Express Water Whole House User guide

3 Stage Whole House
System Installation Manual
Cu󰏭omer Support 1-800-992-8876

You’ve taken the r󰍰 󰍰ep to having clean water for your entire home. Your new
whole house lter protects you and your appliances from major contaminants.
Fir󰍰, take a look at your sy󰍰em, make sure that all components are included and
undamaged. If you nd anything or have any que󰍰ions we can help. Ju󰍰 give us a
call Monday to Friday during normal business hours (10 am - 5 pm Pacic Time)
at 1-800-992-8876.
Pressure Gauges
OUT
Height
29 1/4” Inch
Depth
8 1/2” Inch
Lenght 23 1/2” Inch
IN
Mounting Bracket
Whole House System
Introduction

Sy󰎣em Usage Conditions:
Feed Water Pressure: 20-80 PSI
Feed Water Temperature: 40-100 OF
We recommend using a professional licensed plumber for the Whole House Filtration Sy󰍰em In󰍰allation.
If your feed water is prone to spikes in pressure or is over 80 PSI you will need a pressure protection or
reducer valve in󰍰alled before the feed water ows to the sy󰍰em. Always use appropriate safety measures
and methods for the in󰍰allation.
Your in󰍰allation mu󰍰 comply with all of your 󰍰ate and local codes. The in󰍰allation area needs to be level
and dry. The sy󰍰em mu󰍰 be in󰍰alled in a sheltered environment with no exposure to extreme hot or cold
weather, out of direct sunlight. Never expose the sy󰍰em to freezing temperatures. The sy󰍰em cannot be
in󰍰alled upside down.
Express Water assumes no liability for the determination of the proper equipment necessary for your home.
This sy󰍰em does not remove biological contaminants. We recommended a UV light if your water is
biologically unsound.
Visit our website: www.ExpressWater.com or call us at 1-800-992-8876 to explore UV ltration options.
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Conditions

Replacements Table
Visit ExpressWater.com for lter replacements

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Pressure Reduction
You may need a Pressure Protection/Reducer Valve before your sy󰍰em if your
source water is prone to pressure spikes.
NOTE! This is not supplied by Express Water
Every setup will be dierent depending on the plumbing setup of your home.
You may use dierent pipes or ttings.
Optional By-Pass Setup
This is recommended for allowing continual water supply, even during maintenance.
NOTE! Piping and valves are not provided by Express Water
In󰎣allation Diagram
Incoming
Water
Shut o Valves
OUT
1” NPT
IN
1” NPT

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Tools and Parts
Tools
Towels
Medium Crescent Wrench
Monkey Wrench
Pipe Cutter (Depends on pipes used) (eg: ratchet cutter,
hacksaw, wheel cutter)
Teon Tape
Plumber’s Silicone Grease
Depending on plumbing setup, you may need:
Soldering Iron or Torch
Power Drill
NOTE!
This is not a complete li󰎣 of tools and parts, your home set up may require additional parts or
dierences from the in󰎣allation 󰎣eps we detail. The 󰎣eps we detail describe a typical in󰎣allation.
Parts
Depending on your setup you may need:
Shut-O Valves
Pipe Converter (1” to 3/4”) (or other)
Additional Piping
Pipe Hangers
Pressure Protection or Reducer Valve

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How to Change the Direction
of Your Flow
Note: If needed for your setup these 󰍰eps will reverse the ow of your whole house sy󰍰em so your
feed water can enter the opposite side.
4. Rotate the black Housing Caps
180 degrees. The Housing Cap on
the right should now be the housing
cap on the left. Make sure the new
indicated by the cap is correct for
your setup.
5. Reattach the Housing Caps
to the sy󰍰em with the 12 screws,
then screw the pressure gauges
back in by hand. Make sure your
lters are in the correct order
before reattaching the Filter
Housings to the Housing Caps.
You have now reversed the
inow direction of your whole
house ltration sy󰎣em.
3. Unscrew the 12 screws on top
of the metal bracket to disconnect
the black Housing Caps from the
Metal Bracket. Leave the black
caps connected to each other and
make sure to note the direction
the Housing Caps are oriented in.
1. Unscrew the Filter Housings
for the Caps at the top
2. Unscrew the Pressure Gauge(s)
by hand and set them aside
Rotate 180 Degrees

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Before You Begin
Make a li󰍰 of all the plumbing parts and tools you will need to completely in󰍰all the sy󰍰em to t your
home’s needs.
Conrm the inow direction of the sy󰍰em and your in󰍰all location.
Turn o all incoming water to the house. The valve for this may be located under the house, on the
side of the house, under a ground panel, or elsewhere.
If you have an electric water heater turn o the electricity to your water heater.
If you have a gas water heater turn the knob to pilot.
We sugge󰍰 planning for a bypass loop around the sy󰍰em.
Use teon tape on the threaded connections

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After shutting o the main water line open all of your home plumbing xtures to drain as much water
as possible and reduce pressure in your plumbing.
Prepare Your In󰎤all Site
Your in󰍰all location should be at any point after the main water supply line enters your home, but
before the line splits or meets the hot water heater. If your line branches o to outdoor and indoor
plumbing you may wish to in󰍰all on the indoor line if you would only like to lter your indoor water.
Measure the amount of line you will need to remove at your in󰍰all location.
You will need enough space for the sy󰍰em, and any adapters, shut-o valves, bypass valves, or other
ttings you may need.
Prepare for the line to discharge water once cut. Allow the line to drain before proceeding. Make sure
the end of the line is smooth with no jagged edges after cutting.
You can mount the sy󰍰em to the wall at your in󰍰all location, or it can 󰍰and on its frame on the oor.
If you are mounting the sy󰍰em o the oor make sure the wall can support the weight of the sy󰍰em
when full of water.
In󰎣allation

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Attach Plumbing
Attach the necessary pipes, valves, and ttings to each side of the sy󰍰em.
Once all of your pipes and connections are complete and ow is opened you are ready to turn your
water back on.
Re󰎤art Water Flow
Turn your main water valve back on slowly. You will be able to hear the sound of water entering the
Whole House Filtration Sy󰍰em, after a while the sy󰍰em will be full and sound will 󰍰op. Now, you will
need to ush the sy󰍰em before you are ready to use the water.
Go to your neare󰍰 water faucet and turn on a ow of COLD WATER.
DO NOT USE HOT WATER FOR THE SYSTEM FLUSH
Observe your sy󰍰em and piping for any leaks.
The ush water will be blackish as loose carbon particles are ushed out of the sy󰍰em. The water may
also appear cloudy as air bubbles are pushed out of the sy󰍰em and your pipes after the shut down.
This is perfectly normal. Run the water until it becomes clear, then run for 5 additional minutes before
turning the faucet o.
Wait 30 minutes, then run the cold water again for 10 minutes.
Shut o your faucet.
Your sy󰍰em is now ready for use!
Start-Up Notes
The cloudiness may persi󰍰 for anywhere between 1 day to 1 week as your sy󰍰em and pipes expel tiny
air bubbles from your plumbing and the carbon lters. This is perfectly normal and the air bubbles are
harmless. They should clear up within a week of regular use.
Occasionally check for leaks during your r󰍰 week of use to be sure all of your connections are 󰍰able.
You can ush the old non-ltered hot water from your plumbing by running your hot water at this
point. Or you can expend this water through regular use over the next few days.
Make sure to turn your water heater on again.

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Fir󰎤, turn o water supply to the sy󰎤em.
Open the neare󰍰 faucet until ow 󰍰ops to depressurize your plumbing.
Shut o the faucet once ow 󰍰ops.
Prepare for water discharge then press the red pressure release button.
Press the red pressure release button.
Prepare for the sy󰍰em to discharge water when you remove the
housing. Use your Filter Housing Wrench to unscrew the lter
housings from your sy󰍰em.
Each lter is good for approximately 6 months or up to 100,000 gallons of
water. The amount of time and water depends on the quality, temperature,
and pressure of your water supply. Your replacement cycle may be
longer or shorter because of this.
If you notice a drop in your water pressure in your home or on the pressure
gauges, this usually indicates you are ready for a lter replacement. Once
your pressure has dropped 10-12 PSI from your initial pressure we sugge󰍰
replacing your lters.
Filter Change
Tools Needed:
- Filter Housing Wrench
- Gasket Lubricant
- Replacement Filters
- Towels
Pressure Release
Button
Turn O Water
Supply

Filter Cleaning
We recommend cleaning your lter housings once a year. To do this scrub
the inside of the housing and the inside of the top manifold with one gallon
of warm water mixed with 1 tablespoon of household bleach. Make sure to
protect your hands during cleaning. Rinse all parts with water until all traces
of bleach are gone.
NOTE! Do not add bleach directly to any part of the sy󰎣em.
Remove the old lter and throw it away. Drain any water from your lter housing.
Support the base of the lter and insert it back into the top manifold. Insert
the new lters facing the correct direction.
NOTE! The carbon (ACB or GAC), KDF, or PHO lters will need to have
their silicone o-ring facing the top of the sy󰎣em.
Make sure your lter is correctly aligned and then begin tightening by hand.
Once the housing is hand tight, use your lter housing wrench to give a
slight additional turn. You should only need a fourth turn or a half turn with
the wrench, be careful not to over-tighten.
Repeat these 󰍰eps for the other two lter housings.
Flushing New Filters
Flush your new lters by turning on the close󰍰 cold water faucet.
The ush water will be blackish as loose carbon particles are ushed out of the sy󰍰em. The water may
also appear cloudy as air bubbles are pushed out of the sy󰍰em and your pipes after the shut down. This is
perfectly normal. Run the water until it becomes clear, then run for 5 additional minutes before turning the
faucet o.
Wait 30 minutes, then run the cold water again for 10 minutes. Shut o your faucet.
Your sy󰎣em is now ready for use!
Sy󰎤em Start-up
Once all of your lters have been replaced and your housings are in place you
are ready to turn on water supply to the sy󰍰em.
Check the sy󰍰em for leaks as it lls with water. If you discover a leak turn the
water o, inspect your connection points and o-rings, retighten, and try again.
Reattaching Housings
Your o-ring may come loose during the housing removal. If it doesn’t carefully
remove it from the housing and apply your silicone grease to the o-ring, before
setting it back in place.
Apply gasket lubricant to the threads of each lter housing.
Throw Away Old Filter
Turn On Water Supply
Correct O-Ring
Placement
Align New Filters
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Adju󰎣able Power
Chiller
The easy to in󰍰all compact
Adju󰍰able Power Chiller allows
you to have cold refreshing
water on demand from any
faucet.
Available at ExpressWater.com
Reverse Osmosis
Purication
The pure󰍰 mo󰍰 convenient
drinking water available, in󰍰alls
quick and easy under the
sink. Remove up go 99% of
contaminants, make alkaline water,
󰍰erilize your water, and more!
Whole House
Filtration
Filter water for the entire
house! Clean showers,
laundry, and more! Remove
common contaminants,
heavy metals, and prevent
scale build up!
Countertop
Reverse Osmosis
The quicke󰍰 easie󰍰 answer
for pure drinking water
from mo󰍰 any sink. Remove
major contaminants with a
simple screw on in󰍰allation
countertop sy󰍰em
Water Storage
Tanks
100% food grade water
󰍰orage tanks in sizes from 2
to 40 gallons
Adju󰎣able Boo󰎣er
Pump
If your water pressure is too
low for the RO Sy󰍰em the
Boo󰍰er Pump will increase
your pressure.

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1 Year Limited Warranty
We Cover
This warranty covers any defects in the parts or manufacturing of your Express Water Whole House Water
Filtration Sy󰍰em. We will give you new replacement parts in exchange for any defective parts.
What to Do
Give us a call at 1-800-992-8876 or send an email to [e-mail] and describe the problem
to our support. Be sure to have a copy of your purchase conrmation email or receipt. Our support will verify
that the product and problem are under warranty and help you arrange to send your defective part back to
Express Water with your receipt and contact information (name, address, phone number, email address).
Support will help arrange sending of the defective part, the delivery of your replacement part, as well as
guiding you through the in󰍰allation.
Time Covered
This warranty is eective for 1 full year from the date of original purchase.
Not Covered
This warranty does not cover labor for removal or in󰍰allation, accumulation of dirt or grime (you are respon-
sible for your own cleaning), sy󰍰ems with the serial number removed or altered, damage from improper 󰍰or-
age (high or low temperature, sun damage, etc), damage from a sy󰍰em not in󰍰alled as in󰍰ructions directed,
anyone other than original purchaser, damage from sy󰍰em abuse or unintended operation of sy󰍰em, acts of
God, improper water source, modication, negligence, commercial use of the sy󰍰em, Filters, RO Membrane,
incidental damages from sy󰍰em failure, sy󰍰ems used with parts not provided by Express Water (including
tanks, lters, faucets, pumps, diverter valves), or cosmetic damages.
Your State
Some 󰍰ates has further regulation on damages and warranty coverage. You may have other rights
depending on your 󰍰ate.
For warranty que󰍰ions, service, or help give us a call Monday - Friday 10 am to 5 pm PST:
1-800-992-8876
Express Water Inc.
12730 Raymer St, Unit 1, North Hollywood, CA 91605
Email us:
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