Way off topic, but....

[Jerry]

Guys, I'm getting desperate. Back in the Spring of last year, we noticed our well water seemed a little cloudy. WE called the contractor who built our home, and he referred us to the the company that dug our well. WE called them and they sent out a service man. He checked and said there was a little silt in the water, and we should run the outside water faucets for a while and it would clear up. WE did this, and it did seem to clear for a while. Now, it is worse than ever. My water is milky when it comes from the tap. If a glass of water is allowed to sit, undisturbed for 24 hours, it will clear up, leaving a white sediment in the bottom of the glass. I want to install a filter on the cold water line, which feeds my kitchen faucets, the refrigerator ice maker and the clothes washer, in the utility room. However, the filter is 3/4" FPT, and all of the piping under my home is 3/4"PEX tubing. Does anyone here have any experience with this tubing? And, does anyone know where I can find an adapter to go from the PEX to metal pipe, or to either PVC or CPVC?. I've been searching the internet since I was on here at 7 or so this morning, with no meaningful results. I've even joined several do it yourself forums, but they require activating my accounts via an email link, and no one has sent me the link as of just now. So, I know we have a wide range of experts in many things other than kilts and I'm hoping that we have at least one expert plumber on the board

[Livingston]

Jerry, I don't have any quick information for you but you might try giving Home Depot or Lowes a call. They should be able to get you what you need. Or try them on line.

[starbkjrus]

Jerry,

Not sure what to tell you. I thought I read a thread not long ago where someone around here was a plumber but a search turned up WAY to many threads. (How is it that "plumber" in a search would turn up so much?)

When I was a kid we had the same problem at home with our well. We had a filter (as large as a 50 gallon water heater installed) that took care of the issue. However it had to be cleaned every three months or so and my do it yourselfer engineer Dad was irked that it had to be done by a professional plumber.

Good Luck!

[The Wizard of BC]

particles in well water that were not there before indicate something has gone differant down in your well. Filtering at the tap is just a stop gap measure.
Your going to have to have the well intake checked. If you have a sand point the flexible line inside the liner can be pulled up and checked. If you have a strainer type intake the reason is usually caused by it being installed or falling too far down and near the bottom where it is picking up sediments.

Depending on your well the worse thing that can happen is a detereration of the sides of the well and it caveing in. The bottom would now be up near the intake and hence picking up sediments.

Whatever the reason, it's down in the well and installing a tap filter will not solve the problem. it will just lead to more maintenance cleaning a filter that will never end.

Your well guy was givng you the right fix for a temporary silting caused by heavy rains or an earthquake tremor. But if you still have silt after a week you have a serious problem that will need you to pull the well intake pipe.

Not a costly fix compared to drilling a new well but expect a hefty bill from the well diggers. And don't wait too long. Silt is abrasive and will ruin your pump & fittings, and ruin any washers, dishwashers or other appliances.