position of hot/cold taps on basin/bath

[wilyam44]

When fitting a bath or basin I have always piped the hot water to the left.
Its what I was trained to do and have never been challenged on it ....until now. Customer claims that the hot should be on the right,hey the customer is always right, right? So I try to find some evidence that the cold should be on the right.Cant seem to find any Are there any regs. or a code of practice that stipulates tap positions? The logic that I was presented with when training....a long time ago.... was that scalding could occur if the hot water
tap is positioned to the right, given that most people are right handed...It seemed feasible. Can anyone offer any guidance/advice

 

[Winston]

Hot to the left cold to the right. look in all the books nothing is said but essential if your blind.

 

[wilyam44]

Hi Winston,
thanks for your response,can you point me in the direction of a particular book that I could present to the customer as definitive proof?
Cheers Bill

 

[Winston]

The water regs is the clearest all diagrams show hot on the left cold to the right. It is essential for most if not all shower mixers as well. Also look at a mixer tap red is always on the left.

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

I think any book will say it

I dont think it will matter for Mr Joe Bloggs, End user

Showers Its a common industry standard to have hot left

Im trying to see if there is an industry standard for vertical feed showers... ie hot on top cold on bottom or vice versa...

Anyone...?

 

[Winston]

Pretty sure it is standard, it essential for showers due to the volume of water. I have to admit as well I have linked pipes the wrong way

Did one the other day early hours 7 am change kitchen taps on the way to another job customer rings to let me know, DOH I think what threw me was ther was a stopcock on the hot but not the cold!

Laughed about it with the customer but it is important especially for my customer who has a autistic son, just glad got back before he got home from school. Oh yer and nearly forgot at college plumbed the wc into the hot, tried to make out to my tutor it was to improve the level of sanitation. LOL It didnt work made me redo it

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

Oh yer and nearly forgot at college plumbed the wc into the hot, tried to make out to my tutor it was to improve the level of sanitation. LOL It didnt work made me redo it

That's brilliant lol

You could have put an automatic soap dispenser in line with it as well lol

 

[Winston]

It was steaming LOL Also gave that nice warm feeling aswell as preventing condensation on the cistern

 

[stevetheplumber]

It was steaming LOL Also gave that nice warm feeling aswell as preventing condensation on the cistern

ill have to check the wives plumbing tonight as she is getting hot flushes

 

[Winston]

LOL sorry for the taking the post away from the subject I will check the plumbing on mine but I think I will get a clip round the ear she has got the dreaded woman flu

 

[Plouasne]

I was taught (if thats the right word) in 1954 at Willesden Tech, that the hot tap was always fitted on the left, because 90 odd % of people are right handed, and if a blind person, used a strange bathroom they would not scald themselves, if they turned on the tap
Also I was taught for pipework, "H O T", hot pipe on top of, or above the cold pipe, for horizontal pipe runs