house filter / installer recommendation

I am looking for an inexpensive water test kit for chlorine where the results are immediately available (no sending to lab). My primary concern with the water is the chlorine.

Ive had a quote from a company that would install a carbon water filter. This system needs access to a drain, uses fleck controls, and has a slight water flow reduction that should not be noticed. The filter needs to be changed every 18 months. I have a 3/4 main to my house and they use 1 inch parts through the entire system.

Im not sure if I want to just intsall the shower or tub filters because quite frankly I dont like the way they look with my showerbodies. Also, as this sounds anal, i dont even want to wash my clothes in water with chlorine.

However with that said if there was a small filter system that has a nice finish I would be inclined to check it out.

Also, I am in the NYC area and if anyone has recomendation for companies that primarily or only install water filters systems, I would appreciate it.

Thanks.
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Sodium thiosulfate is used to neutralize chlorine. It can be injected into the water stream with a proportioning pump. It is completely safe.

An easy-to-use good quality chlorine test kit is the Hach CN-66F. It measures free chlorine and costs about $42 from Hach and comes with 100 reagent units. Refills are about $13/100 tests.

You can probably use a cheaper "pool test kit" but it won't be as sensitive.

You can get a test kit that measures total chlorine as well. The only difference is the test reagent. You can use "total chlorine" reagent with the CN-66F, or you can buy a CN-66 and get 50 each reagent units for free and total chlorine.

would u happen to also have a recomendation on water filters also?

Bob NH said:

Sodium thiosulfate is used to neutralize chlorine. It can be injected into the water stream with a proportioning pump. It is completely safe.

An easy-to-use good quality chlorine test kit is the Hach CN-66F. It measures free chlorine and costs about $42 from Hach and comes with 100 reagent units. Refills are about $13/100 tests.

You can probably use a cheaper "pool test kit" but it won't be as sensitive.

You can get a test kit that measures total chlorine as well. The only difference is the test reagent. You can use "total chlorine" reagent with the CN-66F, or you can buy a CN-66 and get 50 each reagent units for free and total chlorine.

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