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Is it safe to drink water from a hose?

  • 11-03-2019 10:53am
    #1
    Mr_Man2121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭


    My kitchen tap is banjaxed so I'm filling up 5L water bottles from my garden hose and filtering it in a BRITA filter. Is this safe?


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  • #2
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,439 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Be grand


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Maybe take the hose off the outside tap?


  • #4
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,790 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Garden hoses are not food grade hoses, so I'd get that tap fixed very quickly or start using bottled water.


  • #5
    irisheddie85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 762 ✭✭✭irisheddie85


    Go into the attic and see how much crap is in the water storage tank. Then fix your kitchen tap


  • #6
    Tacklebox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 419 ✭✭Tacklebox


    Just be careful you're not picking batwings and mice fluff from your teeth, otherwise you'll be ok..

    All joke's aside, it may have a slightly rubber taste from it but if it's clean water you'll be ok


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  • #7
    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    Is it off the mains or from attic? I'm going to guess mains..


    Its most likely the same water you drink from your kitchen tap.. but through a hose.. fill direct from the tap the hose is fitted to if it bothers you


  • #8
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,331 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    irisheddie85 wrote: »
    Go into the attic and see how much crap is in the water storage tank. Then fix your kitchen tap

    my outdoor tap is straight off the mains, and I think that's been the case in previous houses I've lived in. I would take the hose off and get the water straight from the outdoor tap though.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    See if you stop the flow of the water with your finger,tank fed taps are easy to stop the water flowing from.


  • #10
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    irisheddie85 wrote: »
    Go into the attic and see how much crap is in the water storage tank. Then fix your kitchen tap

    Cold kitchen tap and garden tap are mains supply only and drinkable, unless somebody plumbed it wrong.


  • #11
    jeepcj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭jeepcj


    irisheddie85 wrote: »
    Go into the attic and see how much crap is in the water storage tank. Then fix your kitchen tap

    Most outside taps come off the. mains line coming in to the kitchen so should be fresh water, not tank water from the attic.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    jeepcj wrote: »
    Most outside taps come off the. mains line coming in to the kitchen so should be fresh water, not tank water from the attic.

    Good rule of thumb don’t trust anyone or anything till proven otherwise.


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