Confused! Options for instant hot water AND water filter?
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Hot water and Everpure Water Filtration System
Comments (4)As it turned out, the unit was installed between the cold water intake and the water heater. However, now I wonder about the first plumber (highly recommended by the bldg manager) who apparently didn't realize that the filter could have been part of our problem. That wasn't his only deficiency. And of course aliceinwonderland is quite right about that claim by Evenpure that it might reduce scale buildup. What nonsense. This entire experience has been particularly galling because of the incompetence of various building managers as well as the dumkopff who did the initial installaion. What we have spent on repairs is really infuriating, not to mention the time we have spent without hot water (almost a month) or a dishwasher (six weeks -- that was a year ago). Anyway, I won't work there forever and I guess I just need to not worry about it....See MoreWall mounted instant hot water
Comments (11)I don't know the history of IHW on walls. There may have once been problems. First, about wallmounted regular faucets. Old-style wallmounts are available from Chicago Faucets and others. Nothing modern looking. Almost nothing with a single-handle mixer valve. Wallmounts in general are out of favor in the US and Canada. I see them in Australian web sites. And in web sites in foreign languages. Millions of thermostatic valves are installed in showers, in the wall, but not much is available in kitchen faucets. There are more bathroom faucets available as wallmounts. I suspect (I have no proof) that manufacturers tired of the panic support phone calls they used to get from people trying to install wallmounts. They require more fussing and finetuning. Then, there is the risk when the faucet has a moveable spout, as in kitchen faucets. It pivots left and right. Some people will yank it around roughly and ultimately someone will sue because his installation leaked behind the wall and he got sick from invisible mold, and it's the fault of the faucet not his misuse of the faucet. At the very least you can be sure that there will be a lot more hassle phone calls coming in over the years. Now, with an IHW you have a heat resistant tube that needs to be shielded and it's just so much easier if this is deckmounted and the tube goes from the tank to the spout through an approved installation hole in the counter. With wall-mount you have no way to know whether or not each specific install is done right or not. And you have to show to approval-granting certification companies that you have an approved way of installing it and that this is not prone to jerryrigging. (Impossible.) Bracing wallmounts inside studs is another never-ending topic. Why take on all this responsibility, support and hassle? Who needs the hassle? Wallmounts are going to cause problems (worries) that go on forever. You get the picture. Just sell deckmount faucets like everyone else. -- i get the impression that you don't know yet about the flexible heat-resistant tubing inside the IHW spout. This tubing is available for purchase. Hint hint....See MoreUndercounter water filter / insta-hot / chiller
Comments (10)It's a new kitchen, so what about getting the kind of fridge that has cold water in the door? The instant scalding hot tank has to be undercounter near the tap. Also a water cooler if you get one. But a fridge can replace the water cooler. Here are a few details that may be good to know, brnstn. 1.) The water filter can be far far away, up high or down low somewhere not under the sink. So you could put it in the cabinet above the fridge or .... 2.) There are several kinds of water filter. Some are two large cylinders in series, and they give you a strong flow that *could* feed all the faucets. Some are tiny cylinders that produce a small flow; these then require special low-flow taps. 3.) In either case, the filtered water line could feed the IHW tank. This keeps the IHW tank cleaner as there is less sedimentation of gunk in the tank; then in turn this helps the tank last longer because there is then less corrosion. Any tank is a sedimentation device because the tank holds water, and every day, overnight, when all is quiet, particles and stuff will fall out of the water onto the bottom of the tank. (With house water heaters this is a big problem.)...See MoreIdeas for hot/cold (chilled) filtered water in the kitchen
Comments (9)I think eam44 means to filter the water for your ice makes also, giving you filtered ice in filtered water. I think it's a great idea... prob because that's what we did : ) Frankly, we have a basic 3-filter water system under our sink, with water dispenser above. I fill a glass pitcher and keep it in the fridge, changing the pitcher every couple days to wash. Be aware there are several kinds of water filter systems if you should go that route. Reverse Osmosis is one (RO). We opted out of that as we found the water to be too flat for coffee and tea, but that's our preference only and I understand other's do like it. To best answer your own question, I'd ask how important is immediate hot and cold filtered water, countertop accessible, to you and yours? If it's high on the list, then you may not want a simpler solution of 'just filtered' and refrigerated, as we chose....See MoreRelated Professionals
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