don't kinkshame the lovely people of the Isles, they apparently have a penchant for many things, like separate cold and hot water faucet and a bit of autoerotic asphyxiation.
This was, oddly, for regulatory reasons; the concern was that a blocked mixer unit could cause hot water (considered potentially unsafe) to be forced into the mains supply (presumed safe). This hasn't been a concern with mixer designs for a long time, but it took til the 90s to get the rule changed.
Thanks for the details! (Completely randomly just a few hours ago I got a many-many years old Tom Scott video recommended to me on YT about this topic.)
That would be splendid although it seems to have been a controversial choice until recently
don't kinkshame the lovely people of the Isles, they apparently have a penchant for many things, like separate cold and hot water faucet and a bit of autoerotic asphyxiation.
> like separate cold and hot water faucet
This was, oddly, for regulatory reasons; the concern was that a blocked mixer unit could cause hot water (considered potentially unsafe) to be forced into the mains supply (presumed safe). This hasn't been a concern with mixer designs for a long time, but it took til the 90s to get the rule changed.
The hot water was considered unsafe initially because early hot water cylinders over there were open tanks subject to incursion by vermin
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Thanks for the details! (Completely randomly just a few hours ago I got a many-many years old Tom Scott video recommended to me on YT about this topic.)