Water Purification System Installation in Denver, CO
Expert Installation for Whole-House Water Integrity
Access to truly clean, great-tasting water is essential, yet many Denver homeowners are concerned about contaminants like chlorine, sediment, and the widely publicized risk of lead exposure from old service lines. Relying on pitchers or basic faucet filters often fails to provide the comprehensive safety and water flow capacity needed for a modern home. You need a reliable solution that eliminates contaminants at the source.
At Blue Sky Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric, our commitment to quality work and honest dealing has protected Colorado families for over 100 years. As a 4th Generation Master Plumber-led company, we ensure your water system is installed right the first time. We are a licensed, insured, and fully bondable contractor, providing fast, dependable plumbing service backed by our strong family legacy.
Safeguard your family's health with a professional Water Purification System installation. Contact us today for reliable service at (720) 617-0417 or schedule an appointment online.
Addressing Denver's Water Quality Concerns
While the municipal water is treated to meet minimum EPA requirements, Denver residents often choose in-home purification to address specific health and aesthetic concerns tied to both the water source and aging neighborhood infrastructure.
- Lead Exposure Risk: We install filtration systems that are proven effective at reducing lead levels, a necessary step due to old local plumbing and service lines.
- Chlorine and Taste Issues: Our systems effectively remove the chemicals used for disinfection, eliminating unpleasant tastes and odors.
- Sediment and Rust: Filtration removes silt and rust particles that can impact the clarity and quality of your water, and extend the life of appliances.
- Emerging Contaminants: Specialized purification (like Reverse Osmosis) targets contaminants such as nitrates, barium, and certain trace chemicals for enhanced safety.
Why Install a Water Purification System in Denver?
Clean, healthy water is essential for drinking, cooking, bathing, and cleaning. The right water purification system ensures your water stays as pure as possible.
One added advantage of installing a water purification system is its environmental impact. By relying less on bottled water, you reduce plastic waste and the need for plastic production and recycling, which supports a healthier planet. This sustainable step also cuts transportation emissions tied to bottled water distribution, making a lasting difference for the environment.
The benefits of a water purification system include:
- Health benefits: It removes harmful contaminants like lead, chlorine, and bacteria from your water supply. These substances can pose health risks over time, so filtering them out ensures the water you consume stays safe and healthy.
- Better taste and smell: Impurities in water often lead to unpleasant taste or odor. With a water purification system, those impurities are filtered out, resulting in fresh, clean-tasting water. If tap water has an off taste, a purification system may be the answer.
- Economic efficiency: It helps you save money by cutting down on bottled water expenses. This benefits your wallet and reduces plastic waste, supporting environmentally friendly choices.
- Longer-lasting appliances: Hard water, rich in minerals, can damage appliances over time. A water purification system helps soften water by removing these minerals, extending appliance lifespans and guarding against costly repairs or replacements.
Our Water Purification System Installation
As a full-service contractor, Blue Sky Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric brings our "We Do It Right" standard and generations of plumbing knowledge to every Water Purification System installation. We ensure your system is perfectly sized and installed to protect your health without sacrificing water pressure.
- We conduct an initial consultation to select the best system (e.g., carbon filtration, reverse osmosis) based on your water test results and home size.
- Our licensed plumbers execute the installation correctly, connecting the system to your main line to maintain high water flow throughout the house.
- We arrive fully prepared, stocked with the right parts, enabling us to complete most repair jobs in one day.
- We perform tests to ensure the system is working perfectly, and back the work with our one-year warranty on parts and labor.
How Do Water Filtration Systems Work?
Water filtration systems function based on several processes to purify your water, ensuring it’s safe for consumption and use.
The exact process can differ depending on the system, but these are common stages:
- Mechanical filtration: In most water filtration systems, this first stage traps sediment and larger particles such as rust, sand, and dirt as unfiltered water passes through a filter.
- Activated carbon filter: Next, water goes through an activated carbon filter. This stage absorbs contaminants, including chlorine, VOCs, and microbes, while also improving taste and odor.
- Ion-exchange resin: Some systems include an ion-exchange stage that swaps out minerals like calcium and magnesium for sodium or potassium ions, helping to soften hard water.
- Reverse osmosis: Pressure pushes water through a semi-permeable membrane to remove a broad range of contaminants, including lead, fluoride, and detergents, delivering purified water.
- Disinfection: Some systems add a disinfection phase, such as UV treatment, to kill any remaining bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms. This final stage ensures the water is clean and safe to consume.
Not all filtration systems include every stage. The type and number of stages your system uses will depend on your needs and your water quality. Our Denver water filtration team helps you understand these processes and guides you in choosing the right system for your home.
What Is the Halo-5 Filtration System?
The Halo-5 filtration system represents a breakthrough in whole-house water purification technology, offering an all-in-one solution for water treatment.
This robust system comprises five stages of filtration and conditioning, designed to tackle numerous water quality issues:
- The first stage uses a sediment filter to trap particulate matter like dust, sand, and rust, preventing them from entering your water supply.
- In the next stage, water flows through a granular activated carbon filter, which absorbs and removes organic contaminants, chlorine, and other substances that can affect the taste and odor of your water.
- The third stage features a multimedia filter that targets and removes a broader range of contaminants, including heavy metals and industrial pollutants.
- This is followed by the fourth stage, a high-density carbon filter that adsorbs residual chemical contaminants.
- Last but not least, the fifth stage entails a unique conditioning process. Here, beneficial minerals are added back into the water, balancing its pH and making it healthier and more enjoyable to drink.
By using this multi-stage approach, the Halo-5 filtration system ensures that the water in your home is as clean and safe as possible.
At Blue Sky, we proudly offer the Halo-5 system as part of our commitment to providing Denver residents with the best possible solutions for their water treatment needs.
Frequently Asked Plumbing Questions
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Why is my drain clogged? I’m so careful!
We believe you when you tell us that you are so careful about putting grease down your drains. Unfortunately, most people end up putting it down accidentally no matter how hard they try to do the opposite. When you rinse plates, bowls, pots, and pans in your sink, they often have a thin layer of grease on them. This gets rinsed down the drain with the rest of the debris from your plate. When this grease contacts a cold pipe downstream from the kitchen sink, it solidifies and attaches to the pipe wall. Over the years, even the smallest amounts of grease can build up and cause clogs. Don’t worry, though! Your Blue Sky plumber will get that clog out fast!
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What kind of sink should I get?
When it comes to getting a new sink, you have many options. These include:
- Cast iron
- Stainless steel
- Corian
- Fiberglass
- Enameled steel
- Acrylic
- And more!
When our experts help you install a sink, we’ll ask you what you plan to do with it. Will you wash dishes in it regularly? Is it likely you will drop dishes or silverware in it? Then, we’ll ask you about your preferences. Do you want a large sink or a small one? Do you want a sink that sits on top of the counter or below the counter level? Once we know the answers to these questions, we’ll work with you to find the perfect kind of sink for your home. In general, cast iron and stainless steel are more durable than some other types of sinks, but they may require special care.
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What kind of water heater should I get?
Most of the time, the type of water heater you get will be determined by the type of connections you already have. Unless you are highly motivated to change the type of water heater that you have, the best choice is usually to get the same kind that was installed before. If you are in a place to change the type of water heater that you have, gas is often the better option. It is cheaper and can heat larger quantities of water faster. However, gas water heaters are usually larger than electric ones and you cannot store flammable liquids nearby.
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Does Blue Sky Offer Commercial Plumbing Services?
Absolutely. No matter if you are a homeowner or a business owner, we’ve got your plumbing in Denver covered! We offer full commercial plumbing services for old or new buildings. Visit our Commercial Plumbing page to learn more about our plumbing services for businesses!
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What is hydro jetting?
Hydro jetting offers a way to clean your drains without digging up your yard or pulling your home apart to access clogged pipes. Instead, we use a tool that sprays highly-pressurized water into your pipes. We control the pressure of the water and where it sprays, so we can remove your clog and clean your entire pipe. A hydrojetting tool has one nozzle that sprays forward and 6-8 that sprays backward. On the first pass, the reverse-facing jets propel the nozzle forward while the front one breaks up clogs. When we pull the nozzle back through the pipe, the reverse jets scour the edges of the pipe until they look like new. If your plumber thinks that hydrojetting is a good option for you, we’ll let you know and get the job done fast.
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What is the best kind of pipe for my home?
Most of the time, we suggest plastic or PEX/PVC piping for your home. This material lasts for a long time because it doesn’t rust and is less likely to crack or break than some other types of pipe. Unless you are in a very specific situation, which our plumbers will discover, we highly recommend this type of piping for your home.
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How do I know if my toilet is leaking?
Toilet leaks are more common than you might think. This can make your water bill sky-high and leave you wondering what is going on. Here are a few signs that your toilet is leaking:
- You frequently have to jiggle the handle to make the toilet stop running.
- You have to hold down the handle when to flush to get the tank to empty.
- Water runs over the top of the overflow pipe.
- You hear sounds of water running in the toilet when it is not being used.
- Water runs down the sides of the toilet bowl long after the toilet was last used.
- You hear the toilet tank refilling even though it hasn’t been emptied recently.
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What can I put down my garbage disposal?
As long as you use enough water, you can put almost any non-fibrous food down your garbage disposal. This includes bones up to ½” in diameter, coffee grounds, eggs and egg shells, orange rinds, apples, and potato peelings. Most problems occur when you don’t use enough water and don’t allow the water to run for at least 10 seconds after the food disappears.
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What plumbing services does Blue Sky offer?
We offer a complete line of plumbing services. No matter what is going on with your home’s plumbing, we can fix it, replace it, or install a new one. We can also help you make plumbing-related upgrades to your home. Need a new toilet, tub, sink, shower, or faucet? We have you covered. Finally, we can help you with your water heater, your water softener, or your water filtration. Call us today with all of your plumbing-related questions and we’ll get you the answers you need.
Types of Water Purification Systems
Here is an overview of the main types of systems we install:
- Activated carbon filters: Also called carbon filters or pre-filters, these systems absorb impurities as water flows through carbon cartridges. They work well for removing chlorine, sediment, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and for improving water taste and odor.
- Reverse osmosis systems: This highly effective system uses a semi-permeable membrane to remove a variety of contaminants, including lead, fluoride, detergents, and more, delivering purified, great-tasting water straight from your tap.
- Distillation systems: These systems heat water to boiling, then collect the condensed vapor, leaving most contaminants behind. While slower, they produce very pure water.
- UV systems: Ultraviolet (UV) models use UV light to destroy bacteria, viruses, and other microbes without chemicals or added heat, offering an environmentally friendly approach.
- Water softeners: Not strictly purification, but these systems are important in areas with hard water. They swap minerals in water with sodium or potassium ions, reducing scale buildup in pipes and appliances.
- Whole-house filtration systems: Installed at the entry point of water into your home, these systems ensure every tap supplies filtered and treated water. They work well at removing sediment and rust, minimizing chlorine, and generally improving water taste and odor, making them a strong choice for total water treatment.
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