I run my humidifier all winter long, and I have noticed I have a ridiculous amount of dust! Could using tap water in my humidifier cause dust?
Should I use distilled water to prevent this?
I do not have central air, live in an apartment, and keep doors and windows closed.
I live in a regular apartment where you cannot located pipes easily, leave alone modifying them. Is it possible to use Trentatron water softner in an apartment? I am thinking of attaching these units to somewhere over the boiler inlet or maybe on the shower header? I badly need a water softening system.
I live in an apartment complex with no outside hose access, so I want to be able to run one through my kitchen faucet, or even my tub faucet. Are there any adapters for either of these?
My apartment has a water leak that leaks down from the 2nd story shower, through the floor, to the kitchen. The walls and floor are soaked. The landlord noticed a broken window on this wall, and I had no idea of it until he found it as I never use that window. Do you think pressure from the water, or swelling of the wall could have caused the window to crack?
If I go away for a week, the Texas summer is very hard on my potted plants (peppers, tomatoes, herbs) because I have no one to water them for me. I’ve tried googling for a potted plant slow-release watering system I can put into my plant (changing pots not an option, this would be temporary thing) but can’t find anything.
Everything is set up for a huge garden and I’m looking for a couple of plants in pots!
I need something I can stick into my plants, leave for the week, and then come back and still have alive, healthy plants.
Thanks!
I repeat, "I have no one to water them for me".
I thought this would be too long-winded to add to the original question, but this will be a gift for my fiance, who is currently mourning the loss of his usual summer potted plants because he had to leave for a week. Little rainfall in his area of Texas.
I’m quite certain there are water ration laws where he is that forbids water consumption during certain hours/days, and I doubt he has access to an outdoor hose faucet. It is also unsafe to have it running from inside his apartment, say through a window, while he is away from the premises.
This device from a garden store that you can attach to a 2 litre bottle of water sounds ideal. It’s what I’ve been trying to find online with no luck. Where can I order one?
Okay, so the water in my apartment is kind of weird tasting (it’s Philadelphia water, so that may be why) and I was looking for some way to make it taste better because I do drink a lot of water but it isn’t exactly cheap to be buying bottled water every week. Would a Brita filter make the water taste better, or is it ineffective as far as removing odd flavors from water? Also, which is better the PUR filter or the Brita filter? (If filters such as these don’t work, what can I do to make the water taste better?)
Eh, I think that would only mask it. Besides, I prefer just plain ice-cold water.
I have tried making tea and hot chocolate with the water and it still tastes funky anyway, so I think I would still be able to taste it even with those packets.
I rent an apartment in the upstairs of a house without a water softener. Not having soft water is really taking a toll on my long hair, and I was wondering- is there any way that I could make soft-water myself? My landlord refuses to spend the money on a softener for the house. I just want a tub or sink-full amount of water to wash my hair…is there any way to do this? or is there any type of small filter that attatches to a faucet or anything?
There an apartment complex next door to me that when their sprinklers turn on, the water collects in the nearby alley. This water remains there for about a week and gets dirty. What is the technical name of the collection of this water?
Can it be called swamped water?
Also, does can this water present any health issues to nearby residents?
They say that tap water is better than bottled water, both for us, and the environment. Here lies the problem. (I’m from NC btw) I used to drink straight from the sink or the fridge door. It tasted fine (like you would expect water to taste) and I almost replaced soda/tea/coffee entirely. I moved to TX (Killeen) and I can’t stand the water here! At first I could barely stand to take a shower in it but obviously I had to get used to it.(If I don’t keep the bathroom door open I still get that weird feeling like I’ve been in the pool too long) I tried attached a Pur filter to my tap, it didn’t really help. I took the filtered water and put it in a Brita pitcher… Nothing. I can still taste that chemically-cholriny gunk. I do buy water by the gallon rather than individual bottles, but I’d like to drink from the tap again. I can’t really modify my sink/plumbing area (yay apartment living). Other than the above filters and boiling water every time I get thirsty, what can I do? Buying all those gallons can’t be any better than buying Auqafina?
I checked the water reports available online for both my current city and my home. Home seems to have a lot less of most of the contaminants listed. *lightbulb*
I have no problem with drinking tap water usually, but in my apartment complex, you can often see the silt/residue in the water. So I got a water filter. Anyways, my pur filter seems to be expired (it blinks red, not green).
Is an expired water filter better than nothing, or is it adding more bacteria into my drinking water?
I really need a water softener… but I live in an apartment. Will that work?
I live in an apartment, and I cannot hook a water softener up to the plumbing due to my lease contract (and the way the plumbing is installed).
So I was wondering if I got a water softener and hooked a hose from the shower head that went to the input, and then another hose coming out and hooking to a shower head, would this work? Is it okay for the hot water to go through the water softener?
Thanks so much!
I’m looking for a pitcher water filter that will filter out the most contaminants possible. I was looking to purchase an Aquasana countertop filter for my apartment kitchen sink, but the ridiculous faucet/sprayer combo that’s on it won’t take a countertop filter. I don’t want to install an under-sink model, because it’s an apartment and I’m not interested in making that investment for something I move out of.
I’m skeptical of the Brita and PUR pitchers, they don’t seem to do much except improve taste. I’m not worried about taste – my water tastes fine – but our city water tests poorly (high levels of chlorine, higher levels of pharmaceuticals and medicines, high in metals).
Any suggestions? It’s hard to find unbiased review just looking through websites…
We have very hard water in our apartment. We bought a Pur Filter but that doesn’t help. I don’t use the water for my newborn’s formula, but I do use it to boil his bottle in. Is this harmful to him? What else can I do besides get a water softner? If the water is too bad, does my landlord have to get a softner?
Hi here, im moving soon, a huge move, a my mom packed our water filter (our apartment doesn’t have water coming straight from the refrigerater so we bought one of those Britta filters) And so for the next few weeks we’ll have to be drinking from the kitchen sink, could that be bad? Is it possible that could give us something? Probably just some stomach aches, but it’s always safe to ask. Thanks 
