RODI in an apartment?

OpenOcean33 · Feb 12, 2020

Hey, guys im moving from a house to an apartment. I currently use my RODI on my outside hose, however, my apartment will no have this option. After looking back at my apartment im going to be living in it appears that the sinks will no be able to attack to the RODI system. Any suggestions on how I could use it? Im not good with plumbing at all and would probably cause a flood lol. Driving to the store would be to much to buy water ever two weeks.

Peace River · Feb 12, 2020

One possibility -- on many sinks you can unscrew the aerator from the faucet and then screw in an adapter which will allow you to screw the RODI to your faucet (if your new apartment has a utility sink then you may be able to screw the RODI directly on to the faucet). From that point a concern is if you have enough water pressure at the faucet for your RODI to work effectively.

OpenOcean33 · Feb 12, 2020

Peace River said:
One possibility -- on many sinks you can unscrew the aerator from the faucet and then screw in an adapter which will allow you to screw the RODI to your faucet (if your new apartment has a utility sink then you may be able to screw the RODI directly on to the faucet). From that point a concern is if you have enough water pressure at the faucet for your RODI to work effectively.

I feel like this should have been a priority for apartment shopping ! lol they should have this as a check of like number o bedrooms lol. I am going to inspect it tomorrow and I am going to have to pray I see some attachment methods. Also I want to do something secure and within limits of my contract no plumbing or anything crazy. I don't have a utility sink just a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom thing going on. but the sink in the kitchen is like the hang over with the hose you can pull down, and the bathroom is like a slit so its like a waterfall style no nozzle. Maybe I can ask for less fancy appliances !

Biokabe · Feb 12, 2020

The pull-down faucet in your kitchen likely still has an aerator and may actually work with a faucet adapter. I had an RO/DI system in my apartment for years before I moved into my house, so it can certainly be done... just might require some homework.

theMeat · Feb 12, 2020

A saddle valve would be a good solution. If the pipes coming out of wall to sink are copper you can do this, and leave it hooked up

xxkenny90xx · Feb 12, 2020

Agreed, I used a faucet attachment from airwaterice for years.

xxkenny90xx · Feb 12, 2020

The meat, I had that adapter for a while, it was very hard to get the rodi hose onto the fitting but I got it. About a month later it shot off in the middle of the night and got water everywhere

W1ngz · Feb 12, 2020

theMeat said:
A saddle valve would be a good solution.

A saddle valve would work, but in a rental? Terrible idea popping holes into pipes and leaves you open to liability issues.

Any plumber will be able to install a T in the cold water feed under the kitchen sink.

theMeat · Feb 12, 2020

A saddle valve is not the safest of things. It depends on rubber to make the seal. If the screws that attach it to the pipe are tight it wil be good for decades. Sounds like something was wrong in your situation,,,

xxkenny90xx · Feb 12, 2020

Just my experience, I'm no plumber. I replaced with a John guest valve

theMeat · Feb 12, 2020

W1ngz said:
A saddle valve would work, but in a rental? Terrible idea popping holes into pipes and leaves you open to liability issues.

Any plumber will be able to install a T in the cold water feed under the kitchen sink.

You would leave the saddle valve there if you left so no leaking hole in the pipe. Could also get a plumber to solder the hole in the pipe, but likely no need.

could also get a tee that would go on the cold water supply hose for sink,

lilgrounchuck · Feb 12, 2020

My vote is the faucet attachment for the sink. In fact, that’s exactly what I do. Unscrew the screen on the faucet, screw in the thread adapter. I use the one for my python, but if you don’t have one petco carries an imagitarium brand one for a few bucks. Then I connect the RODI hose to the threaded adapter and turn on the faucet. If you have a giant tank, it might be a problem. Mine is only a 50 and quit making brute cans worth and now just do 5 gal buckets at a time: once a week to top off the ato, 4 gal on Saturday for my WC. It cut down on the amount of space required plus I don’t have to worry about the RODI leaking. If I make it in the bathroom I just stick the bucket and filter in the tub, and since it’s a 5 gal bucket it also all fits in a kitchen sink to catch any overflow if I forget to turn it off.

W1ngz · Feb 12, 2020

This is what you want if you cant attach to the faucet.

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vetteguy53081 · Feb 12, 2020

Saddle vale best bet otherwise screw in adapter with faucet fitting

theMeat · Feb 12, 2020

Faucet attachment works if you don’t mind attaching and disconnecting each time you use it, and not being able to use the sink

Osaurus · Feb 12, 2020

lilgrounchuck said:
My vote is the faucet attachment for the sink. In fact, that’s exactly what I do. Unscrew the screen on the faucet, screw in the thread adapter. I use the one for my python, but if you don’t have one petco carries an imagitarium brand one for a few bucks. Then I connect the RODI hose to the threaded adapter and turn on the faucet. If you have a giant tank, it might be a problem. Mine is only a 50 and quit making brute cans worth and now just do 5 gal buckets at a time: once a week to top off the ato, 4 gal on Saturday for my WC. It cut down on the amount of space required plus I don’t have to worry about the RODI leaking. If I make it in the bathroom I just stick the bucket and filter in the tub, and since it’s a 5 gal bucket it also all fits in a kitchen sink to catch any overflow if I forget to turn it off.

I was thinking the same thing, as that's what I did when we had an apartment. The OP said their kitchen faucet is a pull down sprayer type (not a typical aerator style) and the bathroom has a waterfall type faucet.

I think the OP's best bet is an inline angle stop adapter like W1ngs and theMeat posted.

OpenOcean33 · Feb 12, 2020

W1ngz said:
A saddle valve would work, but in a rental? Terrible idea popping holes into pipes and leaves you open to liability issues.

Any plumber will be able to install a T in the cold water feed under the kitchen sink.

yeah no risks for me here haha.

OpenOcean33 · Feb 12, 2020

I am going to be there tomorrow for inspections will take some pictures of the plumbing going on

theMeat · Feb 12, 2020

OpenOcean33 said:
I am going to be there tomorrow for inspections will take some pictures of the plumbing going on

Maybe an extra supply or tee or valve for ice maker. Take a look

lilgrounchuck · Feb 12, 2020

Osaurus said:
I was thinking the same thing, as that's what I did when we had an apartment. The OP said their kitchen faucet is a pull down sprayer type (not a typical aerator style) and the bathroom has a waterfall type faucet.

I think the OP's best bet is an inline T like W1ngs and theMeat posted.

Most bathroom faucets still have the screw ends though. Also, most shower heads just unscrew and you can use an adapter on the pipe coming out of the wall the same way.