Whole home water filtration system installation in Orlando, FL
Chlorine taste, sulfur smell, sediment, and staining. We test what is actually coming out of your tap and match the system to the result.
- Testing before recommendation
- Whole home and drinking water
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What is in Orlando water besides hardness?
Municipal water in Orlando is treated and safe to drink. What people notice is the chlorine used to keep it that way, which carries a taste and a smell that gets stronger in summer when treatment levels rise.
On well water, particularly south and east of the city, the complaint is usually sulfur. Hydrogen sulfide produces the rotten egg smell, and it comes out of the ground rather than from anything anyone added. Iron is the other common one, and it announces itself as orange staining in sinks, tubs, and laundry long before anyone tastes it.
Sediment sits underneath all of it. Fine particulate from the aquifer, from an aging service line, or stirred up by a main break, which shows as cloudiness and shortens the life of every fixture and appliance downstream.
Hardness is the one thing filtration does not address. Scale, spotting, and soap that will not lather are a job for an Orlando water softener instead.
Orlando home water filtration systems we install
What you need depends on what the test finds, which is why we run one before recommending anything.
Whole home carbon
Chlorine taste and smell removed at the point of entry, so every tap in the house benefits rather than just the kitchen.
Sulfur removal for well water
The rotten egg smell needs aeration as well as filtration. A carbon filter alone does not hold up against it for long.
Sediment and iron filtration
Cloudiness, grit, and the orange staining that iron leaves in sinks, tubs, and laundry.
Drinking water systems
Reverse osmosis under the kitchen sink for drinking and cooking, which is a different job from treating the whole house.
How much does whole home water filtration cost in Orlando?
Whole home carbon or sediment filtration typically falls in the $1,000 to $2,000 range, with the media type and the flow rate your house needs being what move it.
A sulfur removal system for well water runs higher at $2,000 to $4,000, because it usually involves aeration as well as filtration and that is a second piece of equipment rather than a different cartridge.
A reverse osmosis system under the kitchen sink is the smallest of these at roughly $400 to $900 installed. It treats drinking and cooking water only, which for a lot of households is the whole complaint.
Ongoing cost is media replacement on a schedule that varies by type and by how much iron and sediment the system is catching. We tell you what that schedule looks like for your system before you buy it rather than after.
Signs your Orlando home needs water filtration
Anything you can taste, smell, or see is a filtration question rather than a hardness one.
- Chlorine taste or smell at the tap, often stronger in summer
- A rotten egg smell, which is hydrogen sulfide and is common on well water here
- Water that looks cloudy in a glass or leaves grit in a kettle
- Orange or rust colored staining in sinks, tubs, or on laundry
- A metallic taste, which usually points at iron
- Buying bottled water for drinking and cooking rather than using the tap
- Well water that has not been tested in the past year
Find out what is in your Orlando water
Softening does nothing for sulfur and filtration does nothing for hardness, which is why we test at your tap before recommending anything.
Are city and well water treated differently in Orlando?
The two start from different places and usually need different equipment. Both are hard, since the hardness comes from the same aquifer, and that part is a job for an Orlando water softener.
City water usually needs
- Carbon filtration for chlorine taste and smell
- Sediment filtration where the service line is older
- Drinking water treatment at the sink for taste
- Testing if the house has never had it done
Well water usually needs
- Sulfur removal, often aeration plus filtration
- Iron filtration where staining has appeared
- Sediment filtration, since there is no utility catching it first
- Annual bacteria testing as a matter of routine
Whole home filtration or drinking water only?
The question worth answering before you spend anything is where the problem actually bothers you. If it is the taste of a glass of water and the coffee, a reverse osmosis system under the kitchen sink solves it for a few hundred dollars and takes an afternoon.
Whole home filtration earns its cost when the problem follows you around the house. Chlorine you can smell in the shower, sulfur, staining in every sink, sediment reaching the water heater and the washing machine. Those are point of entry problems and treating one tap does nothing for them.
Some houses want both, with a whole home system handling what enters and a drinking water system polishing what you actually drink. We will tell you which of the three situations you are in after the test rather than before it.
Orlando neighborhoods we provide water filtration services
We install and service filtration systems across Orlando and southern Orange County. Call us today to check if your address is in our service area at (863) 345-0493
- Hunters Creek
- Lake Nona
- Dr. Phillips
- Bay Hill
- Winderemere
- Meadow Woods
- Southchase
- Oak Ridge
- Azalea Park
- Pine Hills
- Maitland
What Orlando homeowners say about our water filtration work
Reviews from customers across Orlando and Orange County.
Book an Orlando water test
We test before recommending and service what we install, including media replacement on a schedule that suits your system.
Orlando water filtration FAQ
Common questions we get from Orlando homeowners about whole home water filtration systems
My Orlando well water smells like rotten eggs. What is that?
Hydrogen sulfide, common on well water in this region. A softener does nothing for it. It needs filtration or an aeration system, which is why testing comes first.
Will a water filter soften my water?
No. Filtration removes what is dissolved or suspended in the water that you can taste, smell, or see. Hardness is calcium and magnesium and it needs ion exchange, which is what a softener does. Some homes end up with both.
How often does filtration media need replacing?
It depends on the type and on how much the system is catching. Sediment cartridges are the most frequent, carbon runs longer, and a sulfur system is on its own schedule. We give you the interval for your system when we install it.
Is Orlando city water safe to drink?
Yes. It is treated to meet federal and state standards and the utility publishes annual results. Filtration here is about taste, smell, and staining rather than safety, which is a different reason to install it and worth being clear about.
Do you test well water in Orlando?
Yes, and it is worth doing annually on a private well whether or not anything has changed. A well has no utility monitoring it, so testing is the only way to know what is in it.