tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post7931431704961139552..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: TapsRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-82224647299552467402014-10-02T11:52:55.645+01:002014-10-02T11:52:55.645+01:00And then we wonder how come carers still scald fra...And then we wonder how come carers still scald frail/elderly/vulnerable people when bathing them....Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997644581132359103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-40215198402600022172014-09-30T18:53:19.986+01:002014-09-30T18:53:19.986+01:00let them eat cake?let them eat cake?GBSDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15812114820642672122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-85712335696745215102014-09-30T13:09:25.593+01:002014-09-30T13:09:25.593+01:00Can you not still get taps that have a mixer spout...Can you not still get taps that have a mixer spout, but two taps to control hot & cold? Incidentally, "Mixer" is a misnomer in the UK - they aren't allowed to mix the flows until they reach the spout, in case the hot can overpower the cold and flow into the "clean" pipes (hot water is not regarded as potable and putting it into the drinking water stream is illegal).<br />Next time I replumb a bathroom I'm going to fit a thermostatic mixer that controls the flows before reaching the taps, so "Hot" tap is actually "handwashing temperature" rather than "take your skin off"!<br />Cheers,<br />HowardHDRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09148633895717850549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-305692612265717302014-09-30T12:56:51.754+01:002014-09-30T12:56:51.754+01:00Reminds me of http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly...Reminds me of http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lybo3qaYYi1qa0uujo1_500.jpgAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00434430719717192188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-62307633149520237832014-09-29T17:05:06.659+01:002014-09-29T17:05:06.659+01:00Peasant plumbers.Peasant plumbers.Owen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890951742186614705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-21459560483955901152014-09-29T16:30:11.014+01:002014-09-29T16:30:11.014+01:00A friend of mine bought an ornate kitchen sink in ...A friend of mine bought an ornate kitchen sink in France and imported it into the UK for installation in his new kitchen. The taps were not labelled H and C, but C and F (it being French). He left it with his plumber/kitchen fitter to install. When he returned home, they'd connected the C to Cold and presumably wondered what the F stood for, but connected it to Hot. Alex Bloorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921882913093861957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-18720260415996558362014-09-29T14:06:53.152+01:002014-09-29T14:06:53.152+01:00At least the colours are standard. Many years ago,...At least the colours are standard. Many years ago, my mother went as part of a group of young ladies to Wales. The taps had no colour codes, and were merely stamped "P" and "O" - my mother was one of the few who knew which was which straight away.Phil Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080812032624786351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-37179188585379994262014-09-29T13:49:01.541+01:002014-09-29T13:49:01.541+01:00I'm assuming you take these out of the album b...I'm assuming you take these out of the album before showing friends and family, lol.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15201880320983259910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-80433949753414212192014-09-29T13:13:51.070+01:002014-09-29T13:13:51.070+01:00I detest mixer taps. I never know if I'm going...I detest mixer taps. I never know if I'm going to get cold water, hot water or some mix. The number of cold drinks I've ruined with slightly warm water.... Or burned my hands when I was expecting cold water and turned it the wrong way. The marking just don't help. I HATE them, they should be banned!John Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156658352563482506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-52730203273874216012014-09-29T11:39:41.444+01:002014-09-29T11:39:41.444+01:00I have a long-standing hatred of non-mixer taps (t...I have a long-standing hatred of non-mixer taps (two choices: far too hot or far too cold!) - though some controls, particularly shower ones, can be very irritating too. The worst and probably most common fault I see is trying to combine the two dimensions of control, the volume of water and its temperature, into a single scale: having finally purged my home of the last non-mixer tap, next I need to kill off the sole "off-cold-hot" one in the bathroom. (Did it really never occur to the perpetrators of that product that the user might not always want the tap on full blast?!)jas88https://www.blogger.com/profile/05563592458314214904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-60888663900390149962014-09-28T20:11:51.508+01:002014-09-28T20:11:51.508+01:00Another example of direction confusion - we used t...Another example of direction confusion - we used to have a small music centre with a remote control - among its buttons were a pair marked thus: "< VOLUME >" - instead of thinking of them mathematically (less and greater) which is correct, my sister thought of them as "crescendo" and "diminuendo" - so much so she even confused my mother who used to always go the wrong way first.Phil Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080812032624786351noreply@blogger.com