Traveling in UK countries, sometimes the smaller hotels and inns have the separation of hot and cold taps. It took some getting used to. Is that the same for Malta?
Posted by
London, UK
408 posts
The layout of taps in bathrooms is a matter of taste, fashion and plumbing possibilities, so you are just as likely to find separate hot and cold taps in Malta as you are anywhere else in the world.
Posted by
Wengen
2465 posts
Having separate taps for hot and cold is a UK peculiarity that is uncommon in the rest of Europe, where mixing have always been the norm. So it is understandable to ask how it will be in Malta, as that place has imported quite a bit of peculiarities from the UK itself (they drive on the left for example).
It is certainly not that case that it is just a matter of taste. Separate taps are highly unpractical, and the only reason that they are so common in the UK are building codes...
Posted by
Lynnwood, Washington
8854 posts
Well, it is certainly fairly typical in the United States to have two sink faucets sometimes and one sink faucet other times. It is just a matter of taste. I have never found this to be an issue. I have, however, had some interesting experiences trying to figure out how to make the shower work in various locations. :)
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
33719 posts
Well, it is certainly fairly typical in the United States to have two sink faucets sometimes and one sink faucet other times
I never saw that when I was there. I only ever saw mixer taps.
You're saying it is now fashionable to have the hot tap at one end of the sink and the cold at the other now in the US?
When we moved to our current house here in England (only 10 years old when we bought it) the first thing we did was replace all the separate taps at all 4 sinks with pipes rerouted to mixers.
The only separate taps I remember from my childhood in the US were in the bath, and it still had one spout.
Posted by
Hudson Valley
2267 posts
Separate taps were legal required in the US until sometime in the late mid-late 20th century, and tradition has kept them common.
Mixer taps are certainly the standard in the US, though some very old basins might have separate. What is a matter of taste/style here is whether there are separate knobs* for the hot and cold vs a single lever.
*reluctant to use that word when replying to a Brit, but I can't think of an appropriate synonym.
Posted by
Almost Heaven
3111 posts
When I was growing up we had a well and a hand-cranked hose. That's all you need. We've gotten really soft.