Whole house water filters
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We currently spend about £3 a day on bottled water so the cost isn't an issue.
We currently spend about £3 a day on bottled water so the cost isn't an issue.
In lincolnshire our water is reasonably hard (avg(480ppm) and what we have installed recently in about 14 houses is a tap works water softher with a springflow or equiv tap. That way you get the benefit of softened water throuhout the house meaning no limescale on taps or washing machines etc and then we put a filtered tap system in the kitchen
If the water is smelling that badly of chlorine, I'd have a word with the water supplier.
Whole house filtering is normally a bit of a last resort, filtering the drinking water is much more normal. Be aware that granular activated carbon, the norm for chlorine removal, is also a great breeding ground for bacteria so be prepared for the 6 monthly (at most) replacement.
RO is a fabulous way to get pretty good, clean water, but to my mind it has a couple of drawbacks. Firstly, it's very wasteful of water in how it works, but more importantly, and the reason that ours sits in the shed disconnected, I was always mindful that in drinking only water that was 99% free of bacteria it has the effect of lowering immunity and since I, and the family, are destined to drink plenty of water from non-RO sources it was actually not such a good thing.
I would probably have a different opinion if the TDS readings were higher here, particularly with regard to Nitrogen compounds and aluminium.
Whole house filtering is normally a bit of a last resort, filtering the drinking water is much more normal. Be aware that granular activated carbon, the norm for chlorine removal, is also a great breeding ground for bacteria so be prepared for the 6 monthly (at most) replacement.
RO is a fabulous way to get pretty good, clean water, but to my mind it has a couple of drawbacks. Firstly, it's very wasteful of water in how it works, but more importantly, and the reason that ours sits in the shed disconnected, I was always mindful that in drinking only water that was 99% free of bacteria it has the effect of lowering immunity and since I, and the family, are destined to drink plenty of water from non-RO sources it was actually not such a good thing.
I would probably have a different opinion if the TDS readings were higher here, particularly with regard to Nitrogen compounds and aluminium.
I'd start with just a filter & a drinking water fountain tap by the kitchen sink - not difficult to install & less than 150 quid for a good one. That'll solve the problem for drinking & cooking.
If you have hard water then a water softener is a good thing to own but you shouldn't drink softened water - very high Sodium content.
R.O. water is basically stripped of everything so it's missing essential minerals etc. A simple filter will take out the chlorine and good part of the heavy metals etc that you don't want whilst leaving most of the minerals you do want.
If you have hard water then a water softener is a good thing to own but you shouldn't drink softened water - very high Sodium content.
R.O. water is basically stripped of everything so it's missing essential minerals etc. A simple filter will take out the chlorine and good part of the heavy metals etc that you don't want whilst leaving most of the minerals you do want.
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