Irish Plumbing an Altered Reality?

ClovenHoof · 13-03-2014 09:48PM #1

Why is Irish plumbing so fugged up? We still have Hot and Cold Taps here so you either get hypothermia or first degree burns washing your hands. Even on new house builds there is rarely a combo tap you can adjust the temp when hand washing.

A box containing a modest lake in your attic waiting to explode and flood your house.

Immersion Heaters!

You get none of this crap in other countries.

Sir Arthur Daley · 13-03-2014 09:50PM

Install a thermostatic mixing valve, problem solved OP.

Ghost Train · 13-03-2014 09:51PM

The water's always greener on the other side

ClovenHoof · 13-03-2014 09:52PM

Hot water in other countries is something that just happens. Here we turn it into a major effort with dire consequences if you do it wrong.

Artful_Badger · 13-03-2014 09:54PM

I've lived in and used the plumbing in Ireland all my life and never been drowned by an exploding water tank while at the same time managing to avoid both first degree burns and hypothermia while washing my hands.

But maybe I'm just lucky.

Hello_MrFox · 13-03-2014 09:56PM

We should build public baths in every city/town. Imagine how nice that would be.

13-03-2014 09:59PM

Before people start complaining about the lower pressure I have to say prefer it to what you get over here, taps that go from a small flow to a large one with no inbetween, you either end up waiting for even longer than with the irish system or you drench the place

YouTookMyName · 13-03-2014 09:59PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Why is Irish plumbing so fugged up?

Group water schemes and an inability to have Constant pressured water.

dj jarvis · 13-03-2014 10:00PM

Hot running water - that's SO 2007

Hitchens · 13-03-2014 10:25PM

it works grand here

AnonoBoy · 13-03-2014 10:30PM

Wait, is it supposed to be hot when it comes out of the tap?

What's the feckin' kettle for then? Hah?

Answer me that smart boy.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 13-03-2014 10:39PM

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

We should build public baths in every city/town. Imagine how nice that would be.

Yes,a giant open-air urinal is what every irish town needs.

AlmightyCushion · 13-03-2014 10:42PM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Yes,a giant open-air urinal is what every irish town needs.

Isn't that what temple bar is in Dublin.

jane82 · 13-03-2014 10:42PM

I think you have a silly old house op. I dont remember putting in a new sink without a mixer tap and Ive been around a while.
I also never seen an attic tank exploding. You get alot of warning time with the old ones and the plastic ones dont explode.
I think unless you are an english boiler salesman you can live with irish plumbing fine. We dont have the pressure for these products.

Slutmonkey57b · 13-03-2014 10:44PM

What I've always wanted to know is why are hot taps on the right downstairs and the left upstairs?

I've never lived in a house where they were on the same side on every sink. It's not that complicated. Did some plumber hundreds of years ago think to himself "ah sure, how would they know they're upstairs washing their hands if the taps are the same way round!"?

jane82 · 13-03-2014 10:53PM

Slutmonkey57b wrote: »

What I've always wanted to know is why are hot taps on the right downstairs and the left upstairs?

I've never lived in a house where they were on the same side on every sink. It's not that complicated. Did some plumber hundreds of years ago think to himself "ah sure, how would they know they're upstairs washing their hands if the taps are the same way round!"?

Hot on the left cold on the right is what I was always told. Doesnt matter what floor. Sometimes the boss or customer or common sense may ask for the hot bath tap to be against the wall. This is to make it harder for a child to reach it and scald himself.
Older houses can be all over the place though.

BillyMitchel · 13-03-2014 10:56PM

Why the fock does the shower turn into the same temperature of lava if someone turn my kitchen tap on?

This happens in many countries but I just need it explained to me.

jane82 · 13-03-2014 10:59PM

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Why the fock does the shower turn into the same temperature of lava if someone turn my kitchen tap on?

This happens in many countries but I just need it explained to me.

Your house hasnt got the pressure for a mains fed shower. Change it to a tank fed one.

Capt'n Midnight · 13-03-2014 11:02PM

OMG I've left the immersion on :eek:

now I won't be able to afford food for a month

kneemos · 13-03-2014 11:03PM

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Why the fock does the shower turn into the same temperature of lava if someone turn my kitchen tap on?

This happens in many countries but I just need it explained to me.

Lowers the pressures I presume so less water to heat means it gets hotter.

Stavros Murphy · 13-03-2014 11:04PM

I thought this was going to be about how unutterably shyte a lot of plumbing is here. I was in one place today where the waste pipes ran uphill to the main drain - the people were mystified why their sinks, loos etc kept blocking up. Fun ripping all that out tomorrow..not. Or the state of most attics - pipes everywhere, tanks on wobbly ply platforms etc etc. We were in a Restaurant yesterday to fix a broken tap - easy job - except there was no way of turning off the water, the scalding hot water..good luck if they'd ever had a proper leak.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 13-03-2014 11:10PM

Worked on job once where the mechanical contractor mixed up the hot/cold feed to a restaurant bathroom.
Boiling water came out when the jacks was flushed.

Stavros Murphy · 13-03-2014 11:11PM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Worked on job once where the mechanical contractor mixed up the hot/cold feed to a restaurant bathroom.
Boiling water came out when the jacks was flushed.

Lucky he didn't mix up the cold water and the wastes..

Sir Arthur Daley · 13-03-2014 11:13PM

Slutmonkey57b wrote: »

What I've always wanted to know is why are hot taps on the right downstairs and the left upstairs?

All hot taps should be on left hand side, this is so for blind people.

Stavros Murphy · 13-03-2014 11:16PM

WikiHow wrote: »

All hot taps should be on left hand side, this is so for blind people.

In Cavan they have cold on the left and the right, usually. And they hide the light switches in the presses.

Sir Arthur Daley · 13-03-2014 11:18PM

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

In Cavan they have cold on the left and the right, usually. And they hide the light switches in the presses.

Didint think they have running water and electricity in Cavan.

jimmy180sx · 13-03-2014 11:23PM

Heating and dhw systems being completly ran in qualpex. Where has the art of plumbing gone.

Stavros Murphy · 13-03-2014 11:26PM

jimmy180sx wrote: »

Heating and dhw systems being completly ran in qualpex. Where has the art of plumbing gone.

Someone robbed all the copper.

Sir Arthur Daley · 13-03-2014 11:29PM

jimmy180sx wrote: »

Heating and dhw systems being completly ran in qualpex. Where has the art of plumbing gone.

Pfff! Qualplex, Alu-Pex is your pipe now.

Stella Virgo · 13-03-2014 11:31PM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Worked on job once where the mechanical contractor mixed up the hot/cold feed to a restaurant bathroom.
Boiling water came out when the jacks was flushed.

great craic when he used the bidet then............:D:D

Red Alert · 13-03-2014 11:39PM

The UK/Irish system is idiotic at this stage, but "proper" mains pressure systems aren't really an option because of the woeful mains pressure in many new builds.

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