Anyone use a whole house filtration system?

[EscortNreg]

With what happend to my boy last year, we have gone completly organic and healthy, got rid of all non stick and plastics in our kitchen and replaced it all with glass, stainless steel and wood.

 

With all the nasties that are added/picked up in our water, we filter all our water, at the moment it's a pain putting it all through a filter and storing it in glass bottles.

 

So were looking to get one of these: http://www.aquasanaeurope.com/EQ-300.html

 

It's a bit of a beast at 4 foot high, but it removes almost everything harmfull.

 

Anyone use anything similar? Notice the benifits?

[shawdreamer]

With what happend to my boy last year, we have gone completly organic and healthy, got rid of all non stick and plastics in our kitchen and replaced it all with glass, stainless steel and wood.

 

With all the nasties that are added/picked up in our water, we filter all our water, at the moment it's a pain putting it all through a filter and storing it in glass bottles.

 

So were looking to get one of these: http://www.aquasanaeurope.com/EQ-300.html

 

It's a bit of a beast at 4 foot high, but it removes almost everything harmfull.

 

Anyone use anything similar? Notice the benifits?

 

their still relatively rare in the domestic field as they've only really started to crossover into the public property domain in the last few years (cost reasons obviously), the only time I ever included ones in domestic builds were high priced contract house one off's such a Jeff Fosters sons mansion just outside Bolton (one of the original Reebok owners), The directors wing and offices in Old Traffords south stand and Fentons Second house outside of Liverpool (The bloke who owns the big insurance/ambulance chasing company).

 

Barring those examples the cost of purchase, fitment and maintenance was just to shocking to apply to a relatively small scale Domestic setup, adding to that was the space often required for the purpose of equipment fitment (the original domestic filtration systems were little more than slightly scaled down industrial systems which are by no means tiny and would make that compact system example of yours look like a barbie doll house setup)

 

tbh with you I cant see a "point of entry" filtration system (as far as I can tell that's what your showing there) being of much practical use in a house setup even today as its not very efficient and incurs unnecessary maintenance costs due to it filtering water that will ultimately be used for non consumption purposes like bath water and heating systems which tbh just doesnt require heavy filtration and is more often than not accommodated by built in filtering in modern houses (such as combi boiler systems with internal filter screens to prevent limescale build up).

 

Id lean more toward a "termination point" filtration system which will see any water for consumption filtered close to its final destination (such as a kitchen tap or bathroom tap), the added benefit is they take up a great deal less space in contrast and even the largest of the modern rigs can fit underneath a sink unit or small side cupboard out of site and dont cost anywhere near the same price to maintain (whether that be a in-line simple scale filter unit or the free standing multi filter kits that can deal with dangers ranging from excessive chlorine to legionnaires disease.

 

such smaller rigs also incur massively reduced costs simply because they only filter what needs filtering and not all water that enters the house, as said, unless your gonna drink hot water from your hot water tap, flushed water from your bog, bath water (before or After use depending on preference and fetish) you really dont need it all filtered.

 

hope that basic info helps.

[EscortNreg]

The cost doesn't matter, its all being funded by a charity for us (thankfully) The pre filter is £25 every three month (cheaper than a brita) and the main filters get changed once every three years, so onward costing is on average 35p a day.

 

as for space, luckely my main water inlet is in the loft and in the airing cupboard so were either mounting it in the bottom of the airing cupboard or in the loft space, well out of the way!

 

As for not needeing the whole water supply needing to be filtered, most of the harmfull stuff added to water is most harmful when absorbed through steam, so having the bath/shower and drinking water is of great benifit.

 

Then there is absortion through the skin etc.

 

Our drinking water will go through this, then be distilled then re mineralised using a a pi-mag

[Craig855S]

I have an RO unit under the sink but that's purely for the fish, I wouldnt dare drink it (as it sits for days at a time between use so i imagine the filter media might be going bad sat in stagnant water for ages at a time

[Stu]

I don't know what happened to your boy last year, but isn't living in an overly-sterile environment likely to cause more immune-deficiency problems than not?

[PeeWee]

I don't know what happened to your boy last year, but isn't living in an overly-sterile environment likely to cause more immune-deficiency problems than not?

 

 

That was my worry there, can cause more harm than good and create a bit of a living in a bubble type scenario?

[EscortNreg]

I had that worry as well, but he is now seeing a nutritionist who specialises in imune systems etc.

 

Its not so much making a steril bubble but more cutting out all poisons entering his body, lets face it, back in the day before all chemicals were added to everything, when did you ever hear of anyone getting cancer?

 

Think about it, when you were younger, how rare was it that you heard of someone getting cancer? I can recall 2 people i know to have had cancer when i was a teenager and they were 70+ one of which was a 20-30 a day smoker.

 

The NHS is great at treating cancer now days but, no one looks at the cause of it.

 

Also, chlorine in steam form is chloroform. Causes respitory problems not to mention everything else.

[eetaylog]

I don't know what happened to your boy last year, but isn't living in an overly-sterile environment likely to cause more immune-deficiency problems than not?

 

I was thinking the same thing. I cant imagine how hard it must have been for you and Tanya, but it does seem a bit over the top doing all that.

 

Even if your argument was true about there being less cases of cancer in previous generations, surely that only supports the theory that living in less sterile conditions made people less prone to it?

[sidrick]

Tap water is bad for us now? :-\

 

I really think that might be overkill.

[shawdreamer]

Tap water is bad for us now? :-\

 

I really think that might be overkill.

 

 

tha y sad the dsame think abot alkohhol.. ,.. nevor hermed my

[ganges]

Sorry but PMSL ^^^^^

[EscortNreg]

Chemicals Routinely Added to our Tap

Water Supply By Water Companies

 

1. Liquified Chlorine - Toxic by

inhalation, ingestion and through

skin contact

 

2. Fluorosilicic Acid - Corrosive,

causes burns. Harmful by

ingestion, inhalation and through

skin contact. Can be fatal if

swallowed in small amounts.

May cause serious eye damage.

 

3. Aluminium Sulphate - Harmful

by inhalation, ingestion or

through skin absorption. Severe

eye irritant – eye contact may

cause serious damage.

 

4. Calcium Hydroxide - Skin, eye

and respiratory irritant.

Corrosive, causes burns.

 

5. Sodium Silicofluoride - Toxic

if swallowed, inhaled or

absorbed through the skin. Eye,

skin and respiratory irritant.

 

Typical Tap Water Content

 

 

1. Chlorine

2. Fluoride Compounds

3. Trihalomethanes (THMs)

4. Salts of:

Arsenic

Radium

Aluminium

Copper

Lead

Mercury

Cadmium

Barium

5. Hormones

6. Nitrates

7. Pesticides

8. Pharmaceutical Drugs

 

It's been common knowlege for YEAR that water companies add all this crud to our drinking water, no wonder they found deformed frogs it the Peterborough water supply (can supply pictures if needs be.

 

And on top of all of this, our water is almost guarenteed to pass through a victorian water pipe looking like this:

 

http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/28838.jpg

 

With our bodies being (if i remember correctly) 70% made of water, thats ALOT of shite/poison were putting in our bodies!

[shawdreamer]

Chemicals Routinely Added to our Tap

Water Supply By Water Companies

 

1. Liquified Chlorine - Toxic by

inhalation, ingestion and through

skin contact

 

2. Fluorosilicic Acid - Corrosive,

causes burns. Harmful by

ingestion, inhalation and through

skin contact. Can be fatal if

swallowed in small amounts.

May cause serious eye damage.

 

3. Aluminium Sulphate - Harmful

by inhalation, ingestion or

through skin absorption. Severe

eye irritant – eye contact may

cause serious damage.

 

4. Calcium Hydroxide - Skin, eye

and respiratory irritant.

Corrosive, causes burns.

 

5. Sodium Silicofluoride - Toxic

if swallowed, inhaled or

absorbed through the skin. Eye,

skin and respiratory irritant.

 

Typical Tap Water Content

 

 

1. Chlorine

2. Fluoride Compounds

3. Trihalomethanes (THMs)

4. Salts of:

Arsenic

Radium

Aluminium

Copper

Lead

Mercury

Cadmium

Barium

5. Hormones

6. Nitrates

7. Pesticides

8. Pharmaceutical Drugs

 

It's been common knowlege for YEAR that water companies add all this crud to our drinking water, no wonder they found deformed frogs it the Peterborough water supply (can supply pictures if needs be.

 

And on top of all of this, our water is almost guarenteed to pass through a victorian water pipe looking like this:

 

http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/28838.jpg

 

With our bodies being (if i remember correctly) 70% made of water, thats ALOT of shite/poison were putting in our bodies!

 

sorry fella but Im with the "your sphincters wound to tight" brigade on this one.

 

though its true that the contents of everyday tap water can be quite alarming when placed under closer than needed scrutiny to do so only incites un-warranted panic in the case of mainline water supplies.

 

Infact if you look at ANYTHING to closely and use any number of scientific variables you'll come up with lethal ranges of toxins, that would include anything from chips, orange juice, tap water to the air you breath, to inspire to living a "sterile" existance or as near as it is not only unecessary it verges upon the foolish doomsday bunker under the back garden nut level.

 

as for the remaining Victorian supply pipes that are still intregrated into some lines you'll find those pictures are over sensationized doomsayers using out of context examples more often than not. Were such lines are still in use you'll find that the lines are regularly flushed and filtered to a higher rate than the modern Poly lines to account for risidual lime build up that can occur within clayware lines and were significent amounts of clayware are still in use there will be additional water purification and maintanence sub-stations along its route to account for unforseen issues.

[eetaylog]

lolz

 

http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/28902.jpg

[sidrick]

Lol!

 

Massive kneejerk reaction.