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[quote=Anonymous]We just bought an old house that has a lead pipe at the shutoff in our basement.  The inspector said it would be easy to just install a "whole house" filter right that at the shut off, then replace the filters every 6 months or so.  He made it seem common.  My regular plumber says he's never heard of it. So I decided to call the city to see if they have contractors who would come out and just go ahead and replace the house side of the lead piping, knowing that the city already replaced the public side of it.  They gave me 3 names of plumbers who can do this sort of work, and so far none of them have called me back so I'm assuming they aren't interested.  I was given a ballpark by WASA of about $2K.  So now I am back to considering a whole house filter.  Only issue is I have no flippin clue what that is!  Anyone out there know what this is, and has anyone done it? I have so many bathrooms and sinks I don't want to just do it in one place or another, would think it's easier to just have it installed for the whole house.  Any and all insight would be most appreciated.  [/quote]

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