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Restored Victorian terrace houses with iron lace balconies on a leafy Balmain street, illustrative residential scene
Water filtration · Balmain

Water filters & installation Balmain

Purified water for your home. Installed and serviced by your local licensed plumber.

Pure HomeWhole house filtrationPure Home ↗From $3,850 installed
  • Water at every tap. Whole house filtration.
  • Licensed installation. Supply and GST included.
  • Lifetime warranty. With annual servicing.
Balmain · Inner West · 2041

Your local licensed plumber and water filter installer in Balmain.

Water filter installation in Balmain, NSW 2041, comes from our Croydon Park base, about 8 km away in the Inner West. Jean-Paul Barbar, NSW licensed plumber 461511C, supplies and fits systems backed by our lifetime warranty with annual servicing. Pure Flow starts at $810 installed, reverse osmosis at $1,180 and whole house at $3,850. Call 0430 546 749.

  • Lifetime warrantyWith annual servicing

  • 5.0 on GoogleSydney homes like yours

  • Sydney basedInstalled and serviced by us

  • Licensed installNSW licence 461511C

Call us now0430 546 749
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Your local plumber, at your door.

How it works

  1. 1Tell us about your homeA photo of the space helps.
  2. 2Your fixed price, in writingBefore anything is booked.
  3. 3Installed and walked throughTested, explained, serviced yearly.
Find your fit

Water filters for
Balmain homes.

Where do you want pure water?

Filtered at the mains. Every tap, shower and appliance in the house.

Reverse osmosis under the sink. Purified water at the kitchen tap.

Every tap filtered, plus purified drinking water in the kitchen.

A cutaway of a two storey Sydney home. A whole house system sits at the mains and a reverse osmosis system under the kitchen sink. The shower, bath, basins, laundry and kitchen tap are marked. At the mainsKitchen tapUnder the sinkLaundryBasinsShowerBath
  • At the mains
  • Kitchen tap
  • Under the sink
  • Laundry
  • Basins
  • Shower
  • Bath

Filtered Purified

Whole house water filtration in Balmain

Under sink and reverse osmosis in Balmain

Water filter packages for Balmain homes

Pure Home

Three stage whole house filtration. Every tap and shower.

From $3,850installed

Servicing $770 a year

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What's included
  • Three full size stages at the mains, with catalytic carbon for Sydney’s chloramine. Filtered water at every tap and shower.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Annual professional servicing is $770 a year. It keeps your lifetime sealed system and replacement labour cover active.
See Pure Home in full ↗
22 colours

Pure Home Reserve

Whole house filtration in a cabinet in your colour.

From $5,150installed

Servicing $770 a year

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What's included
  • Pure Home filtration in a powder coated cabinet, in 22 colours matched to COLORBOND®.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Annual professional servicing is $770 a year. It keeps your lifetime sealed system and replacement labour cover active.
See Pure Home Reserve in full ↗

Pure Flow

Three in one inline filtration. Keeps your kitchen mixer.

$810installed

Servicing $390 a year

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What's included
  • Three in one inline filtration on the cold supply to the kitchen mixer you already have.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Uses your existing kitchen mixer.
  • Annual professional servicing is $390 a year. It keeps your lifetime sealed system and replacement labour cover active.
See Pure Flow in full ↗

Pure Essential

Four stage reverse osmosis. Purified water on tap.

$1,180installed

Servicing $580 a year

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What's included
  • Four stage neutralising reverse osmosis with a storage tank and its own chrome filtered tap.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Storage tank and chrome filtered tap included.
  • Annual professional servicing is $580 a year. It keeps your lifetime sealed system and replacement labour cover active.
See Pure Essential in full ↗

Pure Plus

Five stage alkaline reverse osmosis. Minerals back in.

$1,280installed

Servicing $600 a year

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What's included
  • Five stage alkaline reverse osmosis. Purified water, with the good minerals back in.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Chrome filtered tap included.
  • Annual professional servicing is $600 a year. It keeps your lifetime sealed system and replacement labour cover active.
See Pure Plus in full ↗

Pure Premium

Seven stage hydrogen rich alkaline reverse osmosis.

$1,590installed

Servicing $650 a year

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What's included
  • Seven stage hydrogen rich alkaline reverse osmosis. Magnesium, potassium and hydrogen back in.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Chrome filtered tap included.
  • Annual professional servicing is $650 a year. It keeps your lifetime sealed system and replacement labour cover active.
See Pure Premium in full ↗

Pure Luxe

Smart five stage alkaline reverse osmosis.

$2,290installed

Servicing $680 a year

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What's included
  • Smart five stage alkaline reverse osmosis, with live water quality on the display and quick change cartridges.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Chrome filtered tap included.
  • Annual professional servicing is $680 a year. It keeps your lifetime sealed system and replacement labour cover active.
See Pure Luxe in full ↗

Deluxe Home

Pure Home, Pure Premium and a three way mixer.

From $6,290installed

First year of servicing free

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What's included
  • Pure Home at the mains, Pure Premium seven stage reverse osmosis under the sink and a premium three way mixer.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Your first annual service is free, then $1,320 a year. Annual servicing keeps your lifetime cover active.
See Deluxe Home in full ↗

Deluxe Home Reserve

Pure Home Reserve, Pure Luxe and an Antique three way mixer.

From $8,640installed

First year of servicing free

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What's included
  • Pure Home Reserve at the mains, Pure Luxe reverse osmosis under the sink and an Antique three way mixer.
  • The system, fittings and licensed installation, GST included.
  • Your first annual service is free, ongoing servicing confirmed with your quote. Annual servicing keeps your lifetime cover active.
See Deluxe Home Reserve in full ↗

Not sure? We help you choose or call 0430 546 749.

Balmain homes

Water filter installation for Balmain’s peninsula homes

Balmain’s peninsula brings Victorian and Edwardian homes together with cottages, terraces and apartments. Darling Street forms its main shopping street, passing the town hall and historic post office. Around Mort Bay, the former dock site is now parkland, while apartment developments on former industrial sites add another layer to the suburb’s housing.

Jean-Paul helps match your preferred water coverage with the kitchen and household connections. Compare filtered cold water at the existing mixer, a dedicated purified drinking outlet or filtration serving taps and showers. He checks the installation position and relevant property requirements, then fits the chosen system and explains operation, annual care and lifetime warranty conditions.

A kitchen choice within a heritage home

Balmain’s Victorian and Edwardian homes form an established part of the peninsula. For drinking and cooking, compare Pure Flow at the existing mixer with purified water from a separate reverse osmosis tap. The distinction is the treatment and outlet arrangement you want in your own kitchen.

Apartment living on a former industrial site

Residential developments at former industrial sites contribute to Balmain’s mix of apartments and houses. Apartment households can begin with the water they use at the sink. Pure Flow keeps filtered cold water at the existing mixer, while reverse osmosis creates a dedicated purified drinking point.

Balmain local insights

  1. 01Historic houses and newer apartmentsBalmain includes Victorian and Edwardian housing as well as apartments, with the former Lever Brothers site redeveloped into residential complexes retaining some original buildings.
  2. 02Darling Street and Mort BayDarling Street is Balmain’s main shopping thoroughfare, while Mort Bay Park occupies the site of the former Mort’s Dock on the harbour.
  3. 03About 8 km from our baseBalmain is approximately 8 km from the Croydon Park base, where Jean-Paul arranges water filter supply, licensed installation and annual servicing.
Which system suits your home

Choosing a water filter
in Balmain.

Every tap and showerA Pure Home Reserve whole house system in its cabinet beside the entry of a Sydney home

Whole house water filtration in Balmain

Pure Home brings filtration to incoming household water serving connected taps, showers and appliances. Its catalytic carbon targets chloramine, extending treatment beyond the drinking outlet in your Balmain kitchen. Pure Home Reserve provides the same whole house coverage with a powder coated cabinet around the equipment, offering another presentation for the wider household system.

Whole house filtration ↗
Keeps your kitchen mixerA filtered water mixer pouring a glass at a kitchen sink

Under sink water filtration in Balmain

Pure Flow supplies filtered cold water through the mixer already in your Balmain kitchen. With the filtration equipment under the sink, drinking and cooking stay at the familiar tap. There is no additional drinking outlet to introduce, so you can compare that arrangement with the separate tap used by reverse osmosis.

Under sink filters ↗
Purified drinking waterA reverse osmosis system installed under a kitchen sink

Reverse osmosis water filtration in Balmain

For a dedicated purified drinking point, reverse osmosis uses a membrane beneath the kitchen sink. Pure Essential and Pure Plus cover everyday use, while Pure Premium adds hydrogen and minerals. Pure Luxe includes a live water quality display. Balmain households can compare those features alongside the dedicated tap arrangement they share.

Reverse osmosis ↗

Not sure which suits your Balmain home? Compare whole house and under sink filtration ↗

Your water

What is in Balmain’s water?

Sydney Water treats the drinking supply serving Balmain. Chlorine and chloramine help protect that water through the network, and can contribute to taste or smell when you use it at home. Sydney water is safe, but not pure. Filtration provides a choice of treatment and outlet coverage. Balmain’s dockside history and older housing do not establish what is present at an individual tap, so a specific concern needs its own assessment.

Filtered water poured into a glass at a kitchen tap
  1. Treated for the citySydney Water treats the supply so it stays safe.
  2. Through the networkChlorine and chloramine travel with it to your street.
  3. At your tapYour own pipes and taps are the last stretch.
Water filter servicing in Balmain

Installed once.
Cared for every year.

Covered for life. Your sealed system and replacement labour, while you are serviced with us every year.

  1. Installed
  2. Year 1
  3. Year 2
  4. Year 3
  5. Year 4
  6. For life
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Every yearly visit includes

  • Booked and recordedWe arrange your yearly visit with you and keep your service record current.
  • Fresh cartridges, full checkEvery scheduled cartridge replaced, and the whole system checked and tested.
  • Same local team in SydneyThe team that installed it comes back and keeps it running.
Lifetime coverSealed system and replacement labour, covered.Read the warranty ↗
Cover conditions

Housings, manifold and sealed system components have lifetime cover while the service conditions are met. Valves, wear parts, cartridges and electronics have separate terms.

Cover depends on installation through Filters For You, annual servicing and the original installation address. Full conditions and your consumer rights remain in the warranty terms.

Pure Essential may need interim prefilter changes. Your quote confirms the schedule and any additional costs.

Yearly servicing costs in Balmain

  • Pure Home$770a year
  • Pure Home Reserve$770a year
  • Pure Flow$390a year
  • Pure Essential$580a year
  • Pure Plus$600a year
  • Pure Premium$650a year
  • Pure Luxe$680a year
  • Deluxe HomeFirst year freethen $1,320 a year
  • Deluxe Home ReserveFirst year freethen quoted with you

From homes we have helped.

Customers share their experience of Filters For You in Sydney.

“Found this one after specifically searching for a system that removes chloramine, not just chlorine. Nice people to deal with and very happy with the installation.”

Jun YinGoogle review

“Wow what difference! Honestly amazing service from Jean-Paul.”

Jade DanielleGoogle review

“Great to deal with, quality work. Highly recommend.”

Jye O'NeilGoogle review

“Fantastic home filters. Clean and easy to deal with. Highly recommend.”

Oliver AlameriGoogle review

“Now that’s water! I don’t have to buy bottled water anymore. We upgraded our filtration system and what a difference.”

Mandy BoustaniGoogle review

“Jean-Paul came for a free inspection and provided everything I needed to make the right decision.”

Sergio ZambranoGoogle review

“Extremely knowledgeable and professional service. With an easy installation and complete satisfaction with the product supplied.”

Brendan TinkGoogle review

“Absolutely fantastic experience! They were professional, extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and made the whole process seamless.”

GeorgiaGoogle review

“From start to finish the interaction, communication and experience was positive, fast and comprehensive.”

Scott PurseyGoogle review

“Our water quality is absolutely great! I would recommend this to absolutely everyone who is looking to focus on their health more.”

Irene EvansGoogle review
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Installed in Balmain & nearby

Water filter installation
near Balmain.

Balmain shares its peninsula with Balmain East, Birchgrove and Rozelle, with Leichhardt and Glebe a short drive across the bays. Tap a suburb for its page.

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Your installation

Book water filter
installation in Balmain.

Tell us where and what. We call to confirm your date and your price in writing.

  • Lifetime warrantyWith annual servicing

  • 5.0 on GoogleSydney homes like yours

  • Sydney basedInstalled and serviced by us

  • Licensed installNSW licence 461511C

Rather talk it through?Call us now0430 546 749

Where's home?

Suburb or postcode.

When would you like it installed?

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Your request is with us. We call to confirm your installation date and your price in writing.

Planning your Balmain installation

Terraces, cottages and harbourside apartments

Around four in ten Balmain homes are terraces or townhouses, and a similar share are apartments. Much of the Victorian and Edwardian housing sits in a heritage conservation area, so we plan around what is already there. Under sink systems suit tight terrace kitchens because nothing is fitted outside. A whole house system goes where the water service enters the property, so we check that space first.

Send a photo of the kitchen cupboard, or the meter and the wall beside it for whole house. For an apartment, let us know about strata approval and parking.

What happens on installation day?

We confirm the system, the tap finish and your fixed price before we book. On the day we connect the agreed system, test it and show you how it works and how it is cared for. Narrow Balmain streets can make parking tight, so tell us where we can pull up.

A new tap hole in a stone benchtop only happens with your agreement. Annual professional servicing replaces the scheduled cartridges and keeps your service record current. Read the maintenance guide.

Balmain water
filter questions.

Straight answers before you choose.

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Who installs water filters in Balmain?

Filters For You installs water filters across Balmain from our base in Croydon Park, about 8 km away. Jean-Paul Barbar is our founder and NSW licensed plumber, licence 461511C. We confirm the details of your installation before anything is booked. Call 0430 546 749.

How much does water filter installation cost in Balmain?

For a Balmain home, Pure Flow is $810 installed and reverse osmosis starts at $1,180 with Pure Essential. Whole house filtration starts at $3,850 with Pure Home and $5,150 with Pure Home Reserve. Deluxe Home starts at $6,290 and Deluxe Home Reserve at $8,640. Every price includes supply, licensed installation and GST, and we confirm your fixed price in writing.

What is the best water filter for a Balmain home?

Start with where you want the water. In most Balmain terraces and apartments that is the kitchen, where Pure Plus five stage alkaline reverse osmosis is $1,280 installed and Pure Essential starts reverse osmosis at $1,180. For every tap and shower in a freestanding home, Pure Home starts at $3,850. See our guide to the best water filter for a Sydney home.

Which system suits a home in Balmain?

A terrace with a compact kitchen usually suits an under sink system, because nothing needs to go outside. A freestanding house with space at the water service can take whole house filtration. We look at your plumbing, space and access before we recommend anything, rather than going by the age of the home.

Will an under sink system fit my kitchen?

Most kitchens fit an under sink unit, and reverse osmosis also needs room for a small tank. A photo of the open cupboard and your tap shows us the space and connections. In a Balmain apartment, check whether strata needs to approve a new tap hole.

Do I need a licensed plumber to install a water filter in Balmain?

Yes. Connecting a filter to the water service in your home is plumbing work, and in NSW that needs a licence. Jean-Paul Barbar holds NSW plumbing licence 461511C. We check pressure, isolation and the position of the system, then test the installation before we leave.

How soon can you install in Balmain?

Send us your address and the system you like, and we confirm it suits your Balmain home. We then offer the next available appointment. You do not need to have picked a model before you get in touch.

Is Sydney tap water safe to drink?

Yes. Sydney Water treats Balmain’s supply to meet the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. Sydney’s water is safe, but it is not pure. The chlorine or chloramine that keeps it safe can affect taste and smell, which is why a lot of families filter at home. We never assume what is in your water from your postcode. Is Sydney tap water safe?

Does whole house replace reverse osmosis?

No, they do different jobs. Whole house filtration helps reduce chlorine, sediment and microplastics in the water coming into the home, for every tap and shower. Reverse osmosis gives you purified water for drinking and cooking at the kitchen. The Deluxe packages put the two together.

What does the lifetime warranty cover?

The sealed system and covered replacement labour are covered for life while the system is serviced with us every year. Valves and wear parts have their own terms. The full conditions are in our lifetime warranty.