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Water Treatment & Filtration Articles

Hollister's water is hard. These guides cover softeners, whole-house filters and how to protect your plumbing and fixtures from scale. See our water treatment service.

Two-stage whole-house water filter housings plumbed into the copper main water line on a garage wall, with shut-off valves

Water Treatment & Filtration

Whole-House Water Filter Installation: What to Expect

A whole-house water filter is plumbed into your main line, usually in the garage, with a bypass so cartridges can be changed without shutting the house down. Here is what the install involves, how long it takes, and how to choose who installs it.

Residential water softener resin tank and brine tank plumbed into the main supply line in a garage

Water Treatment & Filtration

Water Softener vs. Filtration: What Hollister Homes Need

Softeners and filters solve different problems and get sold as if they were alternatives. One protects your plumbing, the other changes what comes out of the tap.

Cutaway of a Hollister home's copper water line showing heavy calcium scale buildup next to a new copper pipe

Water Treatment & Filtration

How to Protect Your Plumbing From Hard Water in Hollister

Hollister's mineral-heavy water quietly destroys water heaters, fixtures, and appliances. Here is what hard water actually does inside your pipes, the maintenance habits that slow the damage, and when a softener or filtration system pays for itself.

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