Given the degree of clogging of tap water, the installation of filters for its purification is a necessary measure. Filters clean water well, and you can verify this by examining any of them that has been in operation for 3 to 7 months. The mesh filtering liquid will be clogged with sand and small grains of rust, which, penetrating into household appliances (dishwasher or washing machine), mixers, adversely affect internal devices. That is why installation of water filters will be required.
What are they needed for?
The water that flows from the tap is cleaned by the city sewer service according to standards very far from impeccable. In order for the water to be drunk, used without boiling and used directly from the tap, a multi-stage filter must be installed. Installing a drinking water filter will contribute to its mitigation, it will also remove harmful impurities, excess mineral and various elements hazardous to health. Cleaning will take place in the usual way, without the participation of consumers. The sink is usually equipped with a separate drinking faucet, the installation of which also requires absolutely no work.
What you need to know about the filter
Installing water filters involves cleaning it with certain cartridges, which should be replaced after some time. The installation kit must include:
- key;
- mounting kit;
- fitting;
- crane;
- water purification tools;
- connecting hoses.
What washing in the apartment does not matter. At the end of the shelf life of the cartridges, they will need to be replaced, even if they use little water.
Advantages of Filters
The advantages of such systems are in considerable quantity. Installing filters for water purification has the following advantages:
- availability;
- functionality;
- ease of construction;
- variability of possible solutions;
- ease of use;
- little weight;
- admissibility of replacement of filters at own discretion.
And this is not all the advantages that can be listed for a long time. Especially if you consider the fact that the filters can be changed as you want. And this, in turn, affects the quality of water filtration. For example, it is enough to install recycling equipment with rear osmosis in order to use extremely clean tap water without any impurities.
Initial stage of work
Before the installation of water filters in the apartment, you will need to decide on a good place for their location.
- It is not allowed that it be too warm (in particular, for storage vessels of reverse osmosis).
- The space should be freely available, so that in order to change the cartridges in the future, you can immediately pull out the structure without disconnecting it.
- In no way should sunlight fall on the active filter.
- If you decide to attach the filter to the wall, you need to retreat 20 cm from the bottom to the level at which it will be installed (this will help to replace the cartridge without removing the filter).
Very important
When the place for the filter has already been determined, it will be necessary to find the area where the tap for purified water should be placed. Filtered liquid will flow from it. Then you need to measure the length of the distance laying plastic hoses. It often turns out that the footage of a regular pipe, which is part of the set of devices (somewhere 1-1.5 m), is not enough.
Installing filters for water purification also requires this action: to connect them to a network with cold liquid, there is absolutely no need to cut or saw something, since there is a tee, which is usually available in the kit. It is designed to connect to pipes with diameters that are most common in apartments. If the risers have a different diameter, then the adapter is purchased individually.
Installing a water filter under the sink
There are several rules that should be followed in this work:
- A simple assembly of the filters should begin with the installation of a conventional tap for purified water. It comes with a device. It is mounted on a countertop or a sink. It’s best to place it near standard hot and cold water taps. For installation, it is necessary to drill a hole of the required diameter in the countertop or sink.
- The branching mechanism of cold tap water. Through it, water will flow into the filter itself. Cold water should be closed and its residues drained. Next, you need to disconnect the bendable steel-braided hose from the pipe. It is detached simultaneously with the fastening to the drainpipe.
- Now the installation of a water filter under the sink will go according to the scheme attached to the kit. An adapter must be placed in the aisle area. The tee is fixed on a pipe with cold water, then the thread is compressed by sealant or fum tape. The tee is attached to a metal-coated hose that is connected to a tap with cold water at the sink. Next, screw the tap into the tee, and also tighten the thread.
- Then will be the installation of water filters from their components. For installation in the box there is everything you need: a crane to turn off the filter and bend its connections, the device body and the cartridges installed in it, a tee, plastic couplers, gaskets and more.
- Connection of the filter begins by connecting hoses to it at the outlet and inlet. Remove the retaining half rings in advance and remove the plugs. A plastic pipe needs to be mounted by investing a little of its work in it.
- Now you need to connect the water supply tap to the filter inlet with plastic hoses, and connect the outlet to the tap with clean water. To connect the output, you need to install it through the existing drilled slot. It is fixed with nuts that are screwed onto a hollow hose with a thread and the inner washer originally worn on it.
- Installation of water filters is already being completed. At the end of the installation of a clean water tap, it is necessary to carefully fit the pipe onto the piston from the kit. Only then can the crane be connected to the bottom fasteners. To fit the hose, insert the valve into the pipe and press it against the wall, holding the pipe. The hose should not reach approximately 2 mm to the end of the piston. After that, it is required to thread the other end of the pipe through the fastening nut and tighten it tightly.
Final stage
At the final stage of work, it will be useful to check the instructions by which the installation of water filters in the apartment was made. Particular attention should be paid to such actions as:
- durable installation of the crane in a permanent place;
- adapter connection;
- lack of excesses of plastic hoses in the wiring;
- the presence of 3 filter flasks, which must be with the cartridges and tightened.
This is how the water filter is installed . With your own hands it can be produced without much effort in any apartment or private house.