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I prefer the separate taps over one 'mixer tap' I was the victim of - the water came out looking like a single stream but it was boiling hot on one side and cold on the other - my left hand got royally scalded.
On closer examination it was a "mixer tap" that had a metal separator in the centre of the fawcett spout so while the water appeared to be coming out in a single stream, just inside the spout was still separate! OUCH!
I KNOW! And only in the UK. I can't understand why they can't manage a proper tap.
Still can't stand the two - I find I turn both on in the winter, so I can rinse off the soap properly (and warm my hands) while using the cold water to cool the skin enough to take the heat of the hot water. It's nuts.
Electric heating is cheaper to install,normally you'll have total control or what used to be economy 7. In our first house we installed electric because it was cheaper, we didn't have mains gas and coal is generally not a good choice because a; expense b; polluting c; hard work for obvious reasons and ironically when we moved to Scotland we ended up with coal powered central heating (house is 100yrs) which is inadequate. As for the temperatures up here (far north of Scotland) they are often in winter below zero, in fact we had minus 20 last winter.
You are unfortunate in the extreme or just a bad selector of accommodation. I don't know of many flats for rent which don't have double glazing AND central heating. If I were in your shoes, I'ld move.
I prefer the separate taps over one 'mixer tap' I was the victim of - the water came out looking like a single stream but it was boiling hot on one side and cold on the other - my left hand got royally scalded.
On closer examination it was a "mixer tap" that had a metal separator in the centre of the fawcett spout so while the water appeared to be coming out in a single stream, just inside the spout was still separate! OUCH!
Who came up with that idea. I wouldn't dream of having seperate taps.
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Who came up with that idea. I wouldn't drean of having seperate taps.
De gustibus non est disputandum, a the Romans used to sing in the bath. What is the point of a single tap, I always wonder. It seems to guarantee the wrong temperature.
De gustibus non est disputandum, a the Romans used to sing in the bath. What is the point of a single tap, I always wonder. It seems to guarantee the wrong temperature.
When I lived in New York my apt had single paned windows and steam heat.
Now I live in San Antonio, Tx and have central heat and AC.
I will take the steam heat over central heating any day of the week. This central heat dries me up bad. Keep a couple of pots full of water to keep the humidity up and the static electricity down.
Steam heat does have some drawbacks one I experienced first hand, came home from work, opened the front door and water was basically streaming down all my walls.. why? The valve on the radiator broke and (well you get the rest)
I prefer the separate taps over one 'mixer tap' I was the victim of - the water came out looking like a single stream but it was boiling hot on one side and cold on the other - my left hand got royally scalded.
On closer examination it was a "mixer tap" that had a metal separator in the centre of the fawcett spout so while the water appeared to be coming out in a single stream, just inside the spout was still separate! OUCH!
The only place I've seen this method is in the UK- I was amazed to see the hot & cold supply were two separate pipes within the spout. All of the mixer taps I've encountered elsewhere actually mix the water within the faucet before it gets to the spout.
Any plumbers here that know why it's done this way?
I think they're electric but I'm no expert. There is something that looks like a boiler in our hallway closet but I think that's for our water, I don't think it has to do with the radiators.
Yeah I hate that but luckily, that's one thing our apartment does have!
You mean you don't know whether it's a gas or electric system?
If it's a fairly new appartment block then it may be all electric, as the regs for putting gas in appt blocks are very stringent
I think maybe what you have is a dry (rather than water filled radiators) electric heating system similar to the old night storage heaters or economy 7.
Do you get gas bills or just electric?
Any of these are classed as central heating.
We had a wet radiator system with no central thermostat. Just adjusted the thermostats on the radiators for different rooms.
In another house we had the central thermostat was in the living room where it was warmer as it got more winter sun. SO the heating used to click off, but the rest of the house, especially the bathroom which had 2 outside walls was cold!
If you have a wet electric heating system you would know about it.
We bought an investment property (new build) and people were getting electric bills for 400 GBP per month for 700 sq ft appartments, and they were out at work all day with no heating on.
The only place I've seen this method is in the UK- I was amazed to see the hot & cold supply were two separate pipes within the spout. All of the mixer taps I've encountered elsewhere actually mix the water within the faucet before it gets to the spout.
Any plumbers here that know why it's done this way?
Dano
Ware to start Two separate pipes in tap so the hot water will not mix with the cold supply, most hot water in the UK is stored in tanks in the attic before it gets heated in the hot water cylinder so not safe to drink.
With the heating system without the room thermostat there should be one it has been code for longer than five years.
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. I wouldn't dream of having seperate taps.
