Plumbing which side is hot

And guess where those were located…right again. Not on the right as you face the toilet, but the right from your on-the-throne perspective. Eventually, the pull chain went the way of the Edsel and flushers stayed on the right, despite frontward appearances. All of which is to say that the professionals at Pat Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning know sinks and toilets inside and out.

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Hot Water is Always on the Left, Right? Is anybody wrong? Is everyone right? Is this just confusing you? Taps , bathroom taps! But there is one thing that can confuse you when you walk into any bathroom outside of your home; is the hot bathroom tap on the left or right?

Have you gone to use the cold tap only to be scalded by water hot enough to make a good cup of tea? At home my hot basin tap is on the right, but in my previous home the hot tap was on the left. Here you obviously have to wonder why the tap was so hot to begin with and it makes you consider how dangerous it is — especially when kids come to use it.

What about the blind or partially sighted too? Should they have to suffer being scalded by a hot tap because they assumed a hot tap would be on the other side? While I was writing this post I decided to do a bit of research to find out what the most common bathroom tap position is in the homes of the UK population. I was pleasantly surprised to discover what a hot button issue this is, as I was flooded with responses to such a simple question.

It seems that my home is a bit of an odd one then, as the vast majority obviously have the hot tap on the left of the bathroom sink. Look to the rear of the sink and locate the threaded stems on the underside of the faucets where the supply lines attach. Hold the fitting at one end of a flexible supply line in one hand. Reach up behind the sink and screw the fitting onto the end of the threaded stem on the right side. Tighten the fitting with an adjustable wrench.

If space is limited, tighten the fitting with a basin wrench. Adjust the head of the wrench perpendicular to the stem, fit the head onto the fitting and rotate the handle of the wrench clockwise. Repeat this step and connect the remaining supply line onto the threaded tube at left. Thread the fittings at the opposite ends of the supply lines onto the corresponding outlet ports on the right and left shutoff valves.

Tighten the fittings with the adjustable wrench. Place a one-gallon bucket under the shutoff valve for the cold water.