Hi, I am putting in the plumbing first fix for my new Twyford X120 Bar valve and do not know which side the hot inlet should be. Can anyone help?
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Hot Connection onLeft or Right Shower Bar Valve
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That is great. Thanks
I've always told people that hot goes on the left as most people are right handed and when reaching for a tap, blindly, or in a moment of panic, such as following a burn, they are more likely to grab the cold and not get scalded!
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OP is are the inlets hot marked? Usually are. If not time to read the MI, it's on page 10!! Self help is a wonderful thing
As Picasso mentions hot on the left as the standards go.
Another story I heard was that it goes back to when internal running water was a new concept. There was only cold running water at that time and the tap was always placed on the right of the sink as most people were right handed (corrie fistedness/left handedness was frowned upon back then, in schools they forced left handed students to learn to write with their right hand), so when hot water came the sensible place for it would be to the left of the cold. That was then later adopted as a standard and also kept like that for the blind so they would always know where the hot tap was.
As Picasso mentions hot on the left as the standards go.
Another story I heard was that it goes back to when internal running water was a new concept. There was only cold running water at that time and the tap was always placed on the right of the sink as most people were right handed (corrie fistedness/left handedness was frowned upon back then, in schools they forced left handed students to learn to write with their right hand), so when hot water came the sensible place for it would be to the left of the cold. That was then later adopted as a standard and also kept like that for the blind so they would always know where the hot tap was.
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OP is are the inlets hot marked? Usually are. If not time to read the MI, it's on page 10!! Self help is a wonderful thing
As Picasso mentions hot on the left as the standards go.
Another story I heard was that it goes back to when internal running water was a new concept. There was only cold running water at that time and the tap was always placed on the right of the sink as most people were right handed (corrie fistedness/left handedness was frowned upon back then, in schools they forced left handed students to learn to write with their right hand), so when hot water came the sensible place for it would be to the left of the cold. That was then later adopted as a standard and also kept like that for the blind so they would always know where the hot tap was.
Ok, that makes sense and sort of supports my theory too... with a bit of history on the cold supply only front
The Latin for left is "sinister" and BTW, I'm left handed... my first headmaster never believed me and always used to cane me on that hand... idiot, no more writing for me on "those" days!
Yeah, my old mum was forced to use her right hand to the point that she was punished if she didn't, now she's ambidextrous!
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