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Default Undersink water filter *without* faucet

Chris Shaffer wrote:
I just moved into an older house with lead in the water. However, the
kitchen sink was replaced recently and is uncontaminated. It's got
very nice faucet fittings. I don't want to add a new faucet or
replace a faucet, but every single undersink water filter I can find
on the web comes with an attached (usually shoddy) faucet.

Is it possible to buy an undersink water filter and attach it to the
existing cold water line and existing faucet?


I have an undersink filter that doesn't have a faucet. In fact that is
the normal kind that I see. Well, I seem to recall some that have a
little spigot that goes up through the hole put in for the soap pump,
but I never thought of getting one. You should be able to find a
plain one that goes in the line to the cold water faucet at most any
place that sells hardware. The big box home stores all have them,
and I figure most hardware stores do. They usually cost in the
neighborhood of $40 for the inexpensive ones.

They are a little over a foot high and about 6 inches in diameter. All
you have to do is find a place to mount it. You can probably install it
yourself. Then you need to replace the filter every 6 months or a
year, depending on how much water you use.

Bill