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[Guest_dlivid_*]

The house we're buying has a reverse osmosis system under the kitchen sink. It looks like a tank with some smaller cartridges behind it. We're not familiar with this and there's no indication if there was a company servicing it. Is this something we can do ourselves (we are not handy).

[tethysunrigged]

Maintenance consists of periodically turning off the valve on the top of the tank, unscrewing the cartridges, and taking out and replacing the filter element in them and turning the valve back to on. There should be a plastic "wrench" somewhere that is used for this purpose. It is about as tough as changing a light bulb, but if you don't want to mess with it, every area has Handyman types who will do it for you. Complications include: knowing what type of replacement elements to buy before you start the job, the valve doesn't completely shut off the water, the cartridge sleeve is on very tight, the water spills from the cartidge sleeve after you take it off.

[fillerjupiter]

Maintenance consists of periodically turning off the valve on the top of the tank, unscrewing the cartridges, and taking out and replacing the filter element in them and turning the valve back to on. There should be a plastic "wrench" somewhere that is used for this purpose. It is about as tough as changing a light bulb, but if you don't want to mess with it, every area has Handyman types who will do it for you. Complications include: knowing what type of replacement elements to buy before you start the job, the valve doesn't completely shut off the water, the cartridge sleeve is on very tight, the water spills from the cartidge sleeve after you take it off.

They are worth keeping if you have soft water and worry about the sodium content. RO removes bacteria, chlorine byproducts, salts, heavy metals, dirt, you name it. RO overdoes things in a sense though - what comes out is pretty much distilled water. It removes fluoride which is important to kids teeth and bones as well as other trace mineral which are good for you. If the sodium in the soft water is not an issue for you, you'd be better off with a Brita filter which gets most of the nasty stuff (chlorine byproducts and organics) but leaves the good behind. They are also great if you have an ice maker. If you don't use RO, you will have little floaties in your ice from precipitated salts.

[ambiguousscourge]

I have one of these RO systems in my house. We installed it. I LOVE it. We've had the same one for close to 5 years with no issues. As the previous poster says, it's very low maintenance. I love having the RO water to drink and it is also connected to my fridge for water and ice. More Information here Reverse Osmosis Phoenix

[bining]

As long as you are also eating enough minerals it should not be a problem. There also isn't that much difference between completely pure water and what you might get from a tap (depending on where you live), in terms of mineral-leaching capability. Body fluids (extracellular) can have sodium (140 mM), potassium (5 mM), calcium (10 mM), chloride (100 mM), and bicarbonate (25 mM) among other mineral ions. In contrast, typical drinking tap water has less than 5 mM sodium content, and even hard water only has less than 2 mM calcium content. So the concentrations of minerals in tap water is much closer to pure water than to what is in your body.

[tethysunrigged]

As long as you are also eating enough minerals it should not be a problem. There also isn't that much difference between completely pure water and what you might get from a tap (depending on where you live), in terms of mineral-leaching capability. Body fluids (extracellular) can have sodium (140 mM), potassium (5 mM), calcium (10 mM), chloride (100 mM), and bicarbonate (25 mM) among other mineral ions. In contrast, typical drinking tap water has less than 5 mM sodium content, and even hard water only has less than 2 mM calcium content. So the concentrations of minerals in tap water is much closer to pure water than to what is in your body.

Well, without a medical history it is silly to offer any thing but a general opinion. I think this lady would be well advised to leave a phone message to her GP so that he can be hep to the step. "Hey guv, I'm drinking 6 liters of water per day." ought to do it. That way if she presents to the OR in an obtunded state, they might be able to hit the ground running and not waste precious time fossicking around playing 20 questions.