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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 3366688" data-attributes="member: 10177">When it comes down to it Brita and other such filter systems does the job just fine as far as your body is concerned. Having your water filtered as well as a reverse osmosis system does is total overkill. Of no importance to your health whatsoever. Just marketing baloney.No one should allow themselves to be talked into buying these super expensive filter systems. Your body doesn't care. Really. In fact, some of the trace minerals and such may be needed by your body, so removing it may actually be bad.Not sure though. The last time I read credible studies it appeared that trace minerals (including metals in this) were mostly just passed through the bodies system. Apparently the molecular shape that is in water often cannot be absorbed by our body. It has to be obtained via plants, and in a few cases, from animals. Those molecualr formations our body can absorb.Yeah, you got burned. I learned long ago to take those "How to" classes offered at Home Depot and Lowes. It has saved me thousands of dollars over the years because I could do it myself. Fortunately I also know how to solder and wire a house because I used to do that kind of stuff on Navy ships.Most house work is easy. Like I reshingled my roof last year. Saved myself $2,000 in labor costs and about $400.00 in product mark up. Took me two days, with the help of my 3 kids, to lay down new roofing paper and shingles, including tearing up the old stuff. Fortunately there was no water damage making any wood to need replacing. Plus I found out the flashing was done very wrong. Plus they shingled the flat section fo my roof with normal shingles. Very bad, very unprofessional. No wonder why it was leaking. So I bought the proper material for flat roofing and tarred the heck out of it. (not too much, that can cause its own set of problems).This year it has been brought to my attention that the other house on my property was shingled the same way in the flat area. Fortunately when it started pouring water it was the area over the porch, not into the house.Yeah, professional pride in their work is a rare find. Learn to do it yourself. That way you know exactly how well, or badly, it was done.On a kitchen remodel the only thing I have pro's do is re hang/install cabinets. Thats it. I install the doors and hardware, I put on the counter, install the sink, etc... Hanging/installing them is the only area where skill and experience are worth the money.The only other bit of advice I can give for doing it yourself:Ever hear "Measure twice, cut once"? I would change that to "Measure three times and pray you only end up having to cut once."</blockquote>

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