OT- Reverse Osmosis water system??

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8/26/19, 11:40 AM #26

Tom Norton
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Re: What unit?

Tom Norton

Thanks Walta! I must have missed it as I went through each reply.

I am interested bin mounting the unit in the basement and running the line up to the sink. I will check to see if this is possible.

Re: OT- Reverse Osmosis water system??

8/27/19, 9:48 PM #27

Kneale Brownson
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I had a rental property at the foot of Grand Traverse Bay off of Lake Michigan where the well water was so bad it would turn a blonde's hair red. I had a well driller come in to replace the well. He hit a tree trunk 300 feet down. He found a good clay separator layer shortly thereafter and we had better water from that.

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I’m a fairly spry 82-year-old who had been a reader/participant at WoodCentral since the demise of Badger Pond. I started visiting BP to learn something about finish for a project I’d completed and became hooked on internet forums as a way of increasing my knowledge about all sorts of topics. I have been a moderator for a couple other forums on subjects I enjoy. My interest in woodworking began in the early 1970’s when my wife and I had contractors add to our house near Traverse City, MI, and I ended up doing the trim work to reduce mounting costs. I had no tools. I bought a P-C skilsaw, hammer, screwdrivers and one of those wooden miter boxes with a backsaw. I made trim for windows and doors from one-by lumber and started my woodworking career. At the same time, I started a 50-year career as a ski instructor. I got onto the night shift at a mental hospital so I could ski days, and spent my 30s and 40s with that schedule. I eventually replaced the PC-upside-down-in-a-board with a real table saw and began the purchase of enough equipment to fill a jam-packed 40-foot shipping container we used after we sold our property in Michigan. The ski instructing had taken us to Colorado and we were spending too much on maintaining utilities for two homes. A couple years ago, the dozen years spent at 10,000 feet of elevation was making my body produce too many red blood cells, so we had to leave my “forever” home in the mountains and we moved back to Michigan. Now I have to find myself a shop space for all those tools in the container.

Re: OT- Reverse Osmosis water system??

8/29/19, 8:27 PM #28

Paul Leuba
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Paul Leuba

Our RO system is in the basement adjacent to the water softener. By running a 1/2” PVC pipe from the RO system to the vicinity of the faucet before adapting to the 1/4” tubing required by the RO faucet we achieved significantly greater water pressure at the faucet compared to making the run entirely in 1/4” tubing.

This configuration facilitates convenient access to the RO system for filter changes and any other maintenance that may be required.

Paul in Hunt Valley, MD

Re: OT- Reverse Osmosis water system??

8/29/19, 9:35 PM #29

Tom Norton
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Re: What unit?

Tom Norton

Just ordered a 5 stage unit from US WaterSytems.

Re: OT- Reverse Osmosis water system??

8/30/19, 3:13 PM #30

Tom Norton
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Re: What unit?

Tom Norton

We are going to do a remote install also. This unit use 3/8" tubing I was thinking of running it inside of plastic pipe to protect it as I run it cross the basement.

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