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Water Softener/Reverse Osmosis/Quooker Tap

sandeepsb
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Hi all
I hope this is the right place to disuss this.
I have recently had a soft water system installed by Harvey's which has been working great - the issue here is that my internal stopcock was located under the stairs and they were unable to feed a hard water line to the main kitchen sink.
They happily included a Reverse Osmosis filter free of charge to ensure I can get a normal drinking water tap installed beside the kitchen tap - my question here is could I remove the need for a reverse osmosis filter if I opt for the Quooker tap as it contains a water filter or will I still need to include the RO system as it performs steps that are needed that the Quooker doesn't provide?
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sandeepsb said:Hi allI hope this is the right place to disuss this.I have recently had a soft water system installed by Harvey's which has been working great - the issue here is that my internal stopcock was located under the stairs and they were unable to feed a hard water line to the main kitchen sink.They happily included a Reverse Osmosis filter free of charge to ensure I can get a normal drinking water tap installed beside the kitchen tap - my question here is could I remove the need for a reverse osmosis filter if I opt for the Quooker tap as it contains a water filter or will I still need to include the RO system as it performs steps that are needed that the Quooker doesn't provide?
What is involved in running a separate mains water pipe from the stop !!!!!! to the kitchen sink? Do you have solid or suspended floors?
What are the specifications of the Quooker filter?0 -
We have your set up, the softened water is fed through the RO filter to give us a separate drinking water tap.
We've never bothered with a Quooker, but I doubt the Quooker filter would be reverse osmosis, so won't give you drinking water.
Then again, if you are not supplying water to the elderly or young babies, people do survive without the RO.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages, student & coronavirus Boards, money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Grumpy_chap said:sandeepsb said:Hi allI hope this is the right place to disuss this.I have recently had a soft water system installed by Harvey's which has been working great - the issue here is that my internal stopcock was located under the stairs and they were unable to feed a hard water line to the main kitchen sink.They happily included a Reverse Osmosis filter free of charge to ensure I can get a normal drinking water tap installed beside the kitchen tap - my question here is could I remove the need for a reverse osmosis filter if I opt for the Quooker tap as it contains a water filter or will I still need to include the RO system as it performs steps that are needed that the Quooker doesn't provide?
What is involved in running a separate mains water pipe from the stop !!!!!! to the kitchen sink? Do you have solid or suspended floors?
What are the specifications of the Quooker filter?The kitchen sink is in an island resulting in it to be very hard to run a separate feed.silvercar said:We have your set up, the softened water is fed through the RO filter to give us a separate drinking water tap.
We've never bothered with a Quooker, but I doubt the Quooker filter would be reverse osmosis, so won't give you drinking water.
Then again, if you are not supplying water to the elderly or young babies, people do survive without the RO.
That makes sense, I'm just more concerned about the waste of space but it seems like an RO is the only way to go in this circumstance. Thanks for the info.
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