Dear UK citizens. Since I am living here, I was always wondering why in lord do you have 2 water taps in bathroom&kitchen. In Europe everywhere is 1 mix tap with hot&cold water in one outcome-pipe. In britain you have either ice cold tap or fire burning hot tap. How in world can I wash my hands and face like that? You either have glacier cold water where memories from Gulf war come back, shaving with knife, dry with cold water or you can burn your body with hot water where temperature can reach up to 70-80°C(where aminoacid in your body gets solid like an egg). Noone could answer me this question since I'm here. Why not 1 tap? I need warm water for my daily life, not hot, not cold, warm only.
2007-01-23 18:53:14 · 12 answers · asked by lucasta24 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
It's a quaint old British tradition. I don't know how you store your hot water but a lot of British hot taps are still fed from a tank which sits up in the loft, unsealed, partially covered and can have some nasty stuff floating in there, bird feathers, dust of ages, slightly unwholesome. The cold tap is connected direct to the water mains so is pure, good for drinking, teeth washing and food preparation. When everyone in UK has upgraded their central heating boilers and replaced their sinks, basins and baths, we'll all have mixer taps too.
2007-01-23 19:48:48 · answer #1 · answered by chickpea 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why not go to your local DIY store and buy a mixer tap. Problem solved!
Anyway, if your hot water is too hot, try turning the thermostat down to a more comfortable temp.
2007-01-24 03:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by Jake159 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the question as to why there were often 2 taps, apparently a waste to the tune of 1, might be related to the thought that we could never be short of water in this country. this probably also influenced the fact that many thousands of houses were built here without water meters installed. which now goes to exacerbate problems when we have a dry summer, as people are not used to the thought that they must treat water as a precious resource. but, fundamentally, you can fill a sink with warm water from two taps just as easily as from one.
2007-01-24 03:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by andrewjames 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Put the plug in the sink and fill it up with a bit of hot and a bit of cold.
Voila!! Water at a temperature that suits you!
Some people have mixer taps, I've seen them, honest. I always thought they were a bit of an 80's fad. I didn't realise their importance around the globe.
2007-01-24 02:58:36 · answer #4 · answered by monkeystar 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
ALWAYS two taps, amazing that in the time you've been here you have been in every kitchen and bathroom in the uk and inspected the taps!! I certainly have mixer taps in two bathrooms, kitchen and utility room, but you must have missed them?
2007-01-24 03:39:09 · answer #5 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's why the sink bowl. don't waste water just turning on the tap and letting it run. put some water in the bowl.
some figured this out 150 years ago. you never got the word?
2007-01-24 03:03:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
put the plug in and fill the sink with as much of each tap as you need to wash rather than just letting the taps run away whilst you wash.
2007-01-24 03:00:17 · answer #7 · answered by Coach 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
All our taps at home are mixer taps. They are very popular in the U.K.
2007-01-24 03:03:38 · answer #8 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you can get one tap,, its just style,, ye had them too before the red and blue colours were used to tell them apart they're was different taps to tell them apart!!
2007-01-24 06:20:12 · answer #9 · answered by bell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ah for the tip thats not jus there al over ireland its the same just depends ln the make and model i suppose
2007-01-24 07:10:02 · answer #10 · answered by shane o d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋