how difficult is it to install/uninstall reverse osmosis system?

[Igignokt]

I rent, have about two months left before I move out and am finishing some flowering. I've wanted reverse osmosis for awhile, but am unsure if I'm capable of installing it, only to uninstall it 2 months later.

should I do it? What does it require? I mean, of course I should do it, but is it a project ill get around to if i buy one?

 

[herbal essences]

I could be totally wrong, but I thought you just plug a hose into one of those things? no?

 

[Guest]

Hi Igig,

Depending on the style of RO system, more or less work is required. The style most suited for your situation would be a RO system just as herbal essences was illustrating. They are simple stand alone devices, and depending on the model can have different flowrates/amounts of membranes ect....

These simply have a clean line, a waste line and a feed line (garden hose attachment or 1/4'). The feed lines vary by manufacturer, but there are plenty of adapters to fit your needs at a local hardware store. They can be hooked up to a sink, shower head, spigot, ect... A small amount of plumbers tape around the seal can help stop small leaks if the pressure on the feed line is too great, or simply adjusting the water pressure can help.

The other type of RO system is made to be installed somewhere in the house and connects directly to a water line. Still easy to hook up and take out, but a bit more work involved. It is simply an RO system in that the consumer wishes to leave as a more perm. fixture.

They will both accomplish the same purpose, but for your situation you will want to look into a RO system similar to the one first discussed. Not dropping names, but a "hydro logic" or something similar will do just fine. They can be attached to a water supply (feed line) within seconds, and removed just as fast. Use pressure fittings when possible.

Hope this helps

 

[been]

It's a simple as screwing on the tube to a garden hose attachment. What you do with it from there is up to you.

 

[Pharma Geddon]

The ones for permanent install are usually connected to the cold water pipe by piercing it. you clamp the fitting to the copper water pipe then screw in the piercing bit and there's a needle valve for flow control. Plumbers tape needed for the screw thread holding the feed line but the piercing/seal arrangement works very well, had mine for 6 years and no leaks.

When you move, the connection fitting has to be left behind unless you want to turn the water off and change out a piece of copper pipe. Unless you are refitting the unit within days I wouldn't bother as the membrane is suseptable to airbourne microbes and you'd need to get another membrane to be on the safe side.

 

[Pseudo]

the piercing fittings suck, i use a 1/4" brass nipple that threads on a hose bib and step it down to the fridge line right by my RO, but honestly if its only 2 months just wait till you move