Move RO water filter to blind corner and trash can under sink?

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RO water filters do not need to be adjacent to their faucet. I had planned in this kitchen to use the cabinet shown as open as a pullout trash and have a dead corner. Then I realized that I can move the RO filter and storage container into the corner of a cabinet like that shown, freeing up space under the sink. Maybe then I could use the sink cabinet for a trash pullout. We have a 10" deep stainless sink with the garbage disposal pushed into the back left corner. Thoughts?

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HALLETT & Co.

last year

Functionally I would much rather have the trash in a pullout to the right of the sink so the trash can can be open and accessible when I'm cleaning up after dinner. Scrape, rinse, place in dishwasher.

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sushipup2
last year
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RO units like your require access to change the filter. Maybe not often, but every year or so. We had a unit in a previous house, and I know the filter was changed every couple of years, depending on use.
darbuka
last year
Do you have a basement underneath the sink area? If so, the storage container and filters can be installed hanging from the basement ceiling below. That’s what we’ve done in two homes. Frees up the space under the sink.
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Matthew Lubow
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last year
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I was proposing to use 10' hoses so that they can be pulled out and into the middle of the kitchen for maintenance. I would run the hoses in a sleave into the corner to keep them contained, and zip tie the excess for pull outs. Unfortunately, no basement. I thought that it was a good use of the often less efficient/useful corner. I would also flex seal the cabinet, or similar to avoid issues in the event of a leak.
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Stull & Stull
last year
Filters that we know about need to be changed every 3 -6 months. That being said, the part that takes the most room is the water reserve tank. It may be possible to put the reserve water tank in the blind corner but mount the part that has the filters on the side wall of the cabinet under the sink. This way the filters could be easily accessed.

Depending on your sink type, if you did a double basin, the filters could be on the side with the disposal and that would leave the other side for the trash can. If you are using a single basin, you would need to see what clearance you have with the disposal.
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Matthew Lubow
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last year
Single basin sink, but with left rear disposal to free up right side. So yes, the filters could reside in the sink cab with the tank in the corner. The filters would also be accessible in the corner cabinet because they will be designed with 10 ft tubes to be able to pull out of the cabinet and into the middle of the kitchen for maintenance. Putting them in the corner will allow for more storage on the GD side of the sink as well. Maybe 6 of one half dozen the other.
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Matthew Lubow
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last year
HALLETT & Co. - Good point. The 18 to the right of the sink (part of the corner cabinet) could be made to function as trash. The corner could be accessed with the trash drawer removed. And because it would be reserved for very infrequently accessed items, that could work.
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Yonder Way Design
last year
RO flushes 4 gallons down the sink for every 1 produced. It is very wasteful. And dangerous to anything metal.
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gardener123
last year
@Matthew Lubow My dishwasher and pull-out trash are the same as your layout. No issues at all, love it. Blanco Diamond sink. Disposal and instahot on the right. The RO is in the basement, but I love your idea of utilizing the blind the corner if basement isn't an option. Not sure about drainage issues/kinks/flow with a 10' tube. I used APEC water system, and they are very helpful. After consulting with them on water pressure and GPM, I purchased at a big box store.

Search GW for tips on the pull-out trash drawer. You will need a low-profile trash pullout, where the trash containers stand, not hang so they can clear the sink bottom.

@Yonder Way DesignCan you elaborate on dangerous to anything metal. Is there a better water filter system you recommend?
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Matthew Lubow thanked gardener123
Matthew Lubow
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last year
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" Can you elaborate on dangerous to anything metal. Is there a better water filter system you recommend?" My take on that is - no, it is not dangerous to metal. That's not a thing. Yes, ROs use more water than they produce - it is not "waste" - it is part of the purification process. The water produced is used for drinking. Consider that the average person consumes 1/2 gal per day. The average flow rate for a sink is 2.2 gpm. So even at 4/1, it is like running your sink for 1 minute per day. You can replumb to capture that water if you want. I may actually post a gray-water question.
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sushipup2
last year
Watts makes a zero-waste RO system,

https://www.amazon.com/Watts-Premier-0950045-ZeroWaste-Reverse/dp/B000JPYRTG/ref=asc_df_B000JPYRTG/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241980351781&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10518209456771670317&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007243&hvtargid=pla-490565753012&psc=1
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HU-227031627
last year
I think it is a very clever idea. I have a RO hogging up space under my sink, and it is very annoying. So does it work? Because if so, I want to do something similar too.
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