Home water system

lookout123 · 06-08-2004, 01:49 PM

i'll admit right up front that i am being lazy and don't want to research this issue.

we have very hard water and are considering putting in some type of water softener/purifier/magicmaking machine. i hear lots of commercials hyping different types - but does anyone here have personal insight into what route may be the best to go?

Radar · 06-08-2004, 01:59 PM

Water softener for your showers, etc. and a reverse osmosis machine for drinking water. They're both fairly cheap.

lookout123 · 06-08-2004, 02:01 PM

do you know anything about these "whole house systems" i hear being advertised? i currently have filtered drinking water so that is cool, but want to see if there is some sort of all-in-one miracle that is worth installing.

Radar · 06-08-2004, 02:28 PM

Water softeners are "whole house" systems, but you'll still want to purify your drinking water and a reverse osmosis machine can be installed under your sink with a faucet on the top fairly cheaply and will make your water taste as good as the water you get from a store. Never trust those "Brita" water filters. You don't really need to shower with drinking water but the softener will take out some of the alkaline.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2004, 06:59 PM

I've been battleing water that will eat stainless steel for a long time. Water softener helped some but it finally got eaten also. The latest proposal I got was a combination of trash filter-water softener-reverse osmosis filter-pump-calcium carbonate injector, for only $7k.

The problem with reverse osmosis filters (from what I've read) is that they waste 3 gallons of water for each gallon they supply to the spigot.

Undertoad · 06-08-2004, 07:37 PM

I find that the PUR filer, attached directly to the faucet, does a great job of producing really tasty water.

wolf · 06-08-2004, 09:05 PM

A friend of mine has one of those. I find that the flow rate SUCKS when you have it on filter.

Undertoad · 06-08-2004, 09:09 PM

My house has abnormally high water pressure.

wolf · 06-08-2004, 09:12 PM

[kramer]Even in the shower? [/kramer]

jaguar · 06-09-2004, 12:57 AM

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I've been battleing water that will eat stainless steel for a long time.

Er....I'm no plumber but shouldn't hard water cause buildup, not eat through fricking steel. Do you drink that stuff?!?!? I have a vague rule about not drinking anything that can dissolve metals, call me crazy.

Carbonated_Brains · 06-09-2004, 08:52 AM

You're crazy!

jaguar · 06-09-2004, 11:53 AM

thankyou.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-09-2004, 06:22 PM

No I don't drink it Jag. The high dissolved solids content plus acidity combines to create electrolysis, is the latest bullshit(?) I've been told.

russotto · 06-10-2004, 09:43 AM

I have high water pressure also (yes, even in the shower). This probably results from being about 1/4 mile from the huge Collegeville/Trappe water tower. I have a water softener which I had installed soon after purchasing the house; it's a near-necessary item in my area unless you like scraping scale off of things and replacing seals. Other than the hardness (which is actually no problem for drinking water, it just is bad for taking showers and bad for the plumbing), the only problem is the usual chlorine byproducts which a carbon filter can remove.

Water which eats stainless is indicative of high sulfur content, I believe. Nasty.

Reverse osmosis is overkill unless it's the only way you can get drinkable water. It's high-maintenance and it does waste a lot of water.

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Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Water softener for your showers, etc. and a reverse osmosis machine for drinking water. They're both fairly cheap. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

06-08-2004, 02:01 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	do you know anything about these "whole house systems" i hear being advertised? i currently have filtered drinking water so that is cool, but want to see if there is some sort of all-in-one miracle that is worth installing. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-08-2004, 02:28 PM	#4
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Water softeners are "whole house" systems, but you'll still want to purify your drinking water and a reverse osmosis machine can be installed under your sink with a faucet on the top fairly cheaply and will make your water taste as good as the water you get from a store. Never trust those "Brita" water filters. You don't really need to shower with drinking water but the softener will take out some of the alkaline. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

06-08-2004, 06:59 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I've been battleing water that will eat stainless steel for a long time. Water softener helped some but it finally got eaten also. The latest proposal I got was a combination of trash filter-water softener-reverse osmosis filter-pump-calcium carbonate injector, for only $7k. The problem with reverse osmosis filters (from what I've read) is that they waste 3 gallons of water for each gallon they supply to the spigot. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2004, 07:37 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I find that the PUR filer, attached directly to the faucet, does a great job of producing really tasty water.

06-08-2004, 09:05 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	A friend of mine has one of those. I find that the flow rate SUCKS when you have it on filter. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-08-2004, 09:09 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	My house has abnormally high water pressure.

06-08-2004, 09:12 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	[kramer]Even in the shower? [/kramer] __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-09-2004, 08:52 AM	#11
Carbonated_Brains Does it show up here when I type? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Between the smoky layers of a prosciutto sandwich! Posts: 355	You're crazy!

06-09-2004, 11:53 AM	#12
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	thankyou. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-09-2004, 06:22 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No I don't drink it Jag. The high dissolved solids content plus acidity combines to create electrolysis, is the latest bullshit(?) I've been told. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-10-2004, 09:43 AM	#14
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	I have high water pressure also (yes, even in the shower). This probably results from being about 1/4 mile from the huge Collegeville/Trappe water tower. I have a water softener which I had installed soon after purchasing the house; it's a near-necessary item in my area unless you like scraping scale off of things and replacing seals. Other than the hardness (which is actually no problem for drinking water, it just is bad for taking showers and bad for the plumbing), the only problem is the usual chlorine byproducts which a carbon filter can remove. Water which eats stainless is indicative of high sulfur content, I believe. Nasty. Reverse osmosis is overkill unless it's the only way you can get drinkable water. It's high-maintenance and it does waste a lot of water.

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