Enjoy all your videos. Learning something from each one of them. Thanks for taking the time to make them. I am binge watching your stuff.😊
@Kingsmenhomes3 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff! Would be interested in seeing a deeper dive on the hybrid heat pump water heater particularly the AO smith models.
@TheVimeo3 ай бұрын
lovely video!
@adamr16373 ай бұрын
Very cool setup
@springtimeplumbing62403 ай бұрын
The piping is really straight, clean, and neat. One of my pet peeves. Since this is inside of a building, where the sun doesn't get to the plastic handles, I don't have a big problem with the plastic ball valves, as long as the installer was really careful with the glue. Since you are pulling out of a pond, I would be concerned with how quick those 4x20 cartridge filters are going to clog. Is there a reason you put the UV after the RO, instead of between the cartridge filters and the RO? Not an expert on water systems, but my understanding is that RO should be used as a final cleanup, with MAYBE a carbon filter to do a final polish. I would be concerned with bacteria growing on the surface of the RO filter, reducing efficiency. Not that it is a real problem, but those flexible tubes on top of the water heater are driving my OCD crazy. Just can't go there, hard pipe and fittings aren't that much more difficult or time consuming. One last little nitpick. Don't know code in your area, so maybe not applicable there. But PVC is not approved for indoor use under the code I work under.
@superspeeder3 ай бұрын
Good questions, I’m curious as well.
@JordanSmithBuilds3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment! - Pond - We have the piping installed to pull from the pond, but to complete that functionality, we will need to add a pump and dedicated pond water pre filter. -UV- I got that wrong! You are correct, the UV filter is the last step, after it has been stored. -PVC- We consider the water room to be part of the water service and not water distribution. Splitting hairs, right :)
@superspeeder3 ай бұрын
Very timely. I’m building right now, on a well, and really want whole house RO. I just don’t want to pay for it! 😂
@Laguna20133 ай бұрын
I need an 80 gal electric hot water heater with a cleanout door. I have heard of these but can't find one can you help me please? Thanks cool video
@TofuInc2 ай бұрын
I'm a big fan of RO but I would never have it as a whole house system. A lot of thought has to go into what is downstream from an RO system. It will leach any soft metals into the water from fittings, valves, etc. Eventually it will ruin them. Then there is also the maintenance aspect. Even with my dual membrane 500Gpd system used for the kitchen, I still have to replace one membrane per year to keep the product water TDS in check. Also not a fan of having the product water is an atmospheric vessel. I much prefer the pressurized tanks. I have 2 6 gallon tanks which gives me just under 9 gals of stored water, plenty for drinking water, ice, cooking, etc. The system shown the one other thing I would comment on, adding a carbon block "polishing" filter as the final stage after the UV. Especially with the plastic tank any off tastes to the water would be removed by the carbon filter.
@scottbrauckmuller37183 ай бұрын
You should not have a PVB inside of a structure! You will flood that room if that backflow preventer does what it's supposed to do. I've seen poorly designed sprinkler system with a bad values cause them to dump water out of them as system tries to cycle. If you want to keep backflow inside you need a RP with a dedicated drain.
@AndrewNaylors3 ай бұрын
Why did you add captions if KZbin gives the viewer to turn them on or off? Also, your captions messed up the words, so may as well just use KZbin auto captions.
@JordanSmithBuilds3 ай бұрын
Because I forgot to export as a CC file...
@bobnomura20683 ай бұрын
I woould have preferred 2 UV filters, one for before the 250 gal RO water storage, and one after.
@JordanSmithBuilds3 ай бұрын
I got the order wrong. The UV filter is the last step.
@bobnomura20683 ай бұрын
@@JordanSmithBuilds Yeah, I wouldn't want potential bacteria living in the RO storage tank.
@TimothyDSwieter3 ай бұрын
Whole house RO is nice, but it has its challenges. Any metal anywhere in the system, like hot water heaters or certain faucets or your toilet mechanicals will rust and breakdown. So One needs to be aware and set up all your plumbing devices to work with RO. Hot water heater has been my the hardest as the units in my house now have metal connections and I think the tank is metal too.
@JordanSmithBuilds3 ай бұрын
Good point for sure. We are running PEX throughout, so we should be fine in the walls, but will be keeping an eye on the appliances and fixtures.
@triaxe-mmb3 ай бұрын
Could you use the waste water to irrigate or will it be too mineral dense for that purpose? I am seriously considering a full RO system and I live in a water district in CA so my water costs are not insignificant - that percentage of waste water and costs is my biggest concern with using a whole house RO...we have really hard water where I am - RO would be perfect for me as I am really dislike the salt water softener but 20-25% extra on my monthly water bill is not insignificant tbh...also it could push me into a high user category and cause a higher overall billing rate doubled with consumption reduction requirements...but...if I can capture the waste water from RO into cisterns along with my rain water to irrigate my landscaping...then that should make the costs more palatable as my total water usage wouldn't really move a lot...or atleast that is the hope... Does anyone here have any thoughts on this? I am seriously considering contacting US Systems to talk it thru with them...
@JordanSmithBuilds3 ай бұрын
RO waste water is perfect for irrigation. You could couple it with a grey water irrigation system and have the best looking free irrigation on the block!
@techhealthandfood99523 ай бұрын
How can we reroute that waste of water to the bathrooms?
@triaxe-mmb3 ай бұрын
@@JordanSmithBuilds for a family of 5 in a 4bd/3.5 bath home with 2000sqft of habitable space - how much waste water could we expect? I had put in a perimeter French drain and rain gutter capture systems with 2 dry-wells last year due to crawlspace water intrusion issues but I am now thinking I could replace the drywall with a cistern...didn't think about when I did that work but I could rerout the waste water to these locations...hadn't thought of grey water either...can grey, RO waste water and French/rain gutter runoff all be stored in the same tank system or will they need to be separated? I would assume back flow preventers on the RO-Waste, Grey water diversion, and rain runoff lines should fix any contamination concerns back up the system right?
@triaxe-mmb3 ай бұрын
@@JordanSmithBuilds also, never considered grey water before this tbh...does that need specific approvals from cities? I guess I could call mine to find out...
@philiplacey54303 ай бұрын
Nice set up but that room should get painted before you do anything. This is the internet after all, and we have high expectations.
@JordanSmithBuilds3 ай бұрын
I profusely apologize! Wait till the internet sees the rest of the barn :0
@ColeSpolaric3 ай бұрын
Water softener and a carbon tank would have been good enough compared to the expense of the RO. Carbon filter will take out nitrates and other bad stuff.
@superspeeder3 ай бұрын
Water softeners are horrible, I grew up with one. In our new build which is on a well, I’m VERY motivated to not have a traditional water softener. The feeling of never rinsing clean in the shower and the constant hassle and expense of filling the softener are definitely good reasons to avoid them.
@ColeSpolaric3 ай бұрын
@@superspeeder I'm not sure how you feel like you never rinse clean. I've never had that problem in over 30 years. I'm on one now with city water and 2 people go through la bag a month. On a well it was like 2 to 3 bags a month.
@superspeeder3 ай бұрын
@@ColeSpolaric I believe it has to do with how hard the water is. If you’re on city water it’s likely softer and needs less salt, so the effect of not rinsing clean would be reduced. We’re going to be on a well, and though I haven’t yet had the water tested I’m pretty confident we will need to mitigate hard water based on talking to people in the area.
@ColeSpolaric3 ай бұрын
@@superspeeder I was on a well before though with water about 3x as hard as the city water that I'm on and never felt like I couldn't get clean. I wonder if you've had softeners that were set to use too much salt.
@superspeeder3 ай бұрын
@@ColeSpolaric that’s definitely possible, but if you do any research into softeners you’ll see undeniable evidence that my experience is not rare.
@navaho54303 ай бұрын
A couple of rainwater tanks works too.
@JordanSmithBuilds3 ай бұрын
I love rainwater! The gutters on this place are set up for rainwater collection, but the investment in the tank didn't seem worth it with three wells and the pond. Maybe in the future?
@Witcold3 ай бұрын
I thought that drinking reverse osmosis water might bring some health risks, at least according to WHO...
@spikeredvenom7583 ай бұрын
I work in a chemical lab and we use RO water on the regular for lab work. We do NOT drink it! Every chemist in the lab says drinking it is not a good idea.
@spikeredvenom7583 ай бұрын
We actually have specific water coolers for drinking water.
@aayotechnology3 ай бұрын
@@spikeredvenom758what’s wrong with RO water?
@superspeeder3 ай бұрын
@@aayotechnologyI’m curious as well. If they were an accepted health concern they wouldn’t be used specifically for drinking water.
@TimothyDSwieter3 ай бұрын
@@superspeeder I don't know anything about what WHO may have said. From my understanding on RO drinking water system is that before delivery you do put some know elements back into the water for taste and health. That is, my RO drinking system isn't straight RO.