How to install a new water treatment system

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How to install a new water treatment system

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We had an old hard water treatment system that was broken. The tap water from this old system gave me a severe headache so we bought bottled water. I was buying about 10 gallons a week, or about $10.00 per week, that is over $500.00 per year. I looked over the available literature and found 3 systems that could provide us with drinkable water for about 9.7 cents per gallon vrs $1.00.

After investigating each of these home water treatment systems we settled on an Aquasana system. I could do a diy installation of the hard water treatment system in the garage where the old hard water treatment system used to be. This would give us a water treatment process for baths, showers, dish washing and clothes washing.

This hard water treatment system uses no salt to condition the water. It can filter 300,000 gallons of water before it should be changed out. I added a water meter in line to the system that displayed gallons of water used up to 9,999,999 gallons to determine how much water we were using.

I added an Aquasana Premium Under-counter Water Filter for a drinking water treatment system under our kitchen sink. This filter removes impurities down to a 0.995%. This is the comparable or surpassing than the bottled water and I don’t get headaches after drinking this water.

I mounted a small faucet on the porcelain sink in our kitchen for this filtered water. To mount this faucet I needed to drill a hole in the porcelain sink. This is a delicate job and must be done very carefully. You can do it yourself or have a plumber do it for you.

I researched the recommendations and tools on how to do this job. You can buy a special drill set just for drilling holes in porcelain. I made my own jig to drill this 5/8″ hole. I bought 2 brass washers, the largest had 3/4″ inside diameter which I glued to the sink with a rubber based glue at the location I wanted the faucet.

I let the glue dry for about 10 minutes and then took a Dremel tool with a diamond bit to route through the porcelain inside the 3/4″ washer down to bare metal. This is the most critical process so that you do not crack or chip the porcelain under the brass washer. Put water inside the brass washer while you are drilling to keep the temperature of the drill bit and brass washer down.

The second step I had a 3/4″ outside and a 1/4″ inside diameter brass washer which I placed in the center of the other brass washer. I also had a 1/4″ OD and a 1/16″ ID spacer that I placed inside the smaller brass washer. This gave the exact center for the faucet. You want to use the Dremel tool with the diamond bit again to drill a guide hole through the center of the spacer, through the porcelain down to the metal.

The third step, remove the spacer and small brass washer, leave the large brass washer fixed to the sink. It works as a heat-sink for the porcelain. You can drill a 1/4″ starter hole through the porcelain and metal sink.

The fourth step, take a 5/8″ carbide hole saw drill bit and gently drill a 5/8″ hole in the sink. Does the hole saw drill fit easily into the center of the large brass washer with good clearance all around? Use a low speed drill and remember to keep water on the hole while drilling to keep every thing cool.

After completing the hole, take a small hammer and screw driver and gently knock the large brass washer off. Be very careful not to chip the porcelain sink. Porcelain is unforgiving and is very difficult to repair. Clean the excess glue off the sink now you should have a clean hole through the sink and no chips in the porcelain. If you do just hope that the shroud of the faucet covers it up when you mount your new faucet on the sink.

Connect the hoses to your new faucet final stage filter per the manufactures directions. Turn the water on and check for leaks. Tighten any junction that is leaking. Let water run through the new filter per the manufacturers directions. Now taste of the water from your own Aquasana Premium Under-counter Water Filter and home water treatment system.
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