Pre-Sediment Filter
One Big Blue housing with a 5 micron cartridge, installed ahead of your main system. Catches the sand, silt, rust and dirt that shorten the life of everything downstream.
Regular price$1,691Sale price$1,099
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All prices are for a garage or accessible waterline install. Crawl space, attic, outside or trenching installs add a $399 minimum, quoted on-site before any work begins.
Key specs
- System
- Sediment pre-filter
- Housing
- Big Blue 20"
- Rating
- 5 micron
- Flow
- 15 GPM
- Changes
- Every 6 months
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Full specifications
Key specifications
| Type | Point-of-entry sediment pre-filter |
|---|---|
| Housing | Big Blue — 20" × 4.5" cartridge |
| Filtration | 5 micron sediment cartridge |
| Flow rate | 15 GPM |
| Filter life | 10,000 gallons — about 6 months for a typical home |
| Connections | 1" ports |
| Pressure relief | Push-button on housing cap |
| Pairs with | Any BluePeak whole-home or well-water system |
| Best suited to | Well water, older infrastructure, or any home with sand, silt or rust |
Installation and upkeep
| Installation | Included — fitted at the point of entry by a licensed North Carolina plumber |
|---|---|
| Electrical | None required |
| Upkeep | Swap the cartridge every 6 months — no tools beyond the housing wrench |
What the pre-filter catches
- Sand & grit
- Silt & turbidity
- Rust particles
- Dirt & scale flakes
- Does NOT remove chlorine, hardness or iron in solution
Warranty
| Housing warranty | 1 year |
|---|---|
| Labor warranty | 1 year from date of purchase |
What it does
A sediment pre-filter at the point of entry takes out the physical particles before they reach your softener, your carbon tank, your fixtures and your appliances. The standard build is one Big Blue housing on a mounting bracket, holding a 20 x 4.5 inch, 5 micron cartridge rated for 15 GPM.
A cartridge lasts about 10,000 gallons, roughly six months in a typical home. Swapping it takes the housing wrench and nothing else, and there is a push-button pressure relief on the cap. If you would rather we handle it, pre-sediment service is $299 a year, or a DIY replacement filter is $69.
Who it is for
Well homes, almost always, plus homes on older infrastructure or any house seeing sand, silt or rust. If you are on a private well, this is close to a default rather than an upgrade.
It does not remove chlorine, hardness or iron that is dissolved in the water; those need the systems behind it. It is also the one product here that is not a whole-home treatment system, so it does not include the free reverse osmosis system.
The product photo shows a two-housing arrangement. The published price is for the standard single Big Blue housing described here.
Questions about this system
Do I need a sediment pre-filter?
On a well, almost always. Sand, silt and grit will shorten the life of every piece of equipment downstream of it, including your pump and your pressure tank. On city water it’s rarely necessary unless you’re on an older line or there’s been recent main work.
Do you work on well water?
Yes, and it's a meaningful share of what we do. Wells in Wake, Harnett, Chatham and Johnston counties commonly come back with iron, hydrogen sulfide, sediment or low pH. Those need genuinely different equipment than a city water home — which is why we test first instead of quoting off a price list.
What maintenance does the system need?
Whole-home tank systems are mostly self-maintaining — the valve regenerates or backwashes on its own, metered by your water use, and the media lasts years (calcite is the exception: it is consumed slowly and topped up). What needs regular attention: salt in the brine tank if you have a softener, sediment pre-filters, UV lamps annually, and RO membranes and filter stages on their cycle.
Where does the equipment go?
Most commonly the garage, near where the main water line enters the house. It can also go in a basement, a utility room, or outside in a protected enclosure. We’ll identify the best spot during the water test — before you buy anything, not after.
Start with a free water test.
We test at your kitchen sink and show you the results on the spot. If this is not the right system for your water, we will tell you which one is, or that you do not need one at all.
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