my hubby and I disagree, he says the whole house (15 years old built by a prominent builder) was plumbed backwards. under all sinks the hot is on the right and the cold on the left. I say this is the standard he says the hot should be on the left.
2006-10-16 17:46:41 · 13 answers · asked by tncookspc 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
To be a plumber you must remember three things:
Hot on the Left
Cold on the Right
And **** always runs downhill. :)
2006-10-17 07:41:30 · answer #1 · answered by usaf.primebeef 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
[edit]+1 on Peter W's comments, he's right on the money. Also +1 on the Moen faucet; in the homeless shelter where I work, when the cruddy old Symmons faucets wear out I replace them with Moens. $500 for installation? What's the plumber going to do with the other $450 worth of labor? Changing a faucet is nothing, it takes maybe a half-hour if you've done it before. Your first one will take a little longer but really it isn't a big deal. Turn off the shutoff valves under the sink. Undo the water supply lines that go up from the valves to the faucets. Undo the water supplies at the top, where they go into the faucets. Undo whatever is securing the faucets to the underside of the sink. You can now remove the faucets. Pop out the center hole plug. Take a water supply line and that center plug with you to the store and compare the diameter of the plug with that of your new faucet's spout body, where the body will go through the sink. Gotta be sure the new spout will go through the hole. If it will go through, keep going. If not, you may have to shop around and find something a bit more specialized, or resign yourself to a new sink. Find new supply lines at least as long as your old ones. Go ahead and get the flexible ones, they're super easy to install and work very well in my experience. They make the rest of the installation so much easier. NOTE: if yours is a pedestal sink or something similar in which the water lines are exposed, you may want to install chromed water lines instead. Slightly more difficult but not impossible. You'll need a small pipe cutter to adjust for length, a couple of compression fittings and ferrules. Talk to the guy in plumbing aisle, he'll walk you through it. When cutting the supply line to length, cut a little long. You can always make it shorter, but it doesn't stretch at all. Spread center faucets are a snap. One knob over here, one knob over there, spout in the middle. Supplies up from below, controlled lines from below the valves to below the spout. New ones are practically plug-and-play, just follow the directions. Your example includes a new drain, go ahead and install that too while you're in there. Your sink will look brand new and completely different while still looking like the sink it's always been: a big change but not so shocking you don't recognize it. Like seeing your mom for the first time after a big makeover. This is nothing to do. It's nearly 10:00a right now, and I could do three between now and lunch and not be rushing. It's also pretty rewarding. NOTE: you may have to buy some tools to get the job done, but it's never a bad idea to own some tools. Good luck and have fun with it!
2016-03-28 12:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hubby is correct...Standard plumbing has hot on left and cold on right.
Proof in wikipedia:
In some countries there is a 'standard' arrangement of hot/cold taps: for example in the United States the hot tap is generally on the left. This convention applies in the UK too, but many installations exist where it has been ignored. Mis-assembly of some single-valve mixer taps will exchange hot and cold even if the fixture has been plumbed correctly.
Now...my advice is to put on something sexy, fix a couple of drinks and go to him while he is plumbing and suggest a good way to apologize. I can think of a few.
2006-10-16 17:55:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Normally the right tap is cold and the left is hot. However, this depends on whoever installed the taps and the lines to them. I have an old house where I'm putting in nicer new taps (in the style of the house) but I have one sink where the lines are reversed - which of course I'll be fixing when I get around to that one. Nowadays with the nice flexible hoses you use to install taps to lines, there's no reason for that anymore.
2006-10-16 17:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by dreamcatweaver 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The national building code in the United States requires that the hot water be on the left side facing the faucet.
2006-10-16 17:56:31 · answer #5 · answered by carol and john wayne 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your hubby is right the hot is on the left and the cold is on the right.
2006-10-16 17:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chalk one up for the hubby. Hot should be on the left facing the faucet.
2006-10-16 17:52:13 · answer #7 · answered by crack rabbit 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All "HOTS" are on the left, and that applies to anything that has two outlets.
Interesting one I heard was a partially sighted person who got scalded in a hotel shower because the "Hot" was on the right, he won a substantial amount of dosh.
2006-10-17 03:38:45 · answer #8 · answered by xenon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hot on the left cold on the right general rule except when the hot waster from the tub is closet then ...hot is against the wall
2006-10-16 18:14:42 · answer #9 · answered by Randy K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hot on left cold on right
2006-10-17 00:43:28 · answer #10 · answered by corkrow1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi tncookspc, Everywhere I lived...the "Hot" is on the left and the "Cold" is on the right! XOXO Moonpie
2006-10-16 17:55:50 · answer #11 · answered by Metallicamoon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋