Whole House Sediment Filter
Protect your whole house with a sediment filter installed on the main water line before your treatment equipment. These filters are designed to capture sand, silt, rust, clay, and other sediment before it reaches your treatment tanks, plumbing, and fixtures.
Choosing Your Filter Housing
Our sediment filter housings are available in 10-inch and 20-inch sizes. Both use the same 4.5-inch diameter filter cartridge, but the 20-inch housing holds twice the length of filter media, giving you greater capacity and longer intervals between cartridge changes.
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10-inch housing: 13.3" tall
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20-inch housing: 23.2" tall
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Both housings: 4.5" diameter cartridges
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20-inch housing: Twice the filter-media length for longer service life
Complete Filter Kits
For a simple installation, choose one of our complete sediment filter kits. Each kit includes the housing, mounting bracket, filter wrench, and first cartridge.
Kits are available in both 10-inch and 20-inch sizes.
Pleated or Solid Filter Cartridges
We offer both pleated and solid sediment filter cartridges to accommodate different water conditions and filtration needs.
The right cartridge depends on factors such as your water source, sediment levels, and preferred maintenance schedule. Pleated cartridges provide a larger surface area for capturing sediment, while solid cartridges offer a different filtration approach for specific applications.
Choose the cartridge style that best matches your water conditions and how often you want to maintain your system.
Pleated Cartridges
- Made of washable polyester or synthetic media folded into pleats.This creates a large surface area.
- They offer high flow rates and a lower pressure drop.
- They capture dirt on the surface layer. Fine silt or clay can get trapped deep in the pleats and become hard to wash out completely.
Solid Cartridges
- Made of thermal-bonded polypropylene fibers forming a dense solid depth matrix
- They capture particles throughout the entire thickness of the filter, meaning great dirt-loading capacity.
- Once full of sediment it is unable to be cleaned and would have to be replaced.
The 10" and 20" Pleated and Solid sediment filters come in 20 Micron, 5 micron or 1 Micron options.
20-Micron Filter (Coarse)
- What it catches: Sand, large rust flakes, heavy grit, and coarse sediment.
- Water flows through easily, causing very little pressure drop. It takes a long time to clog because it only stops larger debris.
5-Micron Filter (Fine)
- What it catches: Finer silt, smaller rust particles, cloudiness, and suspended dirt.
- Catches tiny particles down to the size of a single human hair.
1-Micron Filter (Very Fine)
- What it catches: Extremely fine clay silt, microscopic haze, and some larger cysts (if rated absolute)
- Provides the highest level of physical particle clarity for your water. However, It loads up and clogs very quickly if your water has a normal amount of dirt. It also causes a noticeable drop in water pressure over time as it clogs.
Most homeowners install this filter themselves. Basic plumbing skills and a pipe wrench are all you need.
- Turn off the pump and relieve pressure: Switch off the well pump at the breaker. Open a faucet to drain residual pressure from the line.
- Mount the bracket: Secure the heavy-duty steel bracket to the wall using the included hardware. Choose a spot after the pressure tank with enough clearance below the housing to remove the sump (at least 8" below).
- Cut into the main line: Cut the pipe after the pressure tank and install shutoff valves on both sides of the filter for easy isolation during cartridge changes.
- Connect the plumbing: Thread the 1" NPT connections into the housing head. Use Teflon tape on all threaded joints. Water flows IN through the right port and OUT through the left port (marked on the housing cap).
- Turn on and check for leaks: Turn the pump back on slowly. Press the pressure relief button to bleed air from the housing. Inspect all connections for drips.
Cartridge Replacement:
Press the pressure relief button on the housing cap to depressurize. Use the included filter wrench to unscrew the sump. Remove the old cartridge and drop in a new one. Re-tighten the sump hand-tight, then a quarter turn with the wrench. Open the water and press the relief button again to bleed air. The whole process takes about 5 minutes.
Housing Inspection During each cartridge change
When the sump is off, inspect the O-ring on the housing head for cracks or flat spots. Apply a thin coat of food-grade silicone lubricant to the O-ring to maintain a good seal. Check the sump interior for any buildup or discoloration.
Pressure Drop Monitoring Ongoing
If you notice reduced water pressure in the house, the cartridge is likely loaded with sediment and needs changing. Heavy sediment wells may need more regular changes.
| Connection Size | 1" NPT (Female) |
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| Housing Material | High-Flow Polypropylene (HFPP) |
| Pressure Relief | Yes — built-in button on cap |
| Certification | NSF/ANSI Standard 42 |
| Compatible Cartridges |
Any standard Big Blue cartridge (1, 5 or 20 micron) |
