Dierolf Supply Company
Some before and after pictures.
01 month ago
Here’s a few pictures from before and after our installation. As you can see we are careful, quick, and clean through the whole process. Unfortunately this customer preferred to keep their original pre-filters. But just because they look dirty does not mean they aren’t working!
Does Your Home or Business Need More Water Treatment?
04 months ago
by MarkD
in Water Treatment
With proper water treatment, you can feel secure in the knowledge that the water coming from your taps is safe to use for bathing, drinking, cooking, and many other reasons. It functions to remove or reduce the contaminants that are held within the water – many of which you cannot even see – to make it cleaner, healthier, and even tastier.
You may be wondering if your own home or business needs additional water treatment. After all, if it has already been deemed safe, shouldn’t you assume that the authorities know what they’re doing?
The fact is that in many cases, water must travel quite a distance in order to reach your home. Throughout its journey, it can pick up many different chemicals and sediments such as chlorine, iron, sulfur, manganese, and others. This can add taste and odor to the water, and can even make it harder on your home’s major appliances such as washing machines and dishwashers, which won’t run as effectively and will have a shorter lifespan.
With the right water treatment system in your home or business, you can take advantage of a number of important benefits. They include the following:
- Eating and drinking – water that has been properly treated will be healthier and will taste much more crisp and pure. This also means that any food or beverage that you prepare using the treated water will taste noticeably better. Even the ice from the freezer will last longer, look more clear, and taste better without the mineral and lime deposits.
- Personal care – bathing and showering in water that has undergone additional treatment is much more pleasant and efficient. You will need less of your shampoos and soaps, as they will develop a better lather and will wash away more quickly and easily. Hair will dry more quickly and won’t have a slimy feeling. Skin will be soft and free of residues. This is pleasant for everyone, but is especially important to individuals with sensitive or reactive skin, such as newborn babies.
- Cleaning and laundry – general cleaning is much easier with treated water. Sinks and bathtubs don’t suffer as much soap scum, water stains, and scale buildup. Moreover, appliances such as washing machines will run more efficiently because of the lack of mineral deposits in the pipes. Less detergent will be required, and white fabrics will keep their crispness much longer. Moreover cloth feel batter on the skin when they have been washed in treated water.
Therefore, most people who have tried treated water will agree that the question isn’t whether or not you need a water treatment system for your home or business, but rather which one is right for your needs.
The Benefits of Water Purification
05 months ago
by MarkD
in Water Purification
Water purification is a process that removes various types of contamination from water such as suspended particles, bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, and a number of other substances that may be dissolved with the liquid such as chemicals and minerals. It can help to improve the quality of the water including its clarity, flavor, odor, and safety.
water purification system
Simply looking at your water isn’t enough to know how clean it is. Even water that looks clear in a glass may hold any number of contaminants. Special water purification systems are often the only thing that can truly eliminate these issues, as even boiling and activated carbon filters are often insufficient to remove them. If you have not yet had your water tested, you may wish to do so to investigate the types of contamination it may contain.
With the increasing levels of pollution in our world, tap water is becoming ever more difficult to purify on the large scale. This is encouraging many homeowners and business owners to invest in their own private water purification systems instead of relying on the public treatment exclusively.
This helps to make sure that even if the water has been deemed safe by the local testing authority, any impurities that may remain (or that may have been picked up in the pipes between the municipal facility and the tap) will be removed before they are added to your drinking water, food, skin, or clothing.
Though water purification systems are most popular in areas where fresh water is not available in abundance, they are also now becoming increasingly popular in less rural locations as people are finding that they trust their town or city’s water treatment facilities to be inadequate.
The process is primarily designed to make sure that harmful microorganisms will be killed and/or removed, which will significantly reduce the risk of illness that would result from drinking in-pure water. However, purification also works to remove minerals such as iron, manganese, sulfur, and calcium which can leave deposits on pipes, sinks, tubs, and toilets, cause appliances to run less efficiently, and even lead to irritation on the skin and eyes. Moreover, water purification can help to remove common polluting agents such as synthetic chemicals and various forms of chemical soil fertilizers.
There are many kinds of water purification systems, so it is recommended that you speak with a professional before you choose the right one for your home or business. This will help you to assure you that your family, employees, and/or coworkers will have the safest water to use for drinking, cooking, cleaning, and for many other purposes.
Water Test | What Should You Know About a Water Test?
07 months ago
by MarkD
in Water Treatment
New stains left behind on clothing, sinks, bathtubs, and toilet bowls, changes in colors, changes in odor or taste, can all be indicative in a problem with your water quality. While that is the case, water that appears to be clear, odorless, and tasteless is not necessarily safe and clean. Only a water test can tell you what is contained within your water and what its safe uses may be.
That said, not everybody needs every type of water test. For example, if your water comes from a local municipality, testing for contaminants can be extremely challenging. Instead of having a water test for quality performed, you can obtain the local water agent’s fact sheet that can help you to recognize potential contaminants. It can also help to provide you information about any type of water test that may actually be needed. You can also obtain further information about recommended water testing by that water agent.
Homeowners most likely to need a water test for quality include those who have a private water source, such as from boreholes, wells, and reservoirs. This is a more common occurrence in rural areas where you are responsible for the safety of your own water.
Aside from a water test for quality, there are also tests that can be performed to measure other aspects of the water, such as its hardness. Hard water is a serious issue that can lead to health problems, skin and hair issues, poorly functioning appliances that use water, such as a washing machine, dishwasher, coffee maker, or even a faucet. This test will let you know whether or not it is a good idea to install a water softener.
If you need to know the quality, hardness level, or other issues about the water that comes from your taps, it is recommended that you have the right water test performed so that you can take the appropriate action to resolve any issues that may exist.
Water Filters | Why Should You Consider a Water Filter for Your Home?
08 months ago
by MarkD
in Water Filters
If you have been considering the purchase of a water filter, or if you already have one and are wondering if it is worth your while to replace it, then you may wish to know the benefits of the unit in order to better understand what it can do for you. Use the following list of benefits to help you to make your decision.
1. Healthier drinking water – this is the most obvious benefit to a water filter and is likely the reason that you are considering one in the first place. Even if you’re uncertain about the quality of the water that is piped into your home, you will have control over the quality of the water that you actually drink. You won’t have to rely on buying bottled water which may not be of any better quality, is expensive, and creates a great deal of waste when the bottles are empty.
2. Environmentally friendlier – by choosing to use a water filter instead of opting for bottled water, you decrease the amount of empty plastic that will need to be processed in recycling plants or that will end up in landfills or even pollute streets or waterways.
3. Less expensive – using a water filter for your home can create a significant amount of savings. A single replacement filter will involve one flat payment – typically on an annual basis – that is much lower than what you would pay for rental water or bottled water. If you have a reusable water bottle, you can still bring your filtered drinking water with you to work, school, hiking, or to the gym, less expensively and in a more environmentally friendly way.
4. More convenient – since your water filter will only need to be replaced on an annual basis, it means that you won’t constantly be making trips to the store to buy a replacement case or bottle of water. You’ll never run out of clean water to drink, and it will be available from your tap, precisely when you want it.
5. Fewer allergic and sensitivity issues – when you use a water filter, the residual chlorine from a municipal treatment process is removed. This avoids the brittle, dry hair, as well as the flaky, itchy skin that are the typical natural reaction that many people have to that chemical. Furthermore the odor of chlorine can lead to reactions in individuals such as children, the elderly, and people with allergies or sensitivities. Filtering can greatly reduce these reactions.
A water filter is one of the best things that you can do for the health of yourself, your family, and the environment.
Home Water Softener Benefits
09 months ago
by MarkD
in Water Treatment
There are many advantages to using a home water softener to turn you hard water into soft water. The most visible are that your silverware and glassware will be shiny instead of cloudy. This type of water treatment can eliminate those sp
ots and chalky films that are left behind on dishes – especially those that have gone through the dishwasher.
That said, since dishes aren’t the only thing that come in contact with hard water, you’re also eliminating that buildup in other places, even if you can’t see them. A water softener can improve the way your shampoos, detergents, and other soaps function, as they do not form a lather well in hard water. The softer water lets you use up to 75 percent less on your soaps, detergents, and shampoos, which can mean a great deal of savings for you.
Moreover, while healthy chemical free soaps and detergents don’t work very well in hard water, they function extremely well when it has been treated with a water softener. In fact, the harsher chemicals that you see in so many of today’s chemical soaps and detergents have been placed there specifically to overcome the issues brought about by hard water. Softer water will mean that you don’t need those chemicals any longer.
Beyond that, your skin and hair will start to feel softer, healthier, smoother, and cleaner when you use a water softener. Clothing will rinse more cleanly and stains will lift out more easily. That said, whites will stay white much longer and will not change to a dingier shade as a result of the hard water alone.
Without a water softener, hard water will leave chalky or orange rings in sinks, bathtubs, and toilets. This requires more vigorous cleaning, more regular cleansing, and harsher products to prevent or remove.
Many people also enjoy the fact that a water softener lengthens the life and improves the performance of all water using appliances, including dishwashers, clothes washing machines, hot water heaters, ice makers, coffee makers, and even faucets. This is because over time, hard water leaves mineral deposits that build up, causing clogs or corrosion in the appliances. Furthermore, when these appliances are functioning at their best due to softened water, they save on the cost of electricity and fuels.
In most houses with hard water, a water softener that is properly maintained will easily save the homeowner between $500 and $5000 every few years based on these many benefits, paying for themselves exceptionally quickly. If you have hard water, consider this an important investment into the future savings, and in your home.
