Complete system - includes housing, initial cartridge, mounting brackets and spanner

The 20" Big Blue water filter is intended for whole house or industrial applications where high flow rates are required. The housings feature larger cartridges than our typical drinking water systems, thus enabling them to offer similar filtration performance, but without a noticeable drop in flow. 20" Models are generally suitable for most domestic installations, whereas 10" models are more suited to baths, apartments or houses with single occupants.

The carbon filter that removes chlorine is particularly suited to people that have allergies to chlorine, or have medical conditions such as psoriasis or eczema, which are aggravated by it. Bathing and showering actually draws moisture from the skin and chlorine helps increase the rate of this (in effect making your skin drier). Some people also believe that chlorine kills off some of the bacteria on your skin that may actually help with such conditions, thus preventing your body's (and nature's) natural responses to them.

Ingestion of Chlorine is also suspected to excaerbate some skin conditions, since some believe the chlorine in tap water (added as a disinfectant) destroys naturally occuring gut/bowel bacteria which help with skin and bone regeneration.

Our carbon filters, once installed, mean that your bath, shower, sinks, appliances (washing machines etc.) will all be free from the vast majority (in excess of 95%) of the typical amount of chlorine in your domestic supply. We can offer a specialist version of this system to specifically target Chloramine (Thames Water customers, and all of Scotland at present). Chloramine is an Ammonia/Chlorine compound, and whilst the 10" model can deal with this, really a 20" model is preferred (giving a longer contact time).

When compared to the cost of a shower filter (which are typically around £40) this is a much better solution.

Features:
1" or 1½" BSP threaded connectors
Sediment and/or chlorine removal for heavy duty/whole house applications
Available in 10" (heavy duty) or 20" (very heavy duty) models
Ideal for industrial applications
Suitable for domestic applications and whole house chlorine removal
Cartridges last six months each


Installation - basically it needs plumbing in somewhere close to where your water enters the property if you are going to filter your entire house. Typically, it can be installed using common compression fittings to 15mm or 22mm pipework without too much trouble, however, if you have no plumbing experience you may require assistance for the initial installation (changing cartridges is very simple and can be done yourself). The system should, in the vast majority of cases, take between 30 to 60 minutes to install in case you need to obtain a quotation from a local plumber prior to purchase. Cartridge changes are simple and do not require specialist assistance.