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How to Install a Home Water Purifier
Provide Cleaner Water to Your Tap by
Installing a Water Purifier
By: Mark J. Donovan
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If you want sparkling clean drinking water then think about
installing a home water purifier. Today it’s a lot easier to
install a home water purifier, or at least I should say that
there are many options now available to the homeowner that don’t
necessarily require hiring a plumbing contractor. Yes, whole
house water filters typically will require a plumber if you have
limited diy plumbing experience, however there are many other
home water purifier products on the market today that require
absolutely no plumbing experience at all to install. |
Depending upon the type of home water purifier you buy they can
filter out various types of particles and contaminants including
particles or items such as sand, metals, rust, lead, fluoride
and other possible toxic contaminants.
The simplest type of water purifier is the pitcher water
purifier. It’s simply a large pitcher that includes a filter
mechanism in it that effectively strains and purifies the water
as you pour water into it. Pitcher water purifiers are the least
expensive type of home water purifiers and are also the most
common type of water filer used today.
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There are also tap water purifiers that mount directly onto your
kitchen or bathroom faucet. With these types of home water
purifiers you can simply turn a little two way valve or
mechanism on them to produce purified drinking water.
Alternatively, if you move the valve or mechanism in the other
direction the filtering mechanism turns off and you simply get
full force tap water out of the faucet. The only issue I’ve
found with faucet mounted water purifiers is that sometimes they
do not mount well to the faucet.
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In some cases an adapter thread is required and in other
cases they simply fall off the faucet when too much manual
pressure is applied to them.
Other types of faucet water purifiers mount underneath the sink
and in line with the cold water plumbing supply line. To install
an under the sink faucet water purifier typically all that is
required is a wrench and a screw driver. To install this type of
home water purifier the cold water supply line should first be
turned off.
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The cold water line is then disconnected from the shutoff
valve using a wrench to loosen the compression nut. The
water purifier cartridge container is then mounted inside
the cabinet area and fastened into place with screws. Once
the water purifier cartridge is mounted, you then attach the
cold water plumbing supply line to one end of the water
filter and then the cold water faucet hose to the other end
of the filter.
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Photo by Mark Donovan |
After the connections are all tight, you can then turn the
water back on to the cold plumbing supply line to complete the
project. Make sure to check for any leaks before putting away
your tools.
Whole house water filters are typically installed at the main
water source into the home. They are connected in series with
the main water plumbing supply line. To install a whole house
water purifier a section of the plumbing supply line needs to be
removed and then compression fittings or new joints need to be
soldered in to support the connection to the water filter. Of
course the water to the home needs to first be shut off and the
water in the supply line needs to be drained.
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