On 30/10/2019 22:11, Steve Walker wrote:
On 30/10/2019 15:54, Roger Hayter wrote:
NY wrote:

I've noticed in houses with very old plumbing, the bath taps are often
side-entry

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I can remember them in my parents' first house, probably built in the
1950s
(we moved there in 1964 or 65). The older 1930s house in the same street
that we moved to a few years later had conventional bath taps, but maybe
because the original taps were old enough that they had been replaced.

Was this design just a styling fad, or was there an advantage - eg
better
flow rate because water only has to turn through 90 degrees rather
than 180
degrees with modern bottom-entry taps.

Is there a name for this old design of bath taps?

I presume the abnormally large vertical offset between the side-entry
pipe
and the tap handle is there only because the entry point needs to be
some
distance below the top lip of the bath, and the handles need to protrude
above the lip so they are easier to turn.

I rhink it is largely due to the brittleness of cast iron.Â* Holes near
the edge would tend to fatigue and crack the narrow bit because of the
repetitive flexing as the tap is operated.

Flexing? Have you seen how thick and solid an old cast-iron bath is?

Cast-iron baths have several disadvantages, but one of their major
advantages is lack of flexing - no movement when you step into one for a
shower.

SteveW
And you can achieve the same effect on even a cheap plastic bath using
bits of MDF glued on the outside with car body filler.


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