Reload this Page Reverse Osmosis System?? (Phoenix: house, buying, maintenance) Beállítások

[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.