WHOLE HOUSE WATER FILTER INSTALLATION
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I thought that pipe was galvanized until you sanded it, lol. Thanks Steven, your daughter is one lucky young lady!
I was replacing the expansion tank on my boiler this weekend ad found myself constantly saying "a little dope, little dope" and when I was tightening, I was saying "give her the ol' gundy".
My wife and I were through out a 13 year old flat screen tv, see was complaining! I said give it the ole Gundy mama!
I constantly say "why do you wear gloves" when I'm working on something nasty.
Lol. I find myself saying "next level mama" alot
When you saw the expansion tank leaking, I’ll bet you said,”She’s a leakah mama, she’s a leakah!”
"good enough for this shack"
Steve , you should have put some silicone grease on the threads of the filter where the two halves screw together. Will come apart much easier when you go to change the cartridge next time.
Exactly. I learned this lesson the hard way. I have a reverse osmosis system under my sink with 3 filters on it. Took a long time to crack it loose because I may have overtightened or minerals or whatever. Did the silicone trick and it opens every time without any issues.
Instructions say not to put anything on the threads. If you can't get them apart it means you're going ape shit when tightening it. It has an o-ring so there's no reason to tighten it to the max. It should not leak when turning a 1/4 turn after hand tightening it.
@@Scott-eo7lj basically like a oil filter 3/4 turn after contact on flat seal O ring should only need snug hand tighten plastic will lock if over tighten.. just my humble observation.. 🤔👍✌️🙏😔😸🦋💪
No silicone grease on potable water. Ever!
Folks that down vote Steve's videos really need to get a life. These videos are epic. I'm not even in the trades but this is so much better than Ask This Old House, real people, real problems getting fixed.
I grew up in a plumber supply, he’s the best!!
Steve, at 30:03 you were looking at 1/2" copper that seemed to go nowhere. That tube goes right into the well and allows makeup air in the well. as water is drawn, air goes through that tube into the empty well space to prevent a vacuum.
All of the housing I've installed have said to install the cup hand tight only. Use the wrench to remove.. Also, if the pressure isn't released off the housing, it will very hard to remove. I've had to replace many because the homeowner sees the wrench and goes gorilla on it! That or they didn't see the big O ring fall out and then use the wrench to over tighten to stop the leak.
Just sayin..... YMMV
I work at a factory that has a water treatment system with an ro unit , I replace 8 filters every year and 6 other ones every week .......food Grade lube around o ring and threads and hand tight, you will never have a problem I have the original orings on and the system was installed 2004
As someone who does heating and plumbing in the UK (and i know a large amount of europe is basicly the same as the UK), its very interesting to see how its done in america. Because air conditioning isnt as common in the UK we dont have as many people specialized in both but we do have some. Very cool video. Thanks for the insight.
Steve, enjoyed video, great instruction on how to do it with lots of good tips. A beginner can learn alot by watching your videos! Your daughter is lucky to have a father who is willing to help her !!
Hey Hey
Up north in Ontario Canada it's advised to install a UV light after the filter on a well system
Advised. But not required. My house been here 30 plus years with no UV light. I recently installed one myself because my pregnant wife got panoriod LOL.
Should get your water tested so you know what type of filter(s) you should be using and if you need the UV light.
Waste of money on a deep well. But a very good idea on shallow "Dug" wells. Deep wells are not at risk of the things a UV light will kill.
Matching jackets with miss Molly !! Adorable. Good job
I've had one of these types of filter on my house for over 30 years. My recommendation would be to always buy one that uses a standard filter and you can purchase ready available O-rings for.
Yes industry standard filters insure multiple supply sources and stabilizes the price
I went and installed 3 large water filters at work for water used in cooking our products. 2 were cold lines and 1 was hot. I didn’t want to use these plastic case filter housing on the hot line, but I installed what what they ordered up for me to install. Less than a year later that filter housing developed internal cracks and blew out staying a bunch of water overhead and threw the floor and down into the production area through wall seams. Huge mess!!! Checked the other 2 and they were perfectly fine.
I have a all stainless filter housing I ordered, but been busy to get installed. I’m going to try this week. I did do a way to bypass these filters so they can be worked on and allow water to flow on by without going through the filters. So like it had been for 15+ years without water filters in these locations.
Trying to filter the hot water side is not a normal thing you would do at home. There really was no practical way to get a filter on the cold side to handle all of these locations. Most of the main copper lines are 2”.
So never put a plastic housing filter on a hot water side!!! Home use you’re going to put one on before any water gets to your hot water tank, before it splits to a cold and a hot side.
I installed a duel filter setup for sone friends. Their old system was bad, so I did a better setup, but limited in space as it was in the front of their house. There is no basement. Here in CA, I don’t of anyone who has a basement. Of course we don’t have these fuel tanks in basements heating up our homes either. It’s natural vase or propane. I think one city, maybe more banned that for electoral for less pollution. This is loonie CA. New housing gets more and more restrictions. I think any new homes have to have solar.
Nooooooo, don’t crank the filter down hard like that with the handle!!! I live the o-ring and then hand tighten, maybe just a run bit with the wrench at most. If it dribbles you can tighten it a bit more. After that, it’s going to be a while before you have to remove it and now this filter may not come back apart once again. Now you’re replacing the camera whole thing once again.
My parents have a deep well with a cartridge filter and a water softener. Horrible iron issues, but with the filter and special iron out salt in the softener it's the best damn water I've ever had.
This is way better than Mikey Pipes... He is sometimes to full of himself... but he’s okay he is knowledgeable but Steve... now Steve is a humble GREAT product of his craft. I pay him big bucks to plumb my house and that’s coming from a journeyman plumber..
Great job
Great work as always - Just my little input, I always install a bypass with filters like that
LorenzKamo
Ya, I have bypasses for the 3 filters I installed at work in different locations. So the water still works even though I have the filter housing all opened up. It’s a little more work but worth it.
LorenzKamo that model filter has a built in bypass. You just turn the knob on the head. I guess you could install a piped bypass to valve it off in case the filter leaks or gets damaged.
Use the same exact setup on the threaded connections. That will never leak in a million years with the blue monster tape and megaloc. Best setup
Time for a pro press steve...it will pay for itself quick
real plumbers use a torch
Time to buy a loaf of wonder bread ;-)
1/2" copper line stubbed out of the wall is a vent for the well. Should really have a insect proof cap on it or something
Or just a 180 bend so nothing falls down it would be good
Yeah, I learned from one of my employers, what a slip coupling and street 90°'s were, threaded and sweat fittings, all that good stuff. Gas lines installed, threading pipes and cutting them, fun, fun, fun.
Nice neat work once again Steve. Yes, help your kids if you can. My father never helped anyone.
I do as much as I can for mine. Saves them $ and makes me feel good helping them.
Good filter install. I only use Blue Monster thread tape and paste and have never had an issue, good stuff.
i think the blue monster and megalock might have a nuclear reaction being from two different brands lol
When i saw the thumbnail i thought you were installing a lighthouse, Haha
Steve you should have took Molly in the house so she could play with the other dog. Great job on the water filter. If it was my house I would have moved it over towards the basement wall so it's not sitting in the middle of the ceiling. That's just me I'm always thinking ten steps ahead when I'm doing Plumbing work. Peace brother and Molly
That dog is camera shy 😂
28:47 "Something's queer on this thing..." HAHA! I've never heard that before.
Filter doesn't need to be cranked down. If it leaks from just being hand tight it's not a very good filter. 1/4 turn tops with the wrench.
Ever thought about battery powered grinders Steve?
Next Level Mama..All of you know it all trolls leave the Working Man Steve alone.
I like that blue Teflon tape -- I call it "The Big Blue Meanie" after a wrestler in the 90s 🤣😂😂
It surprises me how unsupported some copper pipe is and works just fine for years. Also how few water filters are properly mounted to allow for the filter base to be removed without damaging the pipes.
Good man Steve. Don't charge the kid. I do my best to help mine.
Another fun video! I have 2 Omni-House, one sediment and the other carbon taste filter used with submerged deepwell system. I like the looks of the Watts better
Baby Dawg Miss Molly is working again yawl she's a Real Working Dawg Oh Yeah Next level Yawl Next level great video Steve thanks mate
I install the Big Blue 20" x 4.5" filtration system in my customers homes. Much better than those small one. You're not changing the cartridges every month.
LJU
One that size and you could go a year between changes.
I have one in my house and they last forever obviously depending on how bad your water is
Steve you ever try using the sweat jet? It allows you to stop the water and solder joints quickly
great video as always! just ordered a hoodie. greetings from a swedish plumber!
Hi Mr.Steve FYI Walmart has the black plastic gorilla gloves for $6 bucks 100 pack. I stop buying the blues ones they keep tearing to easley. And Awesome job on the filter.
even tho pipe dope is okay for lubrication for threading, is it okay for it be used on a potable water supply system ??
That blue monster tape great. The blue monster dope is dope too
It's an Anionic/Cationic bed system - very common for well water. The oxidation you see is from the backflush of salt that was done by someone who didn't cleanup after doing it.
Great Tips. You make it look so easy.
19:08 - TEFLON AND PIPE DOPE! YAY! ❤️👍
If you use a carbon filter you are supposed to install a flush valve to flush / rinse the black carbon powder from the filter.
the extra 1/2 in pipe si the vent for the well
Steve, have you ever tried or heard about those new CO2 "pipe freeze kit" setups that allow you to freeze a pipe on one side and then cut, prep and solder on the other without shutting off water? (I think companies that make them are "Cold-Shot" and "General Wire")
They're not new by any means. I was using them 20 years ago. They work well. But are cumbersome and not really worth it unless the building is so big that shutting off the water main would cause too much disruption. Great for commercial, no need for residential.
Hey Steve I got a filter on the fridge,the water here not to bad but isa is a touch hard, Great video man.
There's that Miss Molly the Dolly.
great content..great plumber
Is that filter any good for hard mineral water thanks ehhh
I have never seen anyone use a grinder to cut copper lol 10 different plumbers, 10 different ways 🤘🏼👍🏼
That copper tube is so you can do prime the pump,if you have pull it out.
I'd like to learn more about the well pumps, because my passed father had a well at his house and he was always having trouble with the pump and well, and it would have been nice if I could have fixed for him.
Hi Steve, why install a white filter holder....you can't tell if the filters are dirty....
You change it on a regular basis
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Yeah that's rich, especially for a clueless homeowner...my point exactly.
I have the clear housing and it is easy to tell when it is full of iron.
Steve, is it true (cause I have done it) stuffing bread into a dripping pipe will give you the time to braze and not bother the plumbing??
I grew up in a plumber supply in the 60’s and 70’s I remember plumbers saying that about bread
Christopher Rasmussen have a small air compressor? Open the nearest faucet or tap and toot some compressed air in the cut line. Then solder. I’ve used this trick for years, although I usually use my nitrogen bottle for HVAC instead of the compressor.
The bread works! Ball it up and push it in with a long screwdriver. Just give it a way out when turning water back on. Don't expect it to pass through an aerator or toilet fill valve
Another great video Steve. Looks like the blue tank is next. What a good dad. Your next level. Make sure you get some shoot when you swap it out.
Clear one is better
Hello Steve, you said at one point that if you get a leak on the connections going into the unit you would have to cut the pipework to undo the male threads going into it, although you could see the pipework had no play on it, you could have possibly used a compression lever valve instead of the soldered one, if you have had a leak, undoing the nuts on the lever valve might have allowed enough water out possibly and then with the nuts undone, maybe you could have undone the male fittings going into the unit, although it might be a bit awkward
"somethings queen on this thing" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
We have a well too and i put one of these on ours and when i turn the tap on in the house be it in the kitchen basement basthroom the water pressure would go way down and the water would just trickle out. so i had to take it out
No Panik no fear the Plumber is here
Miss molly is such a beautiful dog
Love videos of you doing work and your dog miss molly.. keep up the videos always please..
I don’t like the shallow wells when the pump is on the bladder tank. I havdd Ed my pump in the ground, no noise at all
Great job Steve.
How many fittings do you figure you've soldered since you were an apprentice?
Funny, I was thinking the same thing today!
Thats 3/4 inch pipe as a supply line? I have a 1 inch from well to house but have a leak between house and well. Was going to replace with 3/4 inch pex, small house and only 1/2 hp pump. Wojld it be ok do so i was wondering if id have enough supply. Thanks
It's nice to have a plumber in the family.
My neighbour had one of those and for all 18 years they lived there they had no idea they had a whole house filter. The only found it when remodelling the basement bathroom
Great video. This is big job . Thank you for sharing ^_^
I change mine every 3 months, you need lube on the O ring and threads (I use Vaseline) and only hand tight unless leaking. You have to take pressure off the system (open closest faucet) first when removing with the plastic wrench.
Recommend NOT using any petroleum based lubricants, including Vaseline, it will cause the silicone o-ring to swell.
It's there any reason you dont use Pex tubing and connectors ? I'm just curious.
That shits expensive and lots of leaks waiting to happen with all those joints, PVC and Copper all the way.
Molly is the real star of the show. No shit show when she is at the helm.
My favorite part of Steve's videos is reading the comments from all the geniuses who would have done it all better than Steve.
Meanwhile, Steve runs a successful business while most of the geniuses are working for someone else for $15 an hour and living in their parent's basement.
You don't use bread in the leaker so you can solder it ?
Thanks bro
The mans Impressive!
How?
Great this video Steven
not knowing what that extra copper pipe was for would drive me crazy!
The extra pipe out well is probably left if you want to treat the well. Peace ✌️
Nice job and video Steven
Might have some galvanic corrosion on the dissimilar metals.
Miss Molly is such a cutie
Love your guard dog
Nothing like a Thursday 13th
Steve How Long Before It Needs To Change The Filter
Although I love watching your videos especially about heating seeing I’m a plumber I have to ask why you didn’t put a bypass on it in case it fails you can isolate it and remove it while still being able to use the water
because its my daughters house if there is a issue she will call me . she is only 10 minutes away
Another good video; however, I would have put a union fitting on at least 1 side for easy no solder replacement in the future!
Why?? The homeowner will probably call him back! LOL
Copper unions tend to leak, then you have to dope them up and tighten the crap out of them. Avoid at all cost. Copper pipe is easy to cut and solder. Especially that tiny stuff. I generally working with 2” stuff at work.
@@jbdragon3295 Copper unions only leak if they are not lined up properly.
older pressure tank must be shot full of water. that 1/2" flex copper could be locator for buried water service
I love your work but why dont you use copper cutters insted
Question?? Can I install the water filter before the expension tank
I think it would be cool for use to meet your daughter steve.
I cringed so hard watching you ream the pipe with the pipe wrench.
My Name
It was almost looking hackish!!!
i do it just for you buddy
Haaaaaa he got ya gooood lmaoooo ya dude stop crying
Great video 👌
I'd think twice about it just sticking down like that... I'd do it by the wall... just saying basements got lots of things moved stored..seems stupid to me..
I am surprised you don't use Pro-Press for water and Mega-Press for gas fitting. Saves lots of time.
You need to use some bread put the bread in the pipe thean you can solder the fittings
Is there no city water available where your daughter lives?
What difference does that make ever smell chlorine ????
new subscriber love your videos and your work ethics
You don’t like the twine style filters? There better they last longer. Peace ✌️
Molly, is such a Cutie…!!!