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Changing feed so hot water comes out of cold/visa versa

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.26 PM

I had a really lovely battery operated LED tap fitted a few days ago, but due to the distance between the nob to turn it on and the back of the wall, I cant fully turn the nob onto hot: as I have a conventional system (so the pressure of the cold water is greater then the hot), I was considering swopping the connections around - so when you turn it to the blue indicator, you get hot water instead of cold (and visa versa) but Im unsure if this will affect the efficiency of the tap/pipes in the long haul.....

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2 Answers

HD Design and Build

Rating: 5 out of 5

Herne Bay

Am i being stupid here but surely the distance to the wall is the same regardless of which tap you have to turn? You should reduce down the pressure of the cold by either running a new cold from the loft tank or installing a pressure reducing valve. P.s your gimmicky battery powered tap will likely explode after 6 months

Answered24 January 2017

Anonymous user

Get Shot of the Tap as I Have seen them go wrong so often its a Joke Buy a Bristan there good with a good Guarantee plus easy to fit. Good lock. Brian. B.J.Day. Plumbing.

Answered5 November 2018