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To me the “null” position should be cold. When you want something you pull it toward you so my natural preference would be that hot is forward since you safely start cold then want more heat.
I also prefer knobs on the left to be cold, and moving counter clockwise to be coldest— because we read left to right, and clocks move “clockwise”. Consistency of learned/instinctive actions.
I also prefer knobs on the left to be cold, and moving counter clockwise to be coldest— because we read left to right, and clocks move “clockwise”. Consistency of learned/instinctive actions.
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Originally Posted by elnina
Cold water should always be on the right side of the faucet and hot on the left. This is an industry standard.
A good friend was a plumber. He said there were only three things you needed to know -
"Hot is on the Left, Sh*t flows downhill, and Payday is on Friday".
A patron in a Montreal restaurant turned on a tap in the washroom and got scalded.
"This is an outrage," he complained. "The faucet marked 'C' gave me boiling water."
"But, Monsieur, 'C' stands for chaud – French for hot. You should know that if you live in Montreal."
"Wait a minute," roared the patron. "The other tap is also marked 'C'."
"Of course," said the manager. "It stands for cold. After all, Montreal is a bilingual city."
My Moen kitchen faucet does not have letters or colors indicating temperature on the handle. However, there is a LED that goes from blue-purple-pink-red from coldest to hottest (I have the U by Moen Smart Faucet).
I noticed many Moen shower valve trims now use a snowflake and sun instead of letters or colors.
What? Usually the right handle's cold and the left one's hot. If it's the kind with a single stem, you swing it to the left for hot and to the right for cold.
What? Usually the right handle's cold and the left one's hot. If it's the kind with a single stem, you swing it to the left for hot and to the right for cold.
Usually, pull-down faucets are forward and back, not left and right, since the handle is usually on the side. Manufacturers simply cannot agree on which convention to use.
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