One filter under the sink doing a finer job on the few litres a day you actually drink, feeding a dedicated tap or a three-way mixer.
Where it goes: In the cupboard under the kitchen sink, feeding a dedicated tap or a three-way mixer
An under-sink filter treats a fraction of the water a whole-house unit does, which is exactly why it can afford to treat it further.
The kettle. Chlorine does not boil away as completely as people assume, and it is the thing sitting under the taste of a good coffee. This is the change most people notice on day one.
What’s actually in Melbourne water, and what a filter does about it →
A cartridge and a tap is what most kitchens want. The other two are for a fridge line and for the small number of households with a contaminant a cartridge cannot reach.
One cartridge under the sink feeding a small filtered tap beside the mixer. Complete kit — cartridge, head, bracket, braided hose, dual check valve and bush.
A filter on the line feeding the fridge, so the ice and the chilled water come off real filtration rather than the manufacturer's own subscription cartridge.
The only thing here that removes dissolved salts, PFAS and pharmaceuticals. Slow, wasteful of water, and genuinely warranted only where there is a measured contaminant a cartridge cannot reach.
Same kit, same tap, same fitting. The only thing that changes is how fine the cartridge is — and finer is not automatically better.
The finest, for the fussiest water
What most kitchens want
Longest between changes
Priced at quote, not on the page. What it costs depends on where the main comes in and what the pipework needs, and a “from” figure with none of that behind it is bait.
Tell us the symptom — taste, smell, grit, dry skin, tank water — and we'll tell you which fitting addresses it. Including when the answer is a cheaper one.
One cartridge a year for a typical household, less if the fridge is running off it too. Ten-minute change and we show you how, because paying a plumber annually for a ten-minute job is a waste of your money.
Taste, smell, grit, cloudy water, dry skin, or just a general feeling that you'd rather not drink it straight. What you've noticed is the most useful diagnostic there is, and it usually points straight at which of the three is right.
~ 5 minMains or tank, what the pressure is doing, where the main comes in, and whether the cupboard under the sink has any room in it. On tank water we want to know about the roof and the tank as well, because that changes whether UV is warranted.
at the quoteIncluding when the answer is a cheaper unit than you asked about, or nothing at all. If your complaint is drinking water and you were about to buy whole-home filtration, we'd rather tell you that than take the bigger job.
within 12 hrsNot a handyman with a spanner. Filtration ties into your potable water supply, which means backflow protection and doing it to the standard. Same six-year workmanship warranty as anything else we fit.
install dayOn handover, on your unit, with you holding it. It's a ten-minute job once a year and there is no reason you should be paying anyone to come out and do it.
on handoverWe haven’t put a price on this page yet, deliberately. What the right unit costs depends on your water, your pressure and where it physically has to go, and a “from $X” with none of that behind it is bait.
Send the symptom and you’ll get a real figure with the reasoning attached — including the times the honest answer is a cheaper unit than the one you asked about.
Not necessarily. You can have a small dedicated filtered tap beside the existing mixer, which is the cheaper option and keeps your current tap. Or you can go to a three-way mixer that delivers hot, cold and filtered from the one spout, which looks better and is what most people pick once they've seen both.
About twelve months for a normal household, sometimes less if you drink a lot of water or the fridge is running off it too. Changing it takes about ten minutes and we show you how, because paying a plumber to do a ten-minute job every year is a waste of your money.
Yes, if the fridge is close enough to run a line to, which in most kitchens it is. It means the ice and the chilled water come off proper filtration, and you stop buying the fridge manufacturer's own cartridges.
If the problem is the taste of your drinking water, under-sink, and you'll spend a lot less. If the problem is chlorine smell in the shower, sediment in the toilet cistern, or you're on tank water, whole-home. Tell us what you've actually noticed and we'll tell you which one addresses it, including when the answer is neither.
Usually yes, because it's self-contained under the one sink and doesn't touch the building's shared plumbing. Worth a quick check of your body corporate rules first, but it's rarely an issue where a whole-home unit would be.
“Took the old gas Rinnai out, dropped in a Reclaim heat pump, sorted the VEU rebate so it came straight off the price. Bloke on the phone is the bloke on the tools, refreshing.”
“The VEU paperwork looked scary online. They filled it all in, I signed once at the quote and once on the day. Rebate was already in the price. Painless.”
“Quote number matched the invoice exactly. No 'we hit unexpected wiring' story at the end. Nice change.”
“Bedroom Mitsubishi went in before lunch. Neat pipework, brackets straight, temp checked before they left. Would use again for the lounge.”
“Took the old gas Rinnai out, dropped in a Reclaim heat pump, sorted the VEU rebate so it came straight off the price. Bloke on the phone is the bloke on the tools, refreshing.”
“The VEU paperwork looked scary online. They filled it all in, I signed once at the quote and once on the day. Rebate was already in the price. Painless.”
“Quote number matched the invoice exactly. No 'we hit unexpected wiring' story at the end. Nice change.”
“Bedroom Mitsubishi went in before lunch. Neat pipework, brackets straight, temp checked before they left. Would use again for the lounge.”
“Answered the phone myself, quoted the job, showed up to install the job. That trail of trust doesn't exist with most of the bigger mobs anymore.”
“Hot water died on a Sunday with three kids in the house. Answered the phone, had a temp loaner running by lunch, new iStore in on Tuesday. That's service.”
“A week after install they rang to check the heat pump was running quiet and the app was set up. First tradie who's ever followed up after payment cleared.”
“Answered the phone myself, quoted the job, showed up to install the job. That trail of trust doesn't exist with most of the bigger mobs anymore.”
“Hot water died on a Sunday with three kids in the house. Answered the phone, had a temp loaner running by lunch, new iStore in on Tuesday. That's service.”
“A week after install they rang to check the heat pump was running quiet and the app was set up. First tradie who's ever followed up after payment cleared.”
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“Walked me through the Milieu tablet, showed the wife how to use it, showed us the compliance cert. Ten minutes of teaching that other installers just skip.”
“Had three quotes for a ducted system. These guys were the only ones who actually crawled into the roof. Middle of the pack on price but installed cleaner than the others would have.”
“Full ducted retrofit over two days. When they left the roof cavity was tidier than they found it and the driveway had been swept. Small thing but it matters.”
“Walked me through the Milieu tablet, showed the wife how to use it, showed us the compliance cert. Ten minutes of teaching that other installers just skip.”
