Media Whole House Filter.
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Our top-end whole house water filter is a two-tank whole house water filter system with kdf filter media in one tank and granulated carbon in the other. They work beautifully together because in addition to the filtering each media does itself, the organic contaminants filtering done by carbon is enhanced by kdf which is bacteriostatic. This means that bacteria cannot grow in the carbon, which is carbon's'weakness' if it isn't combined with kdf. Together these two water filter media will remove chlorine, arsenic, asbestos, iron and other heavy metals, scale and volatile organic contamininants leaving clean, clear, healthy water.
Using kdf filters will extend the life of your plumbing and appliances, and make it easier to keep your sinks, showers and tubs clean. More importantly, we believe it will extend your health and life too - and there is a lot of evidence to support that view. Visit our pages on fluoride and chlorine if you want more information - links above in green.
This whole house water filter system includes a backwash head to automatically wash your filter materials. With backwash, the media and is warranteed for two years, and will last two years or more!
This is the system we recommend if you want chlorine and contaminants removed for your whole house, so that you and your family are not exposed through drinking water, showering or bathing. If you are in an area without fluoride, this whole house system will do all you need, assuring healthy water.
We understand it is hard to compare what appear to be similar systems. The difference is in the quality of the parts and the quality and most of all - the quantity of the filter media. All of our filters are made of the highest quality materials and manufacturing. These whole house filters are made is the US.
There are 40 pounds of top-grade kdf filter media in our systems, and 27 or 28 pounds of the highest quality washed and dusted coconut shell carbon. This means that they work better and last much longer. There seems little point in getting yourself a whole-house system with so little filtering media that it stops working effectively in a few months. Such filters can in fact, become a source of additional problems in your water.
Let us know if you will be filtering well water and send us your water filter test results.. We can substitute kdf with a different ratio between the copper and the zinc, which is more effective for iron and hydrogen sulfide, or otherwise fashion the right filter for your water conditions.
Capacity: 500,000+ gallons
Contents: KDF/Copper-Zinc media
Coconut Shell Carbon
Flow Rate: 6-10 gpm.
Size: Tank 1: 42" tall x 8"
Tank 2: 37" tall x 8"
(42" tall with backwash head)
Warranty: 5 years/housing 2 years/media
Filter Replacement: Every two years
When it is time to refill, the cost is $685 for all the media.
For pricing and information about replacement filter media, please click below to visit the store.
Go to this item in the store click on: two-tank whole house water filter.
Please note that 2-tank whole house filter can
be configured to remove chloramines.
Click here to see the
whole house chloramine filter in combination with a kitchen fluoride filter.
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The same whole house water filter with two tanks (just above) is paired with an undercounter fluoride-removing filter in this combination called the two-tank whole house filter plus two-canister kitchen fluoride filter system. This combination is the top-end choice for anyone who wants whole-house filtering of chlorine, heavy metals and organic contaminants, and who also wants to remove fluoride from their kitchen drinking and cooking water. You can have a plumber put the 2-canister fluoride filter inline to your kitchen pipe to remove fluoride from your fridge and/or sink.
The kitchen undercounter fluoride filter comes with a faucet that is installed through the 'extra' opening at the back of your sink. That's the hole some use for a boiling water dispenser. With the faucet, you are not using up your fluoride filter media except when you need it for cooking water for your family and pets.
The cost of activated alumina resin to remove fluoride is prohibitive for inclusion in a whole-house filter. We could (as some do) put a small quanity of it in a whole house filter and tell you it will last a couple years. But it wouldn't be true.
A customer who bought this system had this to say:
"Everything's hooked up and working fine. I've been wanting a whole house system for quite a while and now feel much better that I have one. One big advantage is that I used to haul filtered water from Whole Foods in 5 gallon glass carboys for cooking and drinking. Gets a little harder to do those things as we get older. I actually think the house water now tastes better. Thanks. I feel I made a wise choice."
Art T, Michigan
The dominant view is that fluoride is not dangerous by absorption. We do know there are several health risks from drinking it.
There are 40 pounds of kdf in one canister, 27 to 28 pounds of carbon in the other. The kitchen water filter has 1 1/2 pounds of activated alumina to remove fluoride, a full pound of carbon, and a balancing amount of kdf. Some competitor filters have as little as 1/2 pound of alumina and carbon. The way your water gets cleaned is by running it through the filtration material, and how much it gets filtered depends on contact time with the media. Don't invest in a system that won't do what you are buying it for.
Let us know if you will be filtering well water. We can substitute a more suitable kdf for iron and hydrogen sulfide in your whole house filter, and substitute a nitrites-removing filter in place of the one for fluoride. Or we can fashion the correct water filter system for your situation. Send us your water test results.
Replacement media for the two-tank whole house system will last for two years or more, depending upon your water source and usage. The fluoride filter should be replaced once a year.
Whole House Two Canister System
Capacity: 500,000+ gallons
Contents: KDF/Copper-Zinc media
Coconut Shell Carbon
Flow Rate: 6-10 gpm.
Size: Tank 1: 42" tall x 8"
Tank 2: 37" tall x 8"
(42" tall with backwash head)
Warranty: 5 years/housing 2 years/media
Filter Replacement: Every two years
Undercounter 2 Canister Fluoride Filter
Capacity: 10,000 gallons
Contents: Canister one: Activated Alumina
Canister two: kdf and carbon
Flow Rate: 1 gpm
Size: Canisters: 11.5 x 4 inches each
Full unit: 5.5" deep, 13.5" high, and 11" wide.
Replacement Filters: 9 1/4 x 3 1/16 inches
Warranty: 5 years prorated manufacturers warranty on housing
Filter Replacement: Once a year
To go to this combination in the store, click on the following link:
two-tank whole house filter plus kitchen fluoride filter
We can also substitute a well water filter to remove nitrates rather than fluoride, if you use a well. See the Nitrate Plus filters in the store, or call us. <><><><><>
This is a one tank whole house water filter using top-quality kdf filter material, and manufactured in the US. A primary reason people filter municipal water supplies is to remove the disinfectant chlorine, which kills the living things we don't want in our water, but which you might prefer not to drink. Kdf will remove chlorine, and will also remove heavy metals, lead, arsenic, hard scale, asbestos and hydrogen sulfide. The kdf is bacteriostatic, so it inhibits the growth of bacteria. Your water will also be softer, without the addition of salts or chemicals.
With this filter, your plumbing will be protected from corrosion, staining and scale, adding to the life of your appliances and making it easier to keep them, shower, tubs, and sinks clean.
Includes automatic backwashing head.
The filter includes 40 pounds of kdf filtering material. We not aware of any others who put anywhere near this amount of filter material. Less filtering material does less of job and lasts for less time.
Capacity: 500,000+ gallons
Contents: KDF/Copper-Zinc media
Flow Rate: up to 8 gpm
Tank Size: 44" tall with backwash head
Tank Warranty: 10-year prorated
The filter material willl last two years or more depending upon your usage and inbound water makeup. For information on pricing of this whole house water filter system and the replacement whole house water filters, please click through to the store.
To go to this item in the store, click on one tank whole house water filter
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This is the one tank whole house water filter using kdf filter material combined with an undercounter two canister water filter with top quality granulated coconut carbon, fluoride-removing activated alumina and kdf. We call it the whole house one tank filter plus undercounter 2 canister with fluoride filter system. (This all is confusing enough without us giving these combinations cute names. We call 'em what they are so we all don't further complicate things.)
This filter will remove the chlorine, and will also remove heavy metals, lead, arsenic, hard scale, asbestos and hydrogen sulfide from your entire house. The kdf is bacteriostatic, so it inhibits the growth of bacteria. Your water will also be softer, without the addition of salts or chemicals. Your plumbing is protected from corrosion, staining and scale, adding to the life of your appliances and making it easier to keep them, shower, tubs, and sinks clean.
The undercounter two canister water filter will remove chloromines, fluoride and add the additional filtering benefits of a kdf filter at your sink, plus granulated carbon to remove volatile organic contaminants - delivering a great-tasting pure healthy water for drinking and cooking. The undercounter water filter comes with its own faucet that goes through the 'extra' hole in your sink. (We can configure water filters in any way - if this doesn't suit you, give us a call.)
Includes automatic backwashing head on the whole house filter system.
The whole house filter includes 40 pounds of kdf filtering material. No other system has near to this amount, as far as we have been able to learn. The kitchen water filter has 1 1/2 pounds of kdf. Again, we know of no other systems with this much. This is an indicator of the quality of these filters.
Whole House Water FIlter
Capacity: 500,000+ gallons
Contents: KDF/Copper-Zinc media
Flow Rate: up to 8 gpm.
Tank Size: 44" tall with backwash head
Tank Warranty: 10-year prorated
Kitchen Water Filter
Capacity: 10,000 gallons
Contents: Activated Alumina
Granulated Carbon
KDF/Copper-Zinc media
Flow Rate: 1 gmp
Canister Size: 5.5" deep, 13.5" high, and 11" wide.
Replacement Filter Size: 9 1/4" x 3 1/16"
The whole house filter material will last for two years or more. For optimal filtering, the undercounter filters should be replaced once a year.
For information on pricing of this whole house water filter system and the replacement whole house water filters; and information on the undercounter water filter, please click through to the store.
To go to this item in the store, click on: whole house one tank filter plus kitchen undercounter two canister with fluoride filter system
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Smaller Whole House KDF Filter
This smaller kdf whole house water filter holds 10 pounds of kdf filtration material. It will remove the same contaminants as the one-tank whole house filter above, which includes chlorine, heavy metals, lead, hard scale, asbestos and hydrogen sulfide. Because it has less filter material, the filter media won't last as long. You should replace the filter media within a year to assure continued good filtration.
The tank for this whole house water filter is 14 inches tall and 4 inches in diameter. Capacity is 125,000 gallons. This will last for a year for many households, but could be more or less depending upon your incoming water supply and your usage rate.
We can combine this whole house filter with a carbon tank if you wish. And/or we can add a kitchen water filter in combinations like the others on this page.
Call us to discuss your needs at 866-482-6803.
To go to this item in the store, click on:
smaller whole house kdf water filter
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This is our whole house water filter alternative combo #1. This water filter combination gives you great cooking and drinking water for your family in the kitchen, including removal of fluoride, chlorine, chloromines, heavy metals, arsenic, hydrogen sulfate, sediment, algae, molds and bad taste. And in your bathroom, the shower filter and the bath water filter remove chlorine, which is the risk for bathing. For more information visit our pages chlorine and fluoride.
The undercounter water filter is the same one described immediately above in "whole house water filter plus undercounter with fluoride filter". For more information, click on water filters and fluoride water filters.
The TurboShower uses the same great kdf water filter material you find in most of our water filters. It will remove sediment, odors and dangerous chlorine, which is absorbed through the air and water. It reduces lime scale, mold and mildew helping to keep your shower cleaner. These and the bath filters are made with filter disks using a patented process that makes the kdf several times more effective than kdf without that processing!
The Bath Ball water filter also uses kdf and removes chlorine so that you and your children don't soak in chlorinated water. You'll really notice and appreciate when your bathroom doesn't reek of chlorine any more.
For more information on TurboShower and BathBall, click on Shower Filters.
Click here to go to the store for pricing on: whole house alternative combo #1
<><><><><>     This is our whole house water filter alternative combo #2. It includes all the filters in the whole house water filter combo just above - for kitchen, shower and bath - and adds a kdf water filter to your garden bib so you can stop putting life-killing chlorine on your plants and in your garden and birdbaths. If you're like us and figure that destroying living things (the purpose of chlorine) isn't a good idea for your soil, you might consider this combination.
The kitchen filter will remove chlorine, heavy metals, arsenic, lead, and volatile organic compounds like bacteria.
For more information about water filtration in the garden, visit Garden Water Filters. If you order this combo, we will include a free plastic wrench and a box of cotton pads for your TurboShower. The wrench is used to open it, and the pads are a sediment filter.To go to the store to see more about this combo, click on:
whhole house alternative water filter combo #2
For help, questions, or to order by phone instead of online, call us at
866-482-6803
or email us at sales@friendsofwater.com
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