Home water filter problem

Wile E

Well-known Member
I have (or had) a large home water filter that I installed a few years ago and today my wife runs up to me in the living room and says, "there is a water leak in the laundry room" I saw that there is a small indicator on the top of the filter (all plastic filter by the way) the indicator was leaking and I shut off the water supply to the house. I figured the best way to stop the leak since I cannot fix the plastic indicator on the filter housing is to remove it and put in piece of hard pipe. I went to ACE hardware and bought a piece of 3/4" copper and 2 sweat couplers and did the job in an hour. ACE did not have 2 compression unions that I could have installed and made it possible to remove and install another filter at another time. So I had to sweat in a copper line. (I do not like doing house hold plumbing) And I sure do not like water leaks.

All fixed for now.
If you have a plastic water filter named Keystone you will want to replace it. The small indicator on this filter has a small thread that ended up leaking on me, I am glad that I was home at the time. I will not try to repair this thing cause plastic does not hold a thread very well. I could super glue in a stainless screw.....It may not hold either.
Any plumbers here?
 
What do you mean indicator? What does it indicate? Mine have a vent button on top that bleeds out the air and relieves pressure before you unscrew the canister.
 
I think I would just replace the whole thing. I'm like you, would be afraid to trust any repairs.

Next time, instead of sweating pipe, you could use a Shark Bite fitting. They use an oring seal and gripper teeth to hold the line in the fitting, and are removable. Work on Pex, copper, and CPVC.
 
The ACE place did not have shark bite fittings, and they did not have 3/4 compression fittings either. Grrrr.......

The closest Home depot is 20 plus miles away.....ACE is 4 miles away.
 
(quoted from post at 05:21:37 02/22/15) Yes it was an air bleed off, (red button) not an indicator.

Perhaps all that read button needs is cleaning. Often times things like that get a little mineral build up in them.

Dusty
 
The screw in bleed off has a small thread that is rusted out, and I cannot screw it back in unless I retap it and put in a new stainless screw. I would likely super glue it in there. (I need to throw it in the garbage)
 
Been there done that too. I replaced mine with a cheep one. I had one with the vent it leaked. I had one with a valve on top to shut of incoming water it leaked too. I ended up using pvc unions before and aft the filter to make replacement easier. I also installed a shut off valve at the filter to make changing the filter easier. I was changing the filter about once a month. Had to pull the well pump to replace the wiring to the pump. At this time I installed a filter on the pump itself now I change the filter about every 4 to 6 months.
 

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