2006-10-11 22:49:40 · 20 answers · asked by spikycacti 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Everyone is trying to be clever saying their taps turn in two dirctions. Obviously, haven't read the question which asks why they turn ON in one direction. In fact they don't, some of the Water Boards' 'taps', (stop and gate valves), turn in the opposite direction. But it is just a convention that is accepted for domestic premises so that blind peolple know which way to turn the tap. This is also the reason hot taps should always be fitted on the left.
2006-10-12 09:57:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine twist in two directions: one way to turn them on, and the other way to turn them off. At the risk of boring you to death, some single taps turn one direction for hot water, and the other direction for cold water.
I suspect that I am boring you to death because certainly my own boredom threshold has been breached. At least I gained a few points out of it. And that.
2006-10-12 06:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by Mrs B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine all turn in two direction - one way for ON, the other for OFF. What would you want a third direction for? - OR are you seeking a tap with a centre off position? Clever stuff that.........
2006-10-12 06:05:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
taps don't twist they turn and they turn in both directions on and off
2006-10-12 07:46:28 · answer #4 · answered by P felix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
taps twist is two direction. cloclwise to turn off, anti-clock wise to turn on
2006-10-12 05:53:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You bunch of idiots, try reading the question, before you diss someone, and the answer is.....it can be in either direction, that isn't what matters, it's the screw action that turns on the water, as you unwind the screw it allows water to pass. ignore the others, small minded people.
2006-10-12 06:28:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't, they twist in two directions. One to open, the other to close.
2006-10-12 05:53:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Taps are no different to anything else that uses a screw, clockwise to tighten and vice-versa, So to turn off you rotate clockwise.
Left -hand threads are only used where nothing else will do., and that applies to everything.
2006-10-12 08:45:15 · answer #8 · answered by xenon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typical female! they ask the stupidest questions! They do only twist in one direction, to turn them on, but they only turn in one direction to turn them off!!!
2006-10-12 05:59:01 · answer #9 · answered by David D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Blind and other handicapped people need to know which direction turns hot and cold water on and off.
2006-10-12 06:16:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋