Water Filters

[jamoor]

I have a problem with water in our area, it doesn't taste very good and bottled water is pretty expensive.

I have looked at Brita Jugs but they seem a rip off, does anyone have a plumbed in solution in their home? I was thinking of plumbing it into the kitchen tap or something then putting it in the fridge/drinking from it.

Anyone done similar?

[ponchie]

My parents have a fridge with a water dispenser in it, it taps into the cold water feed then there is a filter you change every thousand odd litres. If you don't want to buy a whole new fridge i'm sure I have seen separate taps that run off the filter.

[Cock Womble 7]

Firstly, Brita do taps with built-in water filters.

Secondly, expect to see this thread appearing in Homes, Gardens And DIY very soon.

[Smiler.]

3-way filter taps are quite expensive.

Some tap filters don't take out the hardness.

[anonymous-user]

We have a nescafe quick cup coffee thing, that also dispenses cold water, maybe that's an idea

[herbialfa]

Buy a fridge witha water dispenser.

When the red light comes on Google the part number and buy online!

Currys etc want £60 + for a filter but you can get them for £13

[Ferg]

Smiler. said:

3-way filter taps are quite expensive.

Some tap filters don't take out the hardness.

I'm not sure many do.
Ion-exchange resin clogs quite quickly so it's a case of putting a handful in a (basically) granulated carbon filter and chucking it away when it's exhausted.

With filters it's important to realise, I think, that short of reverse osmosis or distillation you aren't going to take anything particularly dangerous out, it's a taste-and-odour thing really.

Also, the levels of nasty stuff in many popular bottled water brands are higher than UK tap water anyway..... it just tastes nicer, largely because we have ours quite heavily chlorinated. Something granular activated carbon is great at removing!