The house came equipped with a 4"x10" Big Blue Whole House water filter. We had extremely low water pressure, so I decided to change the cartridge in it.
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As you can see, it was in need of replacement |
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This damaged seal indicates it may not have been catching everything |
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This is the water the filter was setting in. This was on the dirty side of the filter |
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A lot of sand and Oklahoma red clay silt was poured out of that filter body |
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This looks like oil of some kind, but it is just silt of a different kind |
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It covered the outside of the filter cartridge |
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A sand/clay mix was built up in the bottom of the filter body |
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The filter body after it is all cleaned up |
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A few more buckets and the water is running clear. Its time to put in the new filter cartridge. |
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