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Rufus Ping posted:Did it not have a plug or something do you sit around waiting for the whole basin to fill just to wash your hands, or are you the type to just not bother washing your hands after using the toilet?
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i don't mind my current bath tap, which turns left / right for temperature and in / out for flow restriction. when i went to school in france i lived in a place that had that two separate taps, one for temp and one for flow. it was fine. i actually like being able to turn the pressure down. i bought a dual showerhead that maintains a fair bit of perceived pressure even at low flow. i usually don't spend more than five minutes in the shower but if i have a long run or something sometimes i'll take my time and i like being able to spend a while under the water without wasting an insane amount.
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Jabor posted:Just use the standard mixer handle where you rotate it on one axis to select the temperature, and on a different axis to select the flow rate. Yes the flow rate control is not very granular, but that doesn't matter because the only two options you need are "full flow" and "off". this is mostly right except there is a place for “roughly 50%”
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yeah full flow in my current shower is actually painful lol, it’s more than enough to move the showerhead around
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Jun 27, 2021 02:27
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that's not a shower it's a fire hydrant. dangit cinci we've been over this!
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Jun 27, 2021 02:28
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if only there were some device you could place on your shower faucet to moderate or shape the flow
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rjmccall posted:if only there were some device you could place on your shower faucet to moderate or shape the flow i did mean the shower head obviously (also lol at thinking shower faucets are common). my showerhead at lowest pressure preset and max flow on the tap has enough kick that you’d have to consciously hold and aim it
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if your service pressure is too high for your shower head even at its lowest-pressure settings, but the pressure is good for the rest of your house, just put a water flow restrictor before the shower head
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i just use the flow axis on my mixer tap to serve less than 100% of service pressure and it’s fine. this full pressure detour began with someone else claiming full pressure is always the way to go
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Jun 27, 2021 04:15
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hackers can turn your faucet into a BOMB
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Jabor posted:do you sit around waiting for the whole basin to fill just to wash your hands, or are you the type to just not bother washing your hands after using the toilet? Neither, I tend to use the hot tap as it warms up. It starts off cool, perfect for establishing a lather, and then you get several seconds of nice warm water to rub around and rinse off under I grant you that if someone else has just used it, it comes out too hot and you need to put the plug in instead. Hardly an imposition
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Jun 27, 2021 05:23
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I wash myself with a rag on a stick
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Rufus Ping posted:Neither, I tend to use the hot tap as it warms up. It starts off cool, perfect for establishing a lather, and then you get several seconds of nice warm water to rub around and rinse off under we found terrible british plumbing shaggar
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i only want two kinds of water: 1. cold as hell full power 2. warm as hell slow trickle
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idk what y'all are flipping out about wrt thermostat taps, they're loving amazing. you dial in your preferred temperature and leave it set forever (and argue with anyone who dares touch it) then you adjust the flow with the other tap. no more finagling both taps to readjust the temperature when you want to change the flow.cinci zoo sniper posted:ive literally just learned that exists at all and ive lived in 6 eu member states which ones? this might be an eastern/western EU distinction. they are very common in Gemany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, etc. Rufus Ping posted:Neither, I tend to use the hot tap as it warms up. It starts off cool, perfect for establishing a lather, and then you get several seconds of nice warm water to rub around and rinse off under ingerland: the land where the streams shall never cross Victorian times are over you know. also those electric shower heater things you guys have are _terrible_ sort your poo poo out, Britain
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spankmeister posted:idk what y'all are flipping out about wrt thermostat taps, they're loving amazing. you dial in your preferred temperature and leave it set forever (and argue with anyone who dares touch it) then you adjust the flow with the other tap. no more finagling both taps to readjust the temperature when you want to change the flow. Britain or at least England is the place where everything is terrible and people will insist this is how things are supposed to be the empire died, the houses are sick, their brains have worms and if you don’t like it you can leave
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i dont know what it has to do with secfucks, but it's very impressive that british plumbing is worse than british electrical installations
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spankmeister posted:which ones? this might be an eastern/western EU distinction. they are very common in Gemany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, etc. latvia, lithuania, finland, sweden, germany (west), uk
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cinci zoo sniper posted:latvia, lithuania, finland, sweden, germany (west), uk I’ve been in centuries old Italian houses and I’ve never seen split outlets for hot/cold and the same applies for current ones. Either two knobs with a single output or a two axis single control lever with a single output.
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SlowBloke posted:I’ve been in centuries old Italian houses and I’ve never seen split outlets for hot/cold and the same applies for current ones. Either two knobs with a single output or a two axis single control lever with a single output. we're talking about having separate knobs for temperature and flow, which is bizarre as hell if you ask me
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Kesper North posted:if you're going to hassle the british/americans about domestic fittings at least do it about something sensible, like electric mains plug design or voltage Making fun of their wimpy electricity is fun and good, but also very pedestrian. Anglos losing their mind over German windows is hilarious however. That's a whole youtube category of people having a religious experience with tilting, opening, and closing windows. Like  but with windows.
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Antigravitas posted:Making fun of their wimpy electricity is fun and good, but also very pedestrian. wait what the gently caress ahahahahahahahahahaha
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scotland's been slowly moving to mixers as bathroom renovations happen. generally for heating its a gas combi, radiators, and an electric shower. this is more so there's a source of hot water if something goes wrong with the boiler and ya there's anti-scalding measures in place given an electric shower is just adding energy to groundwater of varying temp throughout the year but uh, don't drink hot mixed water even if the tank is sitting above 55c for legionella there could be dead legs in the piping where bacteria's growing. you don't need to drink infected water to get legionaire's disease either it can aerosolise with a shower (or a hot tub in hotels) this is also why you should use every tap at least once a week so there's not stagnant water somewhere in the system that could recirculate and wtf is with those window reactions we've had tilt+turn windows for decades
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the only places in england I’ve seen separate hot/cold taps are in like my grandparents’ bathroom that hasn’t been touched since the 1980s. the only places I’ve seen those awful electric shower things are dirt cheap hotels. shame we still all rely on burning dinosaur farts to heat our badly insulated hovels.
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i am the UK Defender on lots of things however the hot/cold tap thing is bad. it’s much less common than it was though i think? anyway, there is a historical reason for it quote:Cold water came from a mains supply and was fit for drinking. Hot water would be serviced by a local storage cistern often situated in the loft.
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holy poo poo they weren't joking about multipage faucet derail
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nvrgrls posted:holy poo poo they weren't joking about multipage faucet derail
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nvrgrls posted:holy poo poo they weren't joking about multipage faucet derail got to keep the thread running
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nvrgrls posted:holy poo poo they weren't joking about multipage faucet derail this wouldn't happen if we had fuses for our posts!
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Kazinsal posted:british mains plugs are pretty neat in that the modern ones won't expose the live connectors in the jack until the ground pin is hooked up 220 is fine and frankly superior, the insane thing is the ring topology circuits that neccessitate overcurrent devices in every single plug
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given the track record im just thankful they didn’t electrify the plumbing
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230 volts good, UK plugs bulky but good, ring mains bad, don't @ me
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do british houses still have cold water storage tanks in the attic that get filled up with dust, insects and dead mice?
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PCjr sidecar posted:given the track record im just thankful they didn’t electrify the plumbing Who knows what innovation isolating themselves again with Brexit will bring! Also lol that Brexit is in the Google keyboard
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not in Europe but I’ve been around tilt turn windows my entire life they’ve always struck me as the best window design for colder climates
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yeah we literally call the the upward twist opening “winter mode”
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Antigravitas posted:Anglos losing their mind over German windows is hilarious however. That's a whole youtube category of people having a religious experience with tilting, opening, and closing windows. you have to understand that most american homes have cheap, lovely, very poorly insulated double hung windows that often don't open or close properly even when they are brand new. seeing windows that actually work is a marvel to these people
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spankmeister posted:230 volts good, UK plugs bulky but good, ring mains bad, don't @ me The_Franz posted:you have to understand that most american homes have cheap, lovely, very poorly insulated double hung windows that often don't open or close properly even when they are brand new. seeing windows that actually work is a marvel to these people evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Jun 27, 2021 |
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The_Franz posted:you have to understand that most american homes have cheap, lovely, very poorly insulated double hung windows that often don't open or close properly even when they are brand new. seeing windows that actually work is a marvel to these people gotta have more square feet in the McMansion don’t care none of quality
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shame on an IGA posted:220 is fine and frankly superior, the insane thing is the ring topology circuits that neccessitate overcurrent devices in every single plug the fuse is to stop faulty appliances catching fire, not anything to do with ring circuits.
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