Our mains water is foul. Very heavily chlorinated and extremely "hard". I'm sorting the hardness issue by fitting a water softener as part of the kitchen refurb, but bearing in mind the requirement to have an unsoftened supply in the kitchen, and the levels of chlorination, I was thinking about fitting a tri-flow tap and an inline filter to remove the chlorine. Anyone know anything about these? How long do the filters last? How much do they cost? Do they soften as well as remove chlorine, and if so, how does that fit in with the requirement for an unsoftened supply? I expect we'll get a Franke tap, but who makes a good filter? And is the water that comes out of them any more drinkable than what goes in?
There's an extraordinary amount of woo on the web about these, so I'd appreciate some sensible comment from you lot.