Sunday Tittle Tattle: You Had One Job…
I have something to add to the other week’s rant about bathroom fittings that aren’t fit for purpose – something that winds me up no end. And that is (drum roll please): hot and cold taps that have been put on the wrong way around. So the cold tap, marked “C”, runs hot and the hot tap, marked “H” runs cold. It drives me mad. And you’d be surprised – or perhaps not – at just how many sinks have wrong-way-round taps.
Why is this even a thing" How hard can it be to connect the cold tap to the cold pipe and the hot tap to the warm one" Correct me if I’m wrong, any plumbers who are reading, but surely it’s not the most complicated task in the world" I mean, there’s a 50/50 chance of getting it right even if you just guess. Which appears to be what many people who plumb their sinks in seem to do. (Maybe it’s DIY-ers who do it wrong. Who knows. I could be wrongly accusing an entire trade! They might turn up at my house waving their pipes in a threatening manner!) I realise it’s not a widespread or particularly serious problem (Back to Front Taps bring Britain to Standstill) but I’ve been to three houses recently that have all had back to front taps. Ornately etched with curly writing – Cold and Hot – but with the wrong bloody water spouting out. I’ve brushed my teeth with hot, washed my face with cold, waited for about three hours for the drinking w...
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