Whole House Water Filter Benefits and Disadvantages

​​A Whole House Water Filter is a fantastic way to prepare your water for drinking, showering, bathing and cooking.

In this article, you’ll learn about the Benefits and Disadvantages of a Whole House Water Filter.

Whole House Water Filters

Different water sources come with different problems.

City/Town Water

City water has toxic chemical disinfection products and byproducts like chlorine, chloramines, Trihalomethanes and fluoride but a lower risk for bacteria.

Why Buy a Water Filter In The City?

Ground Water/Well Water

Groundwater is usually free from chlorine and fluoride, but it carries a higher risk for bacteria, viruses, parasites, nitrates and heavy metals than city water, depending on the location and environment.

What's In Your Bore Water and What To Do First Before You Get A Water Filter?

Rainwater

Rainwater is amazing, but you still need to be mindful of the dust, smoke, and other particles in the air that can contaminate the rain as it makes its way from the sky to your faucet.

Bird or other animal droppings and leaves can also be in your water supply. Not to mention the lead, copper, asbestos or any other heavy metals that can end up in your water.

What Can You Do About Rainwater?


Whole House Water Filter Benefits

A Whole House Water Filter can make a huge difference in the water quality you are using to cook, shower, and drink.

Coffee and tea tastes noticeably better with filtered water!

If you are using chlorinated water, you will always notice the difference in taste after switching to filtered water.

And while disinfectants are both great for removing bacteria and harmful viruses from the water, they aren’t very healthy for the human body.

Your Home and Appliances Last Longer

All the appliances and pipework in your home are exposed to whatever is lurking in your water supply. If harsh chemicals, heavy metals, or simply acidic rainwater flows through your pipes and appliances, they won’t last as long as possible.

Better Skin, Hair and Health

A Whole Home Filtration system is also a great way to take care of your skin, hair and overall health. Protecting Your Family From Chlorine In Your Shower Water will promote softer, smoother skin and hair because the chlorine strips the body of healthy bacteria and dries out whatever it comes into contact with - including your skin and hair.

Other challenging health effects you can avoid include:

      • Dry or itchy skin
      • Dry or brittle hair
      • Skin Irritations or worsened existing conditions
      • Breathing problems
      • Premature aging of the skin

Check out the blog if you’d like to learn more about how chlorine interacts with the body.

Your Food and Drinks Taste Better

Chlorine in your drinking water alters the taste of coffee, tea, baked goods, pasta, boiled veggies and any other food containing water from your tap. It’s surprising the number of people who will comment on how nice the coffee tastes at your place when the chlorine is gone, not to mention all the other contaminants that change the taste of your water (bacteria, metals, etc.).

Your Clothes Last Longer and Feel Nicer

Chlorine and other harsh contaminants running through your laundry can prematurely thin the fibres of your favourite clothes, weakening the fabric. You may find that colours also tend to fade quicker when using chlorinated or unfiltered water.

Whole House Water Filter Disadvantages

Not As Easy To Install

​​There are many steps to Install A Whole House Water Filter.

While the steps are straightforward, most people don’t feel confident enough to install a whole house water filter themselves, so they hire a plumber.

The Cost To Install a Whole House Water Filter can be anywhere between $250 and $500.

Doesn’t Address Contaminants Inside Your Pipes

It can sometimes be hard to tell the pipework condition in your home. If you are living in an old house, there could be small amounts of metal leaching into the water, or contaminants that have lodged themselves and hardened to the walls of your pipes could be released into your water right before it comes out of your tap.

A Benchtop Water Filter or Under Sink Water Filter addresses the water between your Whole House Water Filter to your faucet.

More Expensive Than Point of Use Filters

Whole House Water Filters are more expensive than the average Benchtop Water Filter or Under Sink Water Filter.

For example, a simple Triple Whole House Water Filter system ranges between $170 - $800 depending on what you want to achieve with your water.

Doesn’t Remove Fluoride

A Whole House Water Filter is designed to provide water to your entire house, so the water flow rate through your filter is much higher than the flow rate of a point of use water filter. As a result, the flow rate of a Whole House Water Filter is too fast to filter out fluoride effectively.

To learn more about Whole House Water Filters, feel free to check out our collection and contact us if you have any questions.

We’d be thrilled to help.

 

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