What makes an Iron Curtain iron filter different from other iron filters?
Virtually every iron filter sold as a whole house filter has either carbon or birm sand as the filter media to remove the iron. Carbon filters have a life span of up to 5 years and require frequent chemical or air injection to work properly. Carbon may not always work on all types of iron and is very expensive to replace when it is expelled. Birm sand as well as other types of sand filters require heavy oxidizing agents to be able to remove iron. This process of oxidizing is used to make a large enough particle of iron so that it can be trapped with sand. The problem with this process is that the sand or media is all one size and will start to trap the iron as soon as it gets in the filter. This causes the iron to plug up the top half of the filter and reduces pressure prematurely. Iron Curtain filters have a unique process involving two tanks. One is an air tank used for oxidizing and the other has layers of special minerals designed to remove smell, color, rust and iron without the u
