Instructions / Assembly

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Pre-Installation
● The filter should be protected from freezing, direct sunlight, or extreme temperatures, and
kept dry and level.
● Make a list of all the plumbing fittings and tools you will need to completely install the system
according to your application.
● Turn the water off to your house while installing the system
● Turn off the electricity to your electric water heater during installation. .After the system is
installed and pressurized, turn on a few hot and cold water faucets, and let them run until
there is no more air in your lines, and then turn the electricity back on to your water heater.
● Use Teflon tape on threaded fittings.
● Be sure to note inlet and outlet markings. The sediment filter is the first stage of the water
filter.
● A three valve bypass valve and loop may be installed to loop the entire system, which
makes servicing easier.
● Hard copper pipe generally comes in two types. Use the thicker "L" type copper pipe, rather
than thinner "M" type copper pipe.
● Follow all local plumbing and building codes.
Installation
1. Turn off the main line water shutoff valve to the house.
2. Next, open all plumbing fixtures in the house in order to drain the lines of as much water as
possible.
3. The filter should be placed on the main water supply line near where it enters the house, at
any point past the main shutoff valve for the whole house, but before pipes branch off into
multiple directions. However, you may choose to locate the filter after the line branches to
the inside and outside plumbing, depending on your desire for filtered water in your outdoor
plumbing.
4. Measure, cut, and remove a section of the main incoming water line near where the system
is to be installed. When determining the length of pipe to cut, account for filter width, shut off
valves, union fittings, nipple fittings, pressure gauges (if used) and bypass valve (if used).
Allow this line to drain thoroughly. Smooth the newly cut ends down to avoid jagged points
or edges. Your filter should be located in a dry, level area and protected from freezing,
and direct sunlight.
5. Place a shutoff valve and/or a pressure gauge immediately on either side of the filter for
future ease of service.
6. Securely mount the whole house filter using the supplied mounting bracket and bolts.
Ensure that the system is level.
7. You may now need to adjust the pipe length or distance. Fit a pipe union onto the cut
section of the main Water Line IN. (see diagram).
8. Fit together the pipe union and shut off valve. Use Teflon tape on the threaded fittings.
9. Simultaneously fit together the shut off valve and whole house filter using the pipe nipple or
hex nipple to draw them together on the FEED side of the filter.
10. Fit the pipe hanger on the water IN side for additional support.
11. Simultaneously fit together the filter and the shut off valve on the OUTLET side of the filter.
Fit the pipe union to the shut off valve on the OUTLET side.