We installed a whole house filter in our current house, and we had it in our previous house. It has been totally worth it, and my hubby is pleased that it’s easy to keep track of just the one filter. He has it set up so it’s very easy to do maintenance on it.

Whole house with a spin down filter to remove sediment. I would have your water tested and then contact local companies for recommendations specific to your water needs. Your local township or county can often test your water.

Your post makes no sense. "you're building" as in the process, and "Our well water seems to have lot of sediment, especially in certain times of the year" suggesting you've used this well for a year or years. Need some clarification here.

First off a well should not have sediment pulled up if it was installed correctly, so when was this well dug, how deep is the well and what type of pump is used. Submersible, jet or convertible?

There are a number of reasons for sediment in a well water and a sign there is a problem that could also be dangerous to your health. Trying to filter the sediment may remove the sediment but may not remove the pollutants and pathogens that often exist with a sediment problem.

One example would be a corroded well casing allowing finer sand usually found closer the surface to enter along with other unhealthy contaminates such as pesticides, fertilizers, bacteria, viruses, and dissolved metals. If it's a newer well the installation could be bad or wrong.

^^^ I agree with above. The fact that there is sediment during different times of year is concerning. It's a warning that the water may not be biologically safe.

The well needs to be tested and the source of the sediment resolved. Sediment by itself isn't a biohazard, but is a good indicator that the well isn't sealed, is flooding, or is shallow and being fed from a spring or surface water.

Inspection by a well person would probably be advisable - and I'd get the water supply figured out now instead of later - before you dump a bunch of money in your new home.

I assume this is a property with a cabin or such on it now, and the OP is building a more permanent/year-round home on the property.

You definitely want to get your water tested to make sure you're properly treating the well water. You're definitely going to want a whole home water filtration system. Aside from the potability of the water, you want to prevent hard water and other things from building up in your plumbing and appliances.

Recently we have been using this brand of water treatment systems. (We have no affiliation, just like their products) They can treat for multiple things, it's easy to install, there is not electric required, and it

https://nuvoh2o.com/manor-trio-systems/

Your first step is going to be to test your water and find out what you need to focus treating then install your treatment system and retest to make sure that the system is adequate and your water is safe. Then you'll want to change those filters regularly and retest your water annually.

Good Luck!

^^^ No, just no.

This is exactly what you don't want to do - for lots of reasons.

There's no such thing as "salt free softening".

None of those cartridges are of sufficient size to do "whole house filtering" and I call BS on the entire thing.

^^^

Actually there is such a thing as salt free softening.

You can read more about it here.

https://nuvoh2o.com/nuvoh2o-the-science-behind-the-process/

Those cartages are huge and can very well filter an entire house if purchased correctly.

Like i said we've installed these on well systems and ran tests. They perform as advertised.

@Bryan The Builder USA Inc.

So, you build houses. If you order the OSB for the exterior sheeting, roof and subfloor and when you get on-site you discover what you got was made with compressed corn stalks, with no certification stamp, no actual performance data, and not even the name of the real manufacturer, would you be cool with that? They called it OSB, even though it clearly isn't... isn't that enough? It's a 4x8 panel and you can put nails in it, isn't that all you need to know?

I hope not.

Water softening is a specific thing. It's not whatever the marketing department decides it is. It's an ion exchange process where calcium and magnesium ions are exchanged for sodium (or potassium) ions using a resin. By definition, there's no such thing as a "salt-free water softener". Water softening is not chelation, or lowering the PH, or TAC, or magnetic anything. Soft water is a quantifiable thing. You can reliably field measure the results of a water softener with a standard Hach water hardness test kit. The definition of soft water is one grain of hardness per gallon or less. I feel certain that if you test your water before and after the "softener" you linked to, you will find that it's not moving the needle on the test kit - therefore proving it's not softening the water. Most companies who hawk "Salt free water softeners" have lawyers who know this, and tell them to call it "water conditioning" instead - which has absolutely no defined meaning. Anytime you see "salt free water softening" or even "Salt free water conditioning" you are looking at BS.

Regarding whole house

A 4.5"x20" big blue carbon filter from a reputable manufacturer has a service flow rate of about 5-6 gallons per minute to remove chlorine. It might be more or less, given the specifics (GAC vs carbon block, or if it's catalytic carbon for chloramine removal, for example). But 5 gpm isn't "whole house" - it's two showers at the same time. Note, if you are talking about removing anything other than chlorine, the service rate is something less.

Note the filter cartridge I linked to has a stated capacity of 32k gallons - or about 3.5 months for a family of 4 - and that's for chlorine removal only. Also note that it's certified NSF 42 & 53.

A real "whole house" carbon filter is typically a tank with 1.5 - 3 cubic ft of carbon, and possibly a backwashing valve to extend the life of the carbon.

Again, all of these ratings are for taste, odor and chlorine removal, not for heavy metals, VOC's, etc. There are filters that are effective at reducing many of these things, such as KDF 55 and carbon, but not at 5 gpm and reduction doesn't mean that the water is safe to drink. What's more, the OP has well water, so chlorine isn't the issue.

Look, for a house on a municipal water supply (that's tested and monitored), a real whole house carbon filter can dramatically improve taste, odor, remove chlorine and provide additional cleanup of VOC's etc. A real water softener can make a huge difference in reducing scale, soap scum, keeping surfaces cleaner, etc.

What I do is use a 4.5" x 20" cartridge KDF 55/carbon filter for drinking water only. At 3 gpm, it's providing filtering for the cold water faucet in the kitchen (2.0 gpm), the ice maker, and the cold in the upstairs bathroom sink (1 gpm) - but I'm starting with municipal water that's presumed to be safe to begin with - not a well.

Get references for well service companies in your area. Most companies test water for free if you drop off a sample; some will come out and take a sample. See what the test results are and get estimates for the remedying. You do need to retest annually or if something seems off or changes.

Sorry for the late response on this -

Test your water at the local municipality (ours was the county).

We used RainHarvest solutions to help with our water - Rainflo triple filtration mated with a UV sanitizer. Testing post filtration and treatment was excellent save lower pH than optimal, so addressing that now.