Dave Schuelke here with the Twin Home Experts. Today we're gonna go ahead and
go over a reverse osmosis for drinking water. So if you're wondering, God what
system do I go with or how do I know what reverse osmosis system will work
for me? How much does a reverse osmosis cost? Which one is absolutely the best
out there? Well, today we're gonna go ahead and show you the Twin Home Experts favorite
So come on in. Alright folks so here we are, we're gonna go ahead and install the reverse osmosis system.
Right here. And one thing to consider when you re considering installing a reverse osmosis
for drinking water is make sure you have enough room underneath the sink. Alright just to
give you a closer perspective as to where we're going to be installing the
reverse osmosis is right here. So we've already confirmed and verified that the
system that we're going to be installing will fit here. Now one of the things that
you may want to consider is before you install any type of filtration system is
to waterproof the bottom of your cabinetry and the reason why is because
these are notorious for drips small leaks so to give you a peace of mind
would be to caulk these joints here. In fact, one of my videos I give a pretty
good example of how to properly waterproof your cabinets. So you can take
a look at that for reference but here we would caulk waterproof this area and
then put a water alarm that's going to give you peace of mind in the event you
do have a drip but I'm going to go ahead and show you the reverse osmosis system
that we're going to be installing that I'm excited about because
it does have a pretty cool feature that I'll go over here in just a moment. Alright folks
so the system that we're going to be installing today is made by hydro guard
and the reason why Twin Home Experts loves this product or this system is that it does
have a tray that in the event this does leak it's going to be capturing here in
this tray and there's a sensor that actually expands and will automatically
shut the system down now how cool is that talk about prevention and peace of
mind again being in the water damage and mold business and seen complete
destruction from these little connections here leaking through this
is an amazing, amazing system. Not only that it does a great job with giving you great
purified water. So all right so let's go ahead and take the next step and start
installing the system. You have to put it on the side of the pee trap. Alright folks
we're putting the drain adapter which is going to be before the pee trap.
The reason why you want that is because of the sewer gasses and sewer
odors. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna secure it on the pipe and here we
don't have much room other than to put it on the 90 off the garbage disposal. So
once we adapt this and thenwe'll drill a hole through the drain here to Nathan's
hole in there at least that much it's got a flow restrictor in there that
flows even less water than an inch and an eighth hole so as it kind of builds
up in here it'll drizzle in and that holds the noise down a little bit. You will however
hear a gurgling sound within our row
So this line here connects to your feed water as it comes in like we said it
restricts that it goes through this first filter it's a fiber filter and
it's about five micron it will filter out all the turbidity the junk
whatever you might have in your water. City water's great water but there's
still things in it. Next when it goes through a carbon filter the carbon
filter pulls away any of the chlorine or the VOCs volcanic organic compounds and
it gets rid of all that and then the membrane is protected and all it has to
do is its job which is to separate the heavy mineral from drinking water. So
once it goes through there the bad water is now redirected to this drain in this
drain clamp and it sits in this storage tank. Now the water has been depressurized
because we've used all the water pressure to get through that
membrane. So at this point the product water just trickles into the tank
and when you go up to your faucet here and you call for water or your ice maker
calls for water or cappuccino machines in this case calls for water then the
tank pushes the water out because it's got a bladder in it and it bends the
water to wherever you need to go but before it does send it that water goes through
this very last carbon filter to sharpen up the water just in the off chance that
that tank or something gave it a you know a plastic smell or taste or
something it goes through that carbon filter after that process is done you know
you can take water from 500 tds which is total dissolved solids which is the
mineral the floaties that you see in water and you can reduce that under 25.
You don't really want it at zero it's too aggressive somewhere between 0 - 25 is
pretty good range for our water.
Alright right so we're gonna go ahead and use teflon tape all with
threads here make sure you go the direction of the valve that you're going
to put on try to give it three little hits at a minimum. Now the valve here is to
hold back the water pressure what's interesting about ro is the same line
that fills and drips water into this tank is the same line that bends the
water out. Everybody's always looking for an inlet and outlet in this particular
case it's the same thing everything is with reverse osmosis systems that touch
water are made out of an aircraft material plastics because you don't
want water and especially RO water which is aggressive leaching off the copper
fittings whatever fitting there would be. So you don't want to tighten this to
tight because there's a fine little line or else you're going to have crack and
you're going to crack that. So what we're gonna do is pre fill this tank. RO systems will take
about two hours to pressurize and at that point with a new installation
you're halfway down the road and you might have a drip or something. So
pressurize it with city water it's the best we can do to make sure everything
is good and tight and then the customer can just drain the water off bleed the
filters and turn it off when we're confident if he's okay and then they can
recoup their water with new water.
It only takes about a minute and a half to till you hear it go thump. While this is
filling up reason reverse osmosis is so popular is distilled water used to be
the way to go to purify your water. It took a lot of energy, it left a lot of scale, and
a lot of maintenance. The reason so many people are turning to reverse osmosis to
get purified water is it's about 95 percent of distilled water although it
doesn't have near the maintenance that distilled water needs or the electricity
to make distilled water. This is done through water pressure, its pushed through a
membrane, just like I'm sweating right here. I'm doing a route of osmosis
reverse osmosis is where I take moisture from the outside and push it through the
inside the only thing that can penetrate that membrane is the purest of water
and at that point we use it for manufacture for hospitals for fish tanks
for just about anything. Working up the feed line with John gust or
sharkbite whichever you might be using they're pretty cool but I wouldn't put
them in a place that you can't see. You know the jury's still out with these
things but you know you can see them under your cabinet or something they're
great very few times do they leak but sometimes they do it's just like
anything I guess so.
take your drain line and try to route it in the cleanest place we can but just
kind of a loop in it because sometimes the gurgling of these guys can drive you
crazy. So the black hose indicates the drain pipe this particular system has
lots of tubing and it doesn't have stickers on it to make it convenient for
you but when you do as many as I do you just know but the way you find out is
the very front of the you know has the tank learning which corresponds with
this and then it's got that faucet line that corresponds with that the black one
is going to the drain and the white one is your feed line. So it's easy if you
pay attention but it's also easy to do it wrong so pay attention. We're going to
turn the water on have the drain line disconnected not for long. We're gonna
let the air bleed out of it and I want to see that water is going to the drain.
Alright folks so there you have it those are some tips that you might want to consider
when you're installing an RO system. Now let's talk a little bit about
the big-box stores like Lowe's and Home Depot a lot of questions we get is hey
Dave what if I just go and buy my own Home Depot or Lowe's RO system and
that's certainly an option to consider the only thing that I think you can
agree with is dave is that those systems aren't gonna have all the bells
and whistles like this one here. Also, it's gonna have a lot more connections which
means more vulnerability to leaks. So any input you want to give on that Dave?
Well big box stores they also don't come with
service. They'll have a warranty but you pick up the phone you call home depot and you say yeah
RO I need installed and there are leaks or whatever. Home Depot's not gonna have a clue. You will be able to
trace it down through a manufacturer and somebody can come out you know if you're buying
from a reputable dealer, you know the dealer is gonna answer the phone and come
take care of you. And there's a lot of good dealers and you know there's a lot of crazy dealers too.
check Google absolutely well with that folks you have to understand that there
is maintenance to these you have to replace filters so that is something to
consider as well when you're investing in an RO system.Yyou know for me being a
plumber for over 30 years I'm still again when you have someone that
specifically does thise every single day such as Dave every single day
he's going to give you that peace of mind knowing that things are gonna be
installed. Now you're probably wondering what does an RO system cost? Well you
know we've seen them and correct me if I'm wrong Dave but we've seen them as
low as about $500 and as high as about $4,000. So it's a big difference the best
thing to do is really do your homework in your local area
find out who specializes in RO systems and at least get three estimates. So that
way you're educated making sure that you're getting the best price and also
like Dave said earlier a reputable company. So anyhow folks hopefully this
helps give you the inside of a reverse osmosis system for your home and as
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