Is there a hot and cold tap convention??

[XmisterIS]

In my house, it's hot on the left and cold on the right ... I think that's pretty much standard.

But in my girlfriend's house it's hot on the right and cold on the left - so when I'm at her place in the hot weather I sometimes draw myself a nice, big, refreshing glass of ... hot water!

I wonder if there is actually an "official" convention, or we just tend to put them hot/left, cold/right out of habit.

 

[swee'pea99]

Whoever plumbed your girlfriend's house was a numpty. It happens surprisingly often.

 

[bikepete]

Our kitchen sink is hot on the right, but bathroom sink is hot on the left, as is the bath. You get used to it!

 

[numbnuts]

kitchen - hot left
bathroom - hot right

 

[Theseus]

All with hot on the left apart from the bathroom sink.

 

[Hover Fly]

Hot should be on the left so if a blind puts his hand on a tap to turn it on it will probably be his right hand so he will come to the cold tap first.

 

[marinyork]

cold - left
hot - right on both kitchen and bathroom.

 

[661-Pete]

In our French house, the kitchen taps are labelled "C" (on the left) and "F". Just to fox people.

 

[4F]

hot left, cold right on all sinks

 

[Brains]

The convention is Hot Left, Cold Right

It works on the Naval Rule of "Port is Red"

And all good seamen know that no matter how much you drink, port is still red, and also the reason why port is always passed clockwise around the table (to the Port/Left).
For landlubbers the way to remeber it is red is port, port has 4 letters so does Left.

There is logic to this set up, as most people are right handed and in days of yore for those with indoor plumbing the (cold water) pump would be on right of the sink so that you could use the lever, the hot water tank off the back of the range was therefore on the left

 

[Maz]

I did a quick Google search but couldn't find a hot and cold tap convention.
However, there is a plumbing seminar (which is sort of like a convention).
Just fill in the form in the link below.

http://www.marleyplu...ge.com/seminar/

 

[sheddy]

If you want a swig of cold water straight from the tap (no glass) which way do you prefer to twist your head ?

 

[Maz]

If you want a swig of cold water straight from the tap (no glass) which way do you prefer to twist your head ?

You don't. You twist the tap, you numpty.

 

[fossyant]

hot left, cold right on all sinks

+1................................... Hot left, cold right all taps..............

 

[Lisa21]

I can honestly say I have never given any thought whatsoever to this and have just had to go and check!!.

Kitchen-- Hot left, cold right
Bathroom sink+bath-- Hot right, cold left