Whole House Water Filtration
Whole-house filtration treats water where it enters the building, so every tap, shower and appliance gets treated water rather than just the kitchen sink.
Whole House Water Filtration
When to call
What usually brings people to this
Hard water and older piping together will take out a water heater years before its warranty runs out.
These are the symptoms that usually prompt the call. Any one of them is worth a conversation, and most of them get cheaper to deal with the earlier they are looked at.
Wanting treated water throughout, not just for drinking
Sediment reaching fixtures and appliances
Taste and odor noticeable at every tap
Well supply serving the whole building
Protecting appliances from what is in the supply
Every system gives warning before it fails outright. Acting on the warning is the cheapest version of this.
How we work it
A waterproof high-definition camera goes down the line so we can see the problem instead of guessing at it.
Test the supply
What is in the water determines the system. This is not a guess worth making.
Size for the building's flow
An undersized system chokes pressure across the house.
Install at the point of entry
Before the water reaches anything else, with service access planned in.
Establish the service interval
Media and filters have a service life and it depends on your water.
Worth knowingWhat whole house water filtration actually involves
Being straight about scope is why most of our work comes from repeat customers and people they sent us.
The common failure with whole-house systems is sizing. A filter that restricts flow will produce pressure complaints at every fixture in the building, and by then it is installed. The system has to be sized for the building's peak simultaneous demand rather than for its filtration capacity alone. We size for the house, not for the catalog.
We keep the trucks stocked for the failures this valley actually produces rather than a generic national parts list.
From Yucaipa we reach the San Bernardino and Riverside valleys routinely, and the outlying desert and foothill communities as well. If you are outside the usual radius, call and ask. We cover more ground than most shops our size.
A waterproof high-definition camera goes down the line so we can see the problem instead of guessing at it.
Keeping it from happening again
Every system gives warning before it fails outright. Acting on the warning is the cheapest version of this.
If you have had a line cleared more than once, ask for a camera inspection rather than a third clearing. Repeated blockages nearly always have a physical cause worth finding.
Watch your water bill. A bill that climbs without a change in habits is often the only warning a hidden leak will give you before the damage shows.
Knowing your own system is worth real money. Where the main shutoff is, where the sewer cleanout is, how old the water heater is, and whether the property is on sewer or septic. Those four facts shorten every future service call you will ever have.
Check the pressure at a hose bib occasionally. Above about eighty psi you are shortening the life of every fixture, valve and appliance in the building, and a regulator is a cheap fix.
Who you are calling
Call and a person picks up, day or night. If it is urgent we will often tell you what to shut off before we are on the road.
Family-run since 1982, veteran-founded, and still working out of Yucaipa. Almost nothing about how this shop operates has changed, which is the point.
Being licensed for sanitation systems as well as plumbing is why septic work stays in-house rather than getting referred out.
You get a technician who has seen this before, not someone learning on your house.
Big Mike's · Yucaipa, California
Questions we get about whole house water filtration
If yours is not here, call and ask. We would rather talk it through than have you guess.
Will it affect water pressure?
Not if it is sized correctly for the building's flow. Undersized systems are the usual cause of pressure complaints.
Does it soften the water too?
Only if it includes softening. Filtration and softening are different processes and many systems combine them.
Where does it get installed?
At the point of entry, where the supply reaches the building, with room left for servicing.
How long does the media last?
Years typically, depending on the media and what it is removing. We tell you the interval for your system.
How soon can you get here?
We run a 24-hour line and same-day service is normal. When you call we will give you a realistic window rather than an optimistic one that slips.
How do I know it is an emergency?
If it is actively causing damage or has made the property unusable, treat it as one and call. Water through a ceiling, sewage backing up and any gas smell all qualify.
Do you clean up afterwards?
Yes. We haul off whatever we replaced and put the area back. You should not be able to tell we were there except that it works.
Do you work with contractors and property managers?
Regularly. We coordinate around construction schedules, tenant access and operating hours as a matter of course.
How this fits the rest of the system
A house's plumbing has three separate systems running through it: pressurized supply bringing water in, drainage taking it away by gravity, and venting that lets the drains breathe. Most confusing symptoms come from people troubleshooting one while the actual fault is in another. Gurgling drains are a venting problem. Weak flow is usually supply. Knowing which system is misbehaving is most of the diagnosis.
Before we come out
If this has happened before, telling us what was done last time saves repeating work that did not fix it.
We serve a wide territory deliberately. A plumbing emergency does not care about service-area boundaries, and neither do we when somebody needs help.
Related work and where we do it
Other work we do in homes
- Gas Line Repair
Leaking and failed gas piping.
- Boiler Repair
Residential boiler and hydronic faults.
- Plumbing Inspections
Camera and condition inspections.
- Sewer Line Repair
Cracked, offset and root-invaded laterals.
- Emergency Plumbing
Burst pipes, backups and after-hours failures.
- Water Softener Installation
Hard-water treatment for Inland Empire supply.
Where we go
We run whole house water filtration out of Yucaipa across Calimesa, Duarte, Norco, Highland, Apple Valley, Riverside and Desert Hot Springs, and the rest of San Bernardino, Riverside and the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.
Call the shop. A person picks up.
Tell us what it is doing and we will tell you what it takes to fix it. Plain language, no sales pitch, and the number before we start.
Yucaipa, California · Serving San Bernardino, Riverside and eastern Los Angeles counties · Open 24 hours