Can any Brits relate? - Page 2

Consensus · 07-13-2017, 01:07 PM

Yeah, two taps is normal over in the UK. A hold over from regulations on housebuilding that allowed hot water tanks to be open in older houses. So the hot water wasn't safe to drink (well, not necessarily) in the bathroom. Hence split taps. Usually you can change the temperature on boilers (especially older ones) so that the water doesn't raise above 40 degrees C, not sure what that is in old Fahrenheit, so you don't burn your hands.

Mixer taps, to her experience, tend to be neither hot enough to make proper washing/shaving water nor cold enough for a rinse in hot weather. They also suck when trying to do her teeth. Ugh. They may be alright for some, but not her.

She does believe showers are showers though, and have nothing to do with separate taps. However, her own shower hose attaches to the taps. Or, it would, if it weren't broken.

Check out youtube, there are a couple of videos that explain it (Tom Scott springs to mind, but also Anglophenia).

batfinch · 07-13-2017, 01:14 PM

The showers at the gym have just one control tap the sinks have mixer taps.

cooperjess · 07-14-2017, 12:06 PM

Messing with the two taps system is Treason, and HM Constabulary will be round shortly to arrest you.

07-13-2017, 01:07 PM	#16
Consensus Distinguished Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: In a house alone Posts: 643 Blog Entries: 48	Yeah, two taps is normal over in the UK. A hold over from regulations on housebuilding that allowed hot water tanks to be open in older houses. So the hot water wasn't safe to drink (well, not necessarily) in the bathroom. Hence split taps. Usually you can change the temperature on boilers (especially older ones) so that the water doesn't raise above 40 degrees C, not sure what that is in old Fahrenheit, so you don't burn your hands. Mixer taps, to her experience, tend to be neither hot enough to make proper washing/shaving water nor cold enough for a rinse in hot weather. They also suck when trying to do her teeth. Ugh. They may be alright for some, but not her. She does believe showers are showers though, and have nothing to do with separate taps. However, her own shower hose attaches to the taps. Or, it would, if it weren't broken. Check out youtube, there are a couple of videos that explain it (Tom Scott springs to mind, but also Anglophenia). __________________ Clothing / Preferences // PM Dares // Team-Up Calendar (please add) // Chastity // Femdom IRL old/transwoman/attracted to Females & Femininity/shaved pubes, legs and armpits And that's all she has to say about that.

07-13-2017, 01:14 PM	#17
batfinch Truth or Dare Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,532 Blog Entries: 14	The showers at the gym have just one control tap the sinks have mixer taps. __________________ I am diabetic and cannot accept dares that could cause problems for example a morning water tablet requires often peeing especially in the morning I always sit on a toilet seats except in public toilets Limits etc: http://www.getdare.com/bbs/blog.php?b=86665 PM Dares http://www.getdare.com/bbs/blog.php?b=83544 I am male

07-14-2017, 12:06 PM	#18
cooperjess Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: UK Posts: 202 Blog Entries: 2	Messing with the two taps system is Treason, and HM Constabulary will be round shortly to arrest you. __________________ Jess \| 22 \| Bi AMAB. back after a long hiatus, active occasionally(?) - msg me, if you like