Better Water Solutions

Why is Reverse Osmosis better than filterd water?

Reverse Osmosis purified drinking water systems.
For the highest quality drinking water Reverse Osmosis is unsurpassed its advanced filtration and TFC membrane gives the highest quality of drinking water available in a home system, comparable and mostly better and certainly fresher than bottled water.
The Reverse Osmosis System is an excellent way of removing the vast majority of water contaminants, the taste of good RO water is first class and makes better tea and coffee and other beverages because it really “lets the flavour flood through” Normally contaminants in the water mask the flavour and mix with your tea and coffee etc; to produce a different tasting product, for the true taste of your beverage Reverse Osmosis water is the best.

The same is true for cooking and baking, no “extra flavours in the water means a better end product and no more scum and scale in saucepans etc; and for crystal clear and untainted ice cubes RO cannot be beaten. If you are serious about water quality then a Reverse Osmosis system will give you total peace of mind.

Why it is so much better than normal filtered water?
Filtered water whether a single unit or multi-stage does just what its name suggests it filters contaminants from the water within its capabilities using different grades of activated carbon, and for most purposes is an excellent choice for the vast majority of people, it is cheap, easy to install, takes up the minimum of space, removes a wide selection of contaminants and improves the taste and odour of water to a high level.

A Reverse Osmosis system does all that the best multi-stage filter system does, but much more, by the very nature of its advanced design it will remove to a very high level other contaminants that Activated Carbon cannot do, if an R.O. system is installed correctly and has adequate water pressure it can remove up to 99% of pollutants.
Reverse Osmosis really is for the purist.

If you have a Water Softener fitted to your house a Reverse Osmosis system is a natural and complementary addition to give very high quality household water, when fitted after the water softener it will remove the Sodium added to the by the Ion Exchange process and give a very high level of purification leaving you with crystal clear water for all of your drinking and culinary purposes.

Can I remove Softened water from my system for drinking purposes?

Can I remove Softened water from my system for drinking purposes?

Yes, if you already have a water softener and you do not have a hard water drinking tap separated from the soft water system you can “bypass” the softener by branching off with a separate pipe “before” the softener and take that directly to any taps that you do not want softened i.e. the kitchen tap, a separate drinking faucet also on the sink unit and a garden hose tap.
All bypassed taps will of course be untreated and will continue to form scale in kettles, coffee makers etc; that’s a good idea for the garden hose but not such a good idea for your kettle etc.
If you have a good quality water filter system in with a Scale Reduction installed you could quit easily have all of the benefits of a water filter without all of the disadvantages of scale and of course no sodium.

FAQ Can I take Filtered water to more than one tap?

Can I extend water from my filter to other taps?

Yes it is possible, but:

To get the best from a water filter the “contact” time with the filter media must be strictly controlled to achieve optimum performance, so a special faucet tap is installed that will maintain correct flow rates, this is normally connected via ¼ inch or 3/8 inch flexible food grade tubing.
The longer the run of tubing the less flow of water will be achieved due to normal residence within the tube and as the system aims for a flow rate of 0.6 gallons a minute you must take into consideration this may have on the second or subsequent taps.

We strongly recommend that filtered water be not connected to your normal cold tap as flow rates cannot be controlled and there would be risks of contamination from the tap into the filtered water in the tubing.

Will Soft water help with Eczema or Psoriasis?

People with sensitive skin, or people with eczema suffer particularly badly from bathing and washing in hard water, but  they also get the accumulative effect of wearing clothing with scale and scum clinging to every fibre, and that is generally in contact with their delicate skin all day every day, even when they sleep it is in their nigh ware and in bed linen. Even soaps and detergents are not permitted to rinse of materials as they should, so that add to the overall effect on skin conditions.

There is an overwhelming  amount of anecdotal evidence  that suggest that softened water can help considerably in reducing flare-ups and other problems associated with this condition.     A water softener cannot be guaranteed to work with all people and on all types of skin conditions, but it will remove a major source of irritant from the equation and also give you all of the other many benefits a water softener will bring to your home.   

Why is Hard water so bad?

Hard water "scale" damages everything that it comes into contact with, but there is also the problem  of hard water "scum" as well.

Hard water reacts with soaps, shampoos and washing detergents to form a sticky curd like substance that we know and recognise as scum. It clings stubbornly to the surfaces of baths, basins and showers, and also become embedded into every fibre of clothing and linen and prevent them from ever becoming really clean.  Hard water scale also becomes entwined in the fibres of clothing and linen  so they have the accumulative effect on preventing scale and scum rinsing clear of your washing.

But there is more, much more.Hard water scale is actually very small crystals of dissolved rock, and when water heated, it again forms into rock and persistently builds up to cling to  all surfaces that it touches. Hard water scale will clog up pipework, heating elements in tanks, immersion heaters, dishwashers and washing machines ( have you seen the Calgon ad?) electric shower heaters and pumps and even your kettle and coffee maker. When hard water scale "wraps" itself around all of these heating element it forms into a solid insulator, prevent the heater from reaching the water effectively, so it has to work harder and harder to heat the water, pushing your heating bills higher and higher.