I am currently remodeling my 2 bathrooms & laundry room, which includes expensive (to me) fixtures (in the baths) & a brand new washer & dryer (my first, & also pricey!) My last washer was ruined over a period of time by sand from the well getting into it, and the fixtures also get calcium build up on them over a period of about a year after they are replaced. Before I put all of these new things in, I want to do things right this time & get a filtering system on the water line coming from the well into the house. I had hoped that a water softener would control both the sand and the calcification but I am told that it will not help the sand. I looked at a sand filter & the guy at the supply place didn't sound too enthusiastic about its effectiveness, hinting that it may reduce my water pressure even if I kept it cleaned out(?) I have a cloth type filter on the line going into the new hot water heater, but I don't want that kind on the main line as it would be too expensive to keep buying the filters as often as I would need. The one I looked at was the kind you clean yourself. So my question is this: is there some kind of product/filter system that I don't know about that will solve my woes? I would think the guy at the plumbing supply would have known, but apparently not..........