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I think I may have mentioned on here that, courtesy of Chemours (a division of DuPont IIRC) we have GenX (a type of PFAS) in our water. The local and State authorities are coming down on them as hard as possible but what's done is done. At least for now, the only way to get that junk out of our water is with a Reverse Osmosis (RO) treatment system. ME drinks lots of water as does Little Andy so we decided to go with an undersink system with dedicated faucet to we could get safe water. Luckily, the undersink systems aren't terminally pricey.
As usual, I had to come up with some weird way to do the installation. Our kitchen sink shares a wall with the laundry room so I figured I might as well poke the lines thru the wall and keep the system out in the open where I can service it easily. So here's the pics:
Here are the lines under the sink. The blue one goes up to the afore-mentioned dedicated faucet and the orange one is water supply to the unit. The ball valve was left over from the previous non-RO filter so I just tied in there.
The RO system sitting on a PVC lumber base that I built using SS screws and PVC glue. I wanted it off the floor but also wanted no chance of rot or rust. The supplier suggested that I keep the tank in its bag just to keep it clean so I did.
And a final shot to show how I ran the drain. There is a cleanout for the kitchen vent that was poking out thru the drywall so rather than use the saddle clamp they sent with the unit I figured I might as well use what was right in front of me. I'll probably tie that line to the wall at some point.
Right now the system is charging. That takes a while (like, 3 hours and that might have to be repeated) but as soon as it's charged up it can run about a year with no attention from us. The filters should be changed about once/year.
Dan
As usual, I had to come up with some weird way to do the installation. Our kitchen sink shares a wall with the laundry room so I figured I might as well poke the lines thru the wall and keep the system out in the open where I can service it easily. So here's the pics:
Here are the lines under the sink. The blue one goes up to the afore-mentioned dedicated faucet and the orange one is water supply to the unit. The ball valve was left over from the previous non-RO filter so I just tied in there.
The RO system sitting on a PVC lumber base that I built using SS screws and PVC glue. I wanted it off the floor but also wanted no chance of rot or rust. The supplier suggested that I keep the tank in its bag just to keep it clean so I did.
And a final shot to show how I ran the drain. There is a cleanout for the kitchen vent that was poking out thru the drywall so rather than use the saddle clamp they sent with the unit I figured I might as well use what was right in front of me. I'll probably tie that line to the wall at some point.
Right now the system is charging. That takes a while (like, 3 hours and that might have to be repeated) but as soon as it's charged up it can run about a year with no attention from us. The filters should be changed about once/year.
Dan
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