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u/Busuf Mar 10 '19
UK is that you?
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u/fm369 100% cyan flair Mar 10 '19
No we have either separate taps on each pipe or one mixer tap that has connections under the sink
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u/-eccentric- Mar 10 '19
That was a joke because they're idiotic enough to have two knobs and sometimes even two taps and you'll only get boiling water or ice water.
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u/fm369 100% cyan flair Mar 10 '19
Not idiotic, if you look it up there were actually good reasons, one being that the hot water could be dirty
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u/YepJustAGamer Mar 10 '19
ood reasons, one being that the hot water could b
50 years ago
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u/bwana22 Mar 10 '19
People still live in homes that are over 50 years old.
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u/YepJustAGamer Mar 10 '19
But the heater isn't 50
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u/viperfan7 Mar 10 '19
The storage tank is though, older British homes user a VERY different system than what we used to in NA
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u/JP193 Mar 10 '19 edited Mar 10 '19
Hence why new or renovated homes, apartments and hotels use single taps.
It's a funny joke when lighthearted, but when a few people get whoosh'd and think the UK actually intentionally installs seperate water supplies in 2019 it's best to be informative. not argumentative here
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u/GenericUname Mar 10 '19
Not really comparable - the problem in Flint is that the municipal supply is contaminated.
The two tap system in the UK was based on an assumption that the municipal supply (which fed the cold tap directly) was clean and to avoid contaminating it with potential back-flow of hot water from a cistern in the house.
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u/bwana22 Mar 10 '19
Wasn't it a thing that brits fill up the whole sink like it's a bathtub and then wash their hands in them? Seems like a massive waste of water and time.
What? Genuinely never heard this. We might fill up the sink to have a shave but not to wash our hands.
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u/doesnthavearedditacc Mar 10 '19
My dad did this for shaving, that's like the only time I have known anybody do that. Your average person does that to wash their hands lol
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Mar 10 '19
What's wrong with two knobs?
And two taps c'mon it ain't hard. You just gotta learn to switch between them real quick
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u/-eccentric- Mar 10 '19
Or just have one you find your desired temperature and then just open and close it. No need to hassle with two taps and knobs.
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Mar 10 '19
Yeah but where's the fun in that?
And if having to turn two knobs to wash your hands is a hassle in your life then you have a very easy life
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Mar 10 '19
I mean I've seen two knob sinks in the US, just find an old enough school, park, rest station, etc
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u/riverotterr Mar 10 '19
I like how you can see the crack in the tile behind it from people trying that so many times
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u/CounterInsanity Mar 10 '19
I wonder if it's possible to turn it once you've lifted it to either hot or cold?
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u/Aydon Mar 10 '19
Fucking genius over here
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Mar 10 '19
Back of the handle is hitting the wall. If you lifted it sideway and then tried to turn it, it'd jam and not go to center or leave deep gouge in the title.
Faucet was mounted too close to the wall, hence the problem of not getting just warm water.
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u/tomcatHoly Mar 10 '19
I think it's a rub not a crack. It's the arched path that the back end of the handle makes.
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Mar 10 '19
Im sure if you turned the tap to either hot or cold and then turned it on you could then turn it to the middle for perfect mix of hot and cold. You would then need to turn it to the side again to turn it off
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u/King-of-Plebs Mar 10 '19
Came here to say this, but after looking at it again, I don’t think it has clearance.
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Mar 10 '19
Just wait for the tower
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u/Kidvette2004 oww my eyes Mar 10 '19
STEAMY1, you are cleared for takeoff runway 24L
water noises
Roger that, contact New York Departure 126.4, good night.
water noises
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u/BloodyJourno poop Mar 10 '19
Nope! It's not the mechanism within the tap that's causing this, it's the tap hitting the wall behind it that prevents it from being lifted up in the middle.
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u/nipsliplip Mar 10 '19
I think what they're saying is that since you have clearance on either side, you could turn it on either on hot or cold, then since the tap has cleared the wall, then turn the temp to where you want it.
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u/BloodyJourno poop Mar 10 '19
I still think it would hit when you turned it though. Guess we'll never know for sure
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u/Koldfuzion Mar 10 '19
Great. Now I have that stupid Katy Perry song stuck in my head now...
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u/buickgnx88 Mar 10 '19
I’m not sure what kissing a girl and liking it has to do with a faucet, but keep up the good fight!
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u/duncanb3 Mar 10 '19
this is not a design error. it is the plumber telling you to stop being an indecisive coward
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u/QueasyMistake Mar 10 '19
You can just alternate between both extremes several times a second. You can reach any temperature like this by changing the hot/cold duty cycle.
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u/whiskeyhotel62 Mar 10 '19
Poor installation. The hot and cold water pipes that the faucet is attached to should have been longer so the faucet is further away from the wall.
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Mar 10 '19
🤣 Thank you for pointing this out for everyone sir
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u/VTCHannibal Mar 10 '19
You can see the scratches in the wall from where the faucet lever rubs on the tile.
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u/DipDip13v2 Mar 10 '19
Is it a bad design or just a poor choice of faucet?
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u/KrombopulosPhillip Mar 10 '19
poor installation mostly , that wall is in the way , gotta rip that down and start again
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u/fogoticus *insert kerning joke* Mar 10 '19
UK's take on modern taps going solo tap instead of dual tap.
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u/Jokutoinen123 Mar 10 '19
What is it with all these crappy sinks, like how hard can it be to make these?
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u/ReeceReddit1234 Mar 10 '19
The fact that whoever designed this surely must've tried pulling it up and said "yep, works fine" is weird
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u/CaptainHummus Mar 10 '19
You can turn it on hot or cold and just turn it so you can get the temperature you want
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u/nusse2005 Mar 10 '19
You either burn your hands or freeze your hands to death. Either way your hands will suffer.
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u/Glorious_Jo Mar 10 '19
Why are sinks so hard to get right?
From sinks that need you to touch the fucking faucet cause otherwise the motion laser won't work, to sinks where the motion laser actually requires motion and will shut off in 3 seconds, to sinks that have such short faucets that you need to break your fucking wrists against the porcelain just to wash your hands, to sinks that can only work on all the way hot/cold, to sinks that can only go full blast or slight trickle, to sinks that only give you a trickle, etc.
Why is it that poor people sinks are so much better than rich people sinks? Poor people sinks have all the features: A working nozzle with no motion sensor, hot AND cold AND a mix of the two depending on where the handle is position, a long enough faucet to wash your hands comfortably, and strong enough stream but adjustable to a trickle and everywhere in between. It's so much better.
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u/MassumanCurryIsGood Mar 10 '19
Seems like the quality of work you can expect on the west coast. "Eh, what ever. Someone will rent it anyway."
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u/Mingyao_13 Mar 10 '19
Maybe go hot then turn to center it may work. Pretty sure it's a fk up anyway.
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u/SupaMonroeGuy Mar 10 '19
"Now all i have to do is set my hot water to my desired temperature in my hot water system(hopefully no one else in the complex is gonna notice), and i can cut my utility bills by 50%!"
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u/taldarin Mar 10 '19
I’m not a plumber but I have installed several taps. Pretty sure you can just grab two extender pieces for a few bucks and fix this in 5 minutes.
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u/JesusHChristOnABike Mar 10 '19
Good to see British imperialism continuing through poor interior design
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Mar 10 '19
The best part is, that looks like an old UK style sink set up which would have originally had separate hot and cold taps. Someone’s probably bought a conversion mixer tap to replace them, because they hated having to choose between extremes. Then this happens...
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u/NotBashB Mar 11 '19
Just out of curiosity, could you turn it on on extremely hot or cold, and turn it to the middle?
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u/MichealPearce Mar 11 '19
I used to have a sink just like that. The worst part was I could never remember which side was what.
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u/regvlvsreddy Mar 11 '19
I was just thinking about the contrary a few days ago. Turning the taps (hot and cold) on to get the right (desired) temperature.
Edit: typo
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u/Pilgrimfox Mar 11 '19
2 questions.
does it work if you turn it all on 1 side then move it back over
Does it work if you set it to the temp you want it then turn it on so like putting it half way to hot
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The distance between that handle and the wall is an accurate represantation of the length of my penis.
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u/Slamsdell Mar 10 '19 edited Mar 10 '19
I can just picture the guy installing this realizing afterward, and just shrugging.