Under-sink water filter installation in Leicester
Getting an under-sink drinking water filter fitted in Leicester — what it costs, whether you could do it yourself, and where the job stops being DIY.
Moderately hard
Severn Trent Water
Water in Leicester
- Leicester is supplied by Severn Trent and generally sits in moderately hard to hard territory.
- Local supply draws substantially on reservoirs including Rutland Water, one of the largest artificial lakes in England.
- Leicester falls into the band where the softener-versus-inhibitor decision genuinely depends on the household rather than being obvious, which makes an actual hardness test more useful here than in places where the answer is clear.
- The city has a very large and diverse food sector, and commercial kitchen water treatment is a substantial local trade.
- Leicester's extensive Victorian terraced housing presents the usual constraints on under-sink installations: limited space and much-altered pipework.
Your water is moderately hard — worth protecting the boiler, not much more.
Scale will build up slowly on heated surfaces. A scale inhibitor on the boiler is proportionate and inexpensive, and some manufacturers start asking for one around this level. A softener is still difficult to justify on cost. Test your own tap before deciding — at this level the exact figure matters.
Who supplies Leicester
Water company boundaries do not follow council boundaries. Check your postcode for the supplier at your address.