On 22 Oct 2004 05:24:07 -0700, (N. Thornton) wrote:

EricP wrote in message news:

Our water tastes like a solution of chalk and medicine.
We want a volume source of clean water for coffee, tea, cooking,
drinking and the steam iron.

I am sick of that jug thing that you have to fill up all the time and
fancied turning one of those little taps on. )

carbon, or carbon and exchange resin. Carbon gets general muck out,
resin gets minerals out if necessary. Carbon filtering is very cheap.
Trouble with carbon is they soon become bacterial breeding grounds, so
do need regular relpacement.

RO also works, but at a price, unless youve got means to heat the
filters to red heat yourself to reactivate them.


NT

A friend has offered me a seven year old RO "4 way" system that is no
longer in use. (Supplied by "Freshwater Supplies")(No unit details
available yet)

I will have a look at it with a view to reconditioning it. This would
appear to involve new filters, and taps at mains and sink. It may be a
viable proposition when I disconnect it and can see what is needed.
I am working on a couple of years running costs and purchase price for
one of the simple shed cartridge types.