L1-P water softener and filter - London

Patrick Aldis

Hi,

I'm thinking about purchasing an L1-P at some point over the next 12 months and have a query over water softening.

I live in south London (very hard water) and would like to fit a water softener to my flat for all water (bathroom, kitchen etc) for the obvious benefits you get from having softened water for washing etc.

My question is, if I get the softener, will the L1-P also be ok with softened water with no further filtering, or should I also add in some sort of carbon filter for the L1-P to remove any other impurities? If so, are there any reasonably priced filter solutions you recommend, id rather a decent sized unit under the sink than a small in-line one like the ones you sell.

Thanks

Patrick

Frans Goddijn

In this folder you can see the filter setup I have:

http://kostverlorenvaart.nl/temp/koffie/bwt-premium/

A generic 'softener' for the entire household would probably take out the carbonate that could form sediments in the washing machine etc but it would not improve / take out the taste of chlorine etc.

Reiss Gunson

hi patrick

whole of house softening/reverse osmosis is not something we get involved in, but i completely agree that it is the way to go

i would start with google, or failing that a local plumbing merchant like plumbing world - it is a niche business in itself and we are not qualified to advise on it

kind regards



reiss.

Patrick Aldis

Thanks for this, I will look those up.

Patrick Aldis

Reiss Gunson post=10755 wrote: hi patrick

whole of house softening/reverse osmosis is not something we get involved in, but i completely agree that it is the way to go

i would start with google, or failing that a local plumbing merchant like plumbing world - it is a niche business in itself and we are not qualified to advise on it

kind regards



reiss.

Thanks. I was just curious what and if the people on this forum used if anything.

Alex Ferdi

This probably isn't that helpful but in currently living in east London which has ridiculously hard water and running an L1-P. I'm using a brita aquella large filter and there are copious water marks on the machine so it is definitely not cutting it. I've just realised it has a bypass function effectively letting some hard water through so I've just disabled that. I'm waiting for the whole boiler to recycle which obviously will take a while at home and I'll update you!


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Alex Ferdi

It seems to me that a reverse osmosis is probably the way to go for London but I'll see if I can avoid it


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Frans Goddijn

At the recent Horecava trade show in Amsterdam I had a chat with Ronny Billemon. He is a coffee enthusiast and his business is selling water filters. Later this month he will give a presentation about coffee & water in a city nearby so I plan to go see that.

I use a different water filter system so I have no business interest and I provide his contact info in case you want his view on your filtration options:

Ronny Billemon, WQA Master Water Specialist
Area Sales & Key Account Manager
EVERPURE • SHURFLO Foodservice
Pentair Water Quality Systems
Toekomstlaan 30
2200 Herentals, Belgium
Mobile +32474985182
Office +3214283510
[email protected]
www.pentairfoodservice.eu
www.pentair.com