In article , Kalico wrote:
Does anyone actually know why these adapters are cranked?

Why not straight? I spent ages trying to get mine to line up so
that the bar mixer was level.

I think it's so that you can get the mixer bar level even if the wall
connections aren't - and if a different plumber did the first fix they
may not have worried too much about 1/8" discrepancy which it's
impossible to correct once the wall has been plastered and tiled.

To digress slightly, one housebuilder I came across in my BCO days
made carpenters put their initials on door linings - and he who fixed
the lining had to hang the door. Somehow the linings were always fixed
straight and true first time g

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