"Guy King" wrote in message
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The message
from "nightjar" nightjar@insert my surname here.uk.com contains
these words:

adjust the screw on the ballcock arm so that the ballcock doesn't
rise as
high, if it's on a metal arm, bend it slightly downwards (only
about half
an inch).

Bending the arm is not now permitted.

Seriously? What prawn dreamed that one up?

The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 require that water
fittings meet one of the approved standards and they only cover a
device that has not been subjected to unauthorised modification.

Colin Bignell

Who cares? - apart from those set to profit from it?...it's no good coming
the 'thou shalt not' rubbish spouted by those with a vested interest, and
besides, a metal arm of a ballcock isn't a water fitting as such, it's
merely *attached* to a mechanism for turning the water on or off....but, I
assume it's an attempt to go the same way as other areas of plumbing,
electricals, glazing etc, IE another money making scam.