Taps...which way round?

Tom B. Stones

Can anyone tell me if there is a "correct" or "normal" way for a pair of hot and cold taps to be installed from, say, left to right as you face them.

We have had a plumber in, and all basin taps are H and C from left to right, but noticed last night that those on the bath are the other way. It would make more sense to my mind for the lot to be one way only, but maybe this is the norm...?

Lex Luthor

my place has hot on the left and cold on the right on every sink as you stand facing it.

Borzoi

It's the convention to have hot left, cold right as you face them - but I've seen plenty the other way around.

PBC_1966

It's the same convention in Britain: Hot on left, cold on right.

But as the others have said, it's not at all unusual to find places the other way round, or to have the bath taps one way and the basin the other.

Hot left, cold right is also the norm in the U.S.A., so maybe it's a convention adopted throughout most if not all of the English-speaking world. Not sure about elsewhere though.

pipers

Hot on left, cold on right. Same convention everywhere.

Why?

- Most people are right handed,
- For visually impaired people

It is to prevent people scalding themselves.

If they are not fitted as mentioned above, its because the taps are incorrectly connected

Tom B. Stones

Thanks, everyone. Much obliged.

Will have a word with plumber.

Victor

Mosyt important thing is to actually have them correct!